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.

Her name is

whispered. What a nice name

staring at

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 ordinary stones, her

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

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

Julie into tightly gripping the

how, in past thunderstorms, Julie would always cling tightly to him, treating him as a lifesaver

in the sea, on the

time there was a thunderstorm, Kieran would think of

her parents and her only sister became a vegetable. And on the day she gave birth, he personally said he would

gently patted Julie’s back, soothing

like the nights that they spent together

eyes suddenly became moist

spent with Kieran, the nights they spent together, and the

noise, making the entire room unusually quiet. So quiet that the sound of

she remembered the past. She didnt know if it was the rainy night that

into his arms, no longer thinking about resisting, and said in

really expecting an answer, so

coveting this familiar embrace, stopped struggling.

from above her head. He said, “This is good

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

dreamless night, and Julie slept very

Gate Residences were a bit far from where

off, Julie’s head was a bit

over her shoulder and, following her fingers, found the phone. The hand turned off the alarm and

behind her. What

they ended up sleeping in the same

still early” Kierans voice rang in

make breakfast Julie

“We’ll go out for breakfast later. Sleep

in. Once awake, he’d be up and about. But why was he insisting on sleeping now?

sleep. I’ll

waking up until eight.

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

her lips brushed