Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 4

“Let go of me!” Julie raised her chin, staring firmly at the man in front of her, her eyes gleaming with a cold resolve.

“Bertha Stewart is dead,” the man’s voice suddenly came from above.-

Julie’s entire body stiffened in an instant, her struggling came to a halt. A slight ripple appeared on her

calm face.

Bertha’s death wasn’t surprising to her, as she had witnessed the whole process herself. But when this fact came from the lips of Kieran Hernandez, her heart felt like it had been pricked.

She remembered the day she decided to divorce him, asking him, “Kieran, would you be sad if the person who died on the operating room that day was me?”

She distinctly remembered the icy look in his eyes back then, as cold as falling into an ice cellar.

He sat elegantly on the sofa, legs crossed, his gaze seemingly veiled in mist. His faint lips uttered a weak voice, yet resolutely answered her, “No.”

Then he picked up the pen she had given him and elegantly signed his name on the divorce agreement.

divorce,

now, she was the real fool back

returned to a flawless

smirk tugging at her lips. “She was your fiancée. Shouldn’t you graciously accompany her on her final journey? Shouldn’t

front of her and with a

hand already on

door, the man suddenly hoisted her over his shoulder, and then unceremoniously tossed her

man’s hand, causing both her and Kieran to fall onto the bed together. To avoid crushing her, Kieran supported himself with one hand

eyes veiled in mist, with a teasing tone in his voice as he whispered in

her ear.

eager to escape?

him, even though her breathing had become somewhat difficult, Julie chuckled in derision, answering, “Because I’m a human. It’s normal to be scared when facing a wild beast,

quite the master of sarcasm,”

need to be a bit tough to protect themselves, right? Mr. Hernandez, do

like she could attack him

Julie and started to speak, “Considering you were the only witness present when. Bertha

me to give a statement, don’t you? I’ll go to the police station to cooperate with the investigation. Can you let me go

at Kieran calmly, her