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.

the day of the divorce, she left him resolutely.

was the

mournful expression returned to

her on her final journey? Shouldn’t you hold a solemn funeral and

her and with a mocking

her hand already on

open the door, the man suddenly hoisted her over his shoulder, and then unceremoniously tossed her onto the bed.

onto the bed together. To avoid crushing her, Kieran supported himself with

with a teasing tone in his

her ear.

so eager to escape? Are you afraid of

answering, “Because I’m a human. It’s normal to be scared when facing a wild beast, isn’t

you’ve become quite the master of sarcasm,” the man didn’t mind her sarcasm,

need to be a bit tough to protect themselves, right? Mr. Hernandez, do you really have to wait

like she could attack him at any

“Considering you

Kieran could finish his sentence, Julie coldly interrupted, “You want me to give a statement, don’t you? I’ll go to the police

at Kieran calmly,