Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 12

Julie picked up the phone. As soon as she answered, the voice of Daphne came through, “Julie, I feel like I’m falling apart…”

“What’s wrong?” Julie immediately suppressed her own emotions, sounding worried as she asked Daphne on the other end of the line.

Daphne quickly responded, “I felt unwell on my way back to the company, and I was just diagnosed with acute appendicitis. I’m about to have surgery…”

Julie frowned, “Which hospital are you in?”

“You don’t need to come, but sweetheart, you’ve got to do me a favor,” Daphne weakly asked Julie, “Do you know about Ray Group?”

of it. What’s up?”

turning seventy, the chief editor wants me to take a few reporters over to cover this news. I didn’t expect to suddenly get appendicitis. The two reporters I arranged are from different departments so there’ll be issues for sure. Could you go over and supervise for me? The chief editor, said if we write this piece of news well, there will be a fifty–thousand bonus. I’ll give you sixty percent of it and you just need to

Julie couldn’t turn a blind eye. She agreed straight

because of Daphne’s situation that she could forget

with Kieran.

night, and Julie didn’t have a suitable dress. Luckily, Daphne provided the funds for her to buy

and confident. Julie preferred a natural look, so on the night of the event day, she put on the dress, wore light makeup, casually tied her hair up, and then, as directed

wasn’t much of a talker, and Manuel and Hasan maintained their silence as well.

immense respect from people, and as he appeared, all the reporters and media rushed over. Manuel and Hasan were no

two.

to fall. Julie was startled and she put down her cup, rushing into the crowd to help Manuel up. Just as she did,