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 divorce, she left him

the real fool

mournful expression returned to a

her head, a smirk tugging at her lips. “She was your fiancée. Shouldn’t you graciously accompany her on her final journey? Shouldn’t you hold a solemn funeral and

and with a mocking

hand already on

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

both her and Kieran to fall onto the bed together.

down at Julie, his eyes veiled in mist, with a teasing

her ear.

eager to escape? Are you

answering, “Because I’m a human. It’s normal to be

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

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

like she could attack

speak, “Considering you were the only witness present

coldly interrupted, “You want me to give a statement, don’t you? I’ll go to the police station to

Kieran calmly, her tone icy.