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 is

whispered. What a

Bertha’s eyes staring at

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

Bertha, she had mixed feelings, but she could understand Kieran’s choice. After all, everyone pursued beauty.

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

Julie into tightly gripping

remembered how, in past thunderstorms, Julie would always cling tightly to him, treating

on the verge of drowning, and he was her only lifesaving

would think of Julie

knew Julie was afraid of 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,

Julie’s back, soothing her

the nights that they spent together many

eyes suddenly became

they spent together, and

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

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

into his arms, no longer thinking about resisting, and said in a haze. “Tell me,

Julle wasn’t really expecting an answer, so he just kept

familiar embrace, stopped struggling.

said, “This is good too. You’re in my arms,

comforting, or perhaps she was really tired, but Julie eventually

a dreamless night, and Julie slept very

clock. Because the Gilded Gate Residences were a

head was a bit muddled as

and then rested on her waist Kieran’s head was on Julie’s back. His eager breath successfully dispelled any remaining sleepiness

suddenly turned around to look at Kieran behind her. What happened last night suddenly

his hand. Somehow, they ended up sleeping in the

still early” Kierans voice rang in

Julie found

go out for breakfast later. Sleep a little more.”

he’d be up and about. But why was he insisting on sleeping

on and sleep. I’ll go check

waking up until eight. Don’t

Julie turned around, not expecting him

turned, her lips brushed