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

the real fool

expression returned to a flawless

was your fiancée. Shouldn’t you graciously accompany her on her final journey? Shouldn’t you hold

front of her and with a mocking smile, she said,

hand already on the doorknob.

the door, the man suddenly hoisted her over his shoulder,

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

veiled in mist, with

her ear.

are you so eager to escape? Are you afraid

somewhat difficult, Julie chuckled in derision, answering, “Because

master of sarcasm,” the man didn’t mind her

looked at the man, her teeth gritted. “Sometimes, people need to be a bit tough to protect themselves, right? Mr. Hernandez, do

could attack

Julie and started to speak, “Considering you were the

don’t you? I’ll go to the police station to cooperate with the investigation.

Kieran calmly, her tone icy.