Bogus Billionaire By Shining Riviera

Chapter 19

“It proves just how good he is at his job. So, what did you make for us today?” Kirk changed the topic so flawlessly that Caroline did not notice it and went ahead introducing the food she made.

Kirk volunteered to do the dishes after enjoying the scrumptious food she prepared. Caroline had nothing to do, so she took out her computer and searched for a movie to watch.

She picked a comedy and completely forgot that another human being was present in her home as she indulged herself in the movie. When Kirk emerged from the kitchen, he was greeted by the sight of Caroline sitting on the carpet in an unladylike fashion, laughing her head off. In that instant, she did not look like the elegant and poised Ms. Evans that she usually appeared to be.

Abruptly, Kirk was reminded of the time when Caroline was still Eddy Morrison’s fiancée. He once flipped through an album of young Caroline attending events held by the Morrisons. She had always looked prim and proper in those pictures, as though she was a puppet guided by strings. There had been no liveliness or vigor in her at all.

Right here and right now, though, he felt that she was actually alive. He simply stood and watched her quietly, enjoying the silent moment of happiness and warmth that he had never experienced before.

Caroline’s phone rang, interrupting the moment of tranquility. She glanced at her phone on the table and scowled. It was Sarah White.

…

Her parents had not contacted her since they quarreled a while back. It was as if they had never had her as their daughter. Regardless, they were her parents, and as cruel as she wanted to be, she could not bear to ignore them. She answered the call and accepted her fate.

“Caroline!” Sarah was livid with fury. “Why haven’t you gotten a divorce yet?”

Yesterday, she just happened to meet Eddy Morrison when visiting Layla. He had always treated her with contempt, and this time, he greeted her with complaints about how she failed to bring up her daughter well.

Initially, Sarah was confused by it all. She later learned from his bodyguard that he went to the City Hall several days ago only to find out that Caroline was already married. He even thought of using his family’s influence to force the staff there into annulling her marriage so

that he could register his marriage with her. However, they failed to uncover the identity of the person she was married to, so his plan hit a

dead end.

Then Layla was kicked out of the hospital under some mysterious person’s order, and the CCTV footage of Caroline’s surgery was all destroyed. Even the staff who had met her husband resigned from their jobs and vanished without a trace. Everything was so messed up,

and Eddy was overwhelmed with frustration. That was why he lost his temper with her.

Sarah called Caroline the moment she reached home after finding out about the matter.

Caroline lowered the volume on her computer before she spoke. “Mom, my kidney type and Layla’s don’t even match.”

“Of course, you don’t match …” Sarah trailed off, and as if something struck her, she took a deep breath. In a soft voice, she said, “Carrie, I’m your mother. Do you really think that I’d cause you harm? Go get divorced and marry Eddy. This is your only way out.”

Caroline replied, “Mom, do you know I almost died during the surgery? They didn’t want my kidney in exchange for getting married; they

wanted me dead! Only when I’m dead can they two be together!”

Sarah paled. “What?”

“Layla said it herself.” Now that she was talking it, Caroline could not stop herself from shuddering in fear. “Mom, if I went for the surgery. I’d no doubt die. If I live, our family might get a chance at becoming one of the four major families again.”

Kirk passed Caroline a glass of water. Caroline took a sip from it and felt a lot better, but her mother drawled on and on. “Carrie, you must marry Eddy. And you must seize the position as the young Mrs. Morrison even if it means death. Only then will the Morrisons continue helping us Evans to regain our glory.”

The glass in Caroline’s hand radiated warmth, but her hands were cold as ever. Abruptly, her phone was plucked away from her grasp. Looking up, she saw Kirk putting it to his ear.