Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 87

“Julien?” Julie was taken aback, her face filled with disbelief at running into Julien here.

Julien gave a slight nod. “Hop in”

Quickly, she spun around and hopped into the passenger seat. Their meeting was rather unconventional.

Surprised, Julie asked, “When did you get back?”

“Just recently, where you headed? Julien asked.

Julien had short black hair, no makeup, but her smooth skin was radiant. She was dressed in a black top and pants, a sleek black watch rested on her slim wrist, perfectly matching her cool demeanor.

Julie looked at Julien but didn’t answer her question, instead, she asked, “Are you free?”

“What’s up?” Julien asked.

I’ve had a bit of a fallout with my landlord, who’s now in the hospital because of me. They’re asking for five thousand bucks for medical expenses and compensations. I want to visit the hospital, but I’m afraid they might do something rash Julie said,

“Which hospital?” Julien cut her off.

Julie grinned at her, “Hope Hospital”

Julien set the GPS to Hope Hospital, then turned to Julie, Ive been to your rental place.”

“I moved out after the fallout with the landlord. Why did you suddenly come back? How long are you planning to stay? Julie asked out of curiosity.

Julien answered nonchalantly, Not sure

Julie and Julien first met in Milan, Italy Back then, Julie was the daughter of the but to her surprise, Bertha stood her up.

planned to attend Milan Fashion Week with

original plan and headed to Milan alone. She booked a room at the

the dead. Young Italians also started to participate in various Halloween celebrations. During Halloween, there were amazing live performances, stage magic, realistic zombies and ghosts, as well as horror movie screenings everywhere.

After having her fill of fun, she decided to head

a pool of blood. Despite the darkness, the dimly

was to dial 911, but to her surprise, a barely conscious Julien suddenly pointed a gun

was bluffing, she was so scared that she even dropped her

wont call the cops Please, I’m just a passerby

Julie couldn’t see Julien’s face clearly. What surprised Julie was that Julien eventually let her go. By the time Julie reached the hotel.

had just narrowly escaped danger, but for some odd reason, Julie remembered the picture of her and Kieran in

half an hour later, she

have got help already, but only to find out she

pulse. She was expecting to confirm that Julien was dead. But to her surprise, a dagger was

a gun but also a dagger? And how could she have

was Halloween, people were everywhere, covered in fake blood, so no one paid much attention to the blood-soaked Julien. They thought she was just in a costume

wounds. Only then did Julie find out that Julien was an undercover agent planted in a gang by the

meeting, they kept in touch. Julien

front of Hope Hospital. While she parked, Julie went

A nurse came out, holding a

“Excuse me, is the patient

visited a few days ago on behalf of Julie, so she knew the

a minor concussion. He’s past the observation period. You

as she picked up the poker cards and left.

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up/Shameless woman. Look, everyone, this woman not only seduced my husband but also beat him up with her

you watch your language?” Julie looked calmly at the landlady. “I’m

kindly rented the house to you, but you seduced my husband! With

what Adolf told her that made the landlady believe it was Julie who actively seduced him. Julie didn’t expect the landlady to just grab her hair. As she was about to