Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 86

Ivan was totally into anything Julie cooked. He was young, but already quite sensible and able to handle his own stuff.

After finishing the pasta Julie made, Ivan was ready to leave to give Julie and his dad some alone time. He wiped his mouth and said, “My dad just texted that he’s home, Mama Julie. I gotta run and pick up your paycheck for you?

During the time Julie was injured, she indeed took care of Ivan as agreed with Mr. Kennedy. But because Ivan was already a good boy, she didn’t do much. In fact, she was already grateful that Mr. Kennedy allowed her to live with Ivan, giving her a place to stay

As for the paycheck, Mr. Kennedy had asked her to talk to Ivan directly, but she hadn’t brought it up since the beginning.

When Ivan suddenly brought up this topic, Julie said to him, “I can walk you there, its just next door.”

She also wanted to take this opportunity to see Mr. Kennedy and thank him in person.

But Ivan firmly declined. “Mama Julie, you need to stay here and look after Kerry. He’s drunk as a skunk. It’d be a shame if he’s left alone, Helga is waiting for me outside, I gotta dash, bye!”

Ivan was quick on his feet; Julie couldn’t catch up with him. She had no choice but to look at Kieran on the sofa, whose blanket somehow ended up on the floor

Julie picked up the blanket and put it back on Kieran, then sat on the carpet by the sofa, rubbing her foot.

The doctor had told her to walk as little as possible when the cast was removed, but she had walked more today than she had in the past three months.

After a while, Julie dialed Karl’s number, but no one answered. She took out her phone and sent a message to Mr. Kennedy.

After waiting for a while, there was no reply, so Julie gave up. Then she lay down on the side of the sofa and fell asleep unknowingly.

When she woke up again, she found herself sleeping on the sofa from the carpet. She was so dead to the world, she had no idea what happened. After sitting up, she saw Kieran sitting on the sofa across, staring at his computer, seemingly not noticing her

Julie rubbed her eyes and asked him, “When did you wake up?”

Kieran looked up at Julie, but didn’t answer her.

Then a woman’s voice came from the computer, “Sorry, Kieran, is there anyone at your place?”

This surprised Julie, she covered her mouth, not daring to speak. She didn’t even look at Kieran.

The woman’s voice was sweet and sounded very weak. But this voice was unfamiliar to Julie, and she couldn’t imagine why this woman was looking for Kieran.

Kieran calmly said, ‘Focus on your studies. If you need anything, contact Karl directly.”

-After a while, a response came from the phone, “Okay, I understand.”

aching temples, then looked at Julie, “Can you make me something

do it!” Juhe said, reaching for her bag on the sofa where Kieran was

thing?” Kieran leaned on the sofa, seemingly bringing up

though Julie really warted to remind Kieran that it was him who hurt that

she was about to walk away, “If we can settle, then we will, if not, we’ll go the

mental damages, a total of five thousand dollars

out, five thousand? That

go the legal route then.” Julie was a bit down. She was afraid she might not be able

sofa, asking Julie, “How do you plan to go the legal route?

way. After all, we hit someone in self-defense,

should feel awkward now should be Adolf, after all his wife would

Julie was thinking about this, Kieran asked, “Court talks about evidence, not your so-called facts. Want to go the legal route? Adolf has evidence of us assaulting someone, do

no surveillance at home, and she naturally couldn’t produce evidence

a party in this matter. After all, Adolf was injured by him. If it really went to court, Kieran as

one of the factors of human evidence, and the evidence of a party was impossible to determine.

that since he brought up this issue, it meant he had a plan. So she stared at Kieran intently, waiting for him to speak again.

expect was his answer, he said,

she was hearing things, rubbing her ears to

course’ Keiran said.

Julie was stunned.

Keiran answered.

Chapter Bb

paying?” Julie

at Julie, “Isn’t

have to bear the consequences, but the innocent person has to pay for his mistakes?” Julie

his own mistakes,

usually clever Mr. Hernandez seemed a bit off today, he looked at Julie with deep eyes and said, “Are you

got the wrong end of the stick about what Julie meant, thinking she was chastising him for hitting someone and

Kieran misunderstood her, Julie naturally had to explain. She got up and walked over to him, brow furrowed, and said, “You know that’s not

meant.”

as she hated to admit it, she’d been grateful to him from the bottom of her heart after what

the sofa behind Julie Feeling that his pose was a bit sketchy, she

did you mean? From what you just said, you seem to think I’m shirking responsibility for hurting Adolf. Is that right?”

take it however he wanted!

said

of the sofa behind Julie, while the other