Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 20

In the blink of an eye, while she was spacing out, Elliot had already slipped a massive diamond ring onto her ring finger for all to

see.

Julie came to her senses abruptly, turning to look at Elliot, “You…”

Before she could even get a word out, Elliot had excitedly stood up, joyfully picking her up and spinning her around several times.

Everything happened so fast that Julie could only wear a look of utter bewilderment. It wasn’t until the cheers erupted from the crowd that she finally realized what had just happened. She looked at Elliot in disbelief, while Raymon, standing to the side, wore a somewhat gloomy expression, clearly having misunderstood the situation.

Julie wanted to explain, but how could she do so in front of all these people?

Raymon coughed a couple of times, shifting his gaze away from Julie to look at the host.

decided to form a strategic partnership with Mr. Hernandez, the CEO of Simpo Co. Their respective brands, SparkEra and Supernova, will be collaborating. Please join

host’s enthusiastic voice echoed around the room, followed by applause, Julie felt

making him stand out even more in the

suit, he casually placed his wine glass on a tray nearby before strolling onto the stage to stand

some business jargon as he interacted with the audience,

that this light and heat would burn her, so she instinctively wanted to run. However,

her over to Kieran, who had just finished

a moment before shaking it, greeting him with a smile, “Long

and ask with a laugh, “You

classmates.” Elliot replied.

Julie scoffed.

world’s most awkward classmates indeed!

Elliot’s arm a pinch,