Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 98

Kieran pressed Julie’s face into his chest, making her listen to his strong heartbeat

His steady breath flowed from above, and Julie felt her own heart begin to race. Her hands were tightly pinned to her chest, unable to move

Julie opened her mouth and bit down on Kieran’s chest.

She thought he was pretending to sleep, and that’s why she bit him so hard.

“Little wildcat..” Kieran gently stroked her hair, saying, “Go to sleep. I’m a bit tired. If you keep squirming around, I’m afraid something might actually happen.”

“Then go sleep in your own room.” Julie’s tone softened. She knew that fighting fire with fire wouldn’t work on Kieran.

However, she didn’t know that a gentle approach was still ineffective. Even though her tone softened, Kieran had no intention of letting her go.

He hugged Julie tightly. His voice sounded really tired. “Be good, let me hold you”

With that, his actions became gentler. He was holding her as if she were a precious treasure

His voice was already fatally attractive to Julie. Hearing him say this made her heart seem to skip a beat.

“Kieran.”

Julie called out but got no response.

She firmly called out again, “Kieran “

Kieran reached out and turned off the bedside lamp.

“Answer a question for me first.” In the dark, Julie finally mustered the courage to look up at Kieran.

“Mmm.” His gentle voice came from above, sounding genuinely tired.

“The person who said you were her brother-in-law in the video call is she a relative of Bertha?” Jule knew that, although Bertha was an orphan, she had always been looking for her relatives.

Therefore, when she heard someone calling Kieran ‘brother-in-law, her first reaction was that the softly spoken woman must have something to do with Bertha In her memory. Bertha was a very gentle person

Kieran knew Julie would ask this question.

Hearing her somewhat nervous and cautious inquiry, Kieran gave her a positive response.

name

What a

staring at her before she

beautiful, with a completely different beauty from Julie. Daphne once described Julie’s beauty as a pearl, because only those with the patience to open the shell could see her stunning beauty. But Bertha’s beauty was apparent, like a diamond. Even if placed among

Julie found out that Kieran had betrayed her and turned to Bertha, she had mixed feelings, but she could understand Kieran’s

remembered Bertha’s clear eyes looking at her before she died. It was as if she had never been tainted by the world.

outside the window, scaring Julie into tightly gripping the man

would always cling tightly to him, treating him as

in the sea, on the verge of drowning, and he was her only

time there was a thunderstorm, Kieran would think of Julie who was afraid of thunder.

thunderstorms because, many years ago, on a stormy night, she lost her parents and her only sister became a vegetable. And on the day she gave birth, he personally said he would choose to

patted Julie’s back,

was just like the nights that

eyes suddenly became

she spent with Kieran, the nights they spent together, and the things they said and

the thunder drowned out all the noise, making the entire room unusually quiet. So quiet that the sound of her sniffling was clearly audible.

and more as she remembered the past. She didnt know if it was the rainy night that made her vulnerable, or Kieran’s presence

about resisting, and said in a haze. “Tell me, how did we end up like

wasn’t really expecting an answer, so he just kept holding her.

this familiar embrace, stopped

voice suddenly came from above her head. He said, “This is good too. You’re in my arms, and

or perhaps she was really tired, but Julie eventually fell asleep in his arms, not even the thunder outside could wake her

was a dreamless night, and Julie

was awakened by the alarm clock. Because the Gilded Gate Residences were a bit far

off, Julie’s head was a bit muddled as she reached out to find her phone

her shoulder and, following her fingers, found the phone. The hand turned off the alarm and then rested on her waist Kieran’s head

look at Kieran behind her. What happened last night suddenly

move his hand. Somehow, they ended up sleeping in the same

still early” Kierans voice

breakfast Julie found

refused. He said, “We’ll go out for

Kieran was not the type to sleep in. Once awake, he’d be up

I’ll go check on

until eight. Don’t bother him”

you know he’s not getting up until eight?” Julie turned around, not expecting

as she turned, her lips