Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 18

Back then, Elliot was a real shrimp, he probably only reached up to her chin.

Elliot only shared a class with her for a semester, during which he didn’t do much more than call her ‘Tallie Julie.‘ It wasn’t until the day before he was leaving for abroad that Elliot suddenly asked Julie, “Tallie Julie, how about I treat you to ice cream tonight. and tell you how to win Kieran’s heart? Are you in?”

Julie didn’t give two shits about the ice cream, but winning Kieran’s heart was her master plan! Without thinking twice, she agreed and arranged to meet Elliot at the food street near their school gate.

At that time, Julie, a junior high school student, was only about fifteen or sixteen. She hadn’t expected Elliot to be a genuine scammer, the kind who tricked girls.

She still remembered that night; it was drizzling and they were sitting at a roadside kebab stall.

Julie eagerly asked Elliot, “Quick, tell me, how can I win over someone as aloof as Kerry?”

semester, Elliot knew that if he didn’t say certain things now, he might never get another

react, she saw Kieran, who just happened

forehead and looked at Kieran with an innocent and

Kieran had already coolly walked

his nose, “You’re done for, you’re done! Don’t you dare walk away from school tomorrow!” After saying this, she chased after Kieran with her short legs and stubbornly sat on the back of his bike, insisting on explaining to him. In the end, Kieran just ditched his bike altogether.

really cared about the thing she desperately wanted to explain. She had spent half of her life in a one–sided

explain herself. The next day, she stormed off to school, ready

Elliot had

slowly forgot about the whole incident; even Elliot’s face started to blur in her memory. Maybe it was just

it somewhat amusing to think about how nervous she was

voice has changed, and your face has improved, so it’s normal for me not to recognize you. By the way, I was planning to confront you at school back then. But then I found out you had

he had gone abroad; the affection he couldn’t express at that time was buried in the past.