Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 16

Turned out that Kieran pulled her back just to return her wallet. Knowing this truth, Julie instantly felt like she had thrown her face into the sea. She held onto the white clutch in her hand tightly, almost sweating through it..

Kieran removed his hand from around her waist and let her go, like he was letting go of something annoying, and looked at her with a disgusted expression, saying, “Your way of speaking has improved, but your habit of being absent–minded hasn’t changed. How have you been these past few years?”

Though his face showed a disdainful expression, his tone was as if he were asking after a lover.

This time, Julie didn’t retort. Instead, she hastily fled his gaze, clutching the wallet and making a quick exit.

Julie knew that Daphne had been worrying about the photo, so she changed clothes and went straight to the hospital. Luckily, Daphne was satisfied with the photo, which helped calm Julie’s unsettled heart a bit.

Daphne was holding her laptop, looking at Elliot’s photo, and saying, “Other than Mr. Hernandez, Elliot is definitely the most handsome man I’ve ever seen!”

“Don’t you mean to say he’s the weirdest man you’ve ever seen?” Julie, who was pouring soup, muttered under her breath.

Daphne looked puzzled, asking, “What did you just say? I didn’t catch that.”

happened tonight; instead, she walked over with the soup and said, “Don’t you have other idols, like

legends. Mr. Sanches and Mr. Hernandez are big shots in

Majestic Peaks International Hotel. Imanol’s voice came from the other end of the

of medical bills was still pending.

on time tomorrow.”

Julie, asking with concern, “Are

you

still

I have mine. I can’t change my

once Julie had made a

said, “Don’t worry, I’ll only be there for two or three hours. I’ll definitely make it

said, but then she excitedly grabbed Julie’s arm and said, “Remember to take more photos of Elliot tomorrow!”

one taking them, and there’s a clear frontal shot here, right? Why do you need so many?” Just thinking of Elliot gave Julie goosebumps, and she involuntarily rubbed her forehead’s stray

going to enlarge the photos and hang them at home; they’ll look

rolled her eyes.