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

Julie whispered. What a

staring

the patience to open the shell could see her stunning beauty. But Bertha’s beauty was apparent, like

mixed feelings, but she could

her before she died. It was as if she

Julie into tightly gripping the man

Kieran by surprise. He suddenly remembered how, in past thunderstorms, Julie would always cling tightly to him, treating him as a lifesaver

sea, on the verge of drowning, and he

Kieran would think of Julie who

stormy night, she lost her parents and her only sister became a vegetable. And on the day

patted Julie’s back,

just like the nights that they spent

suddenly became

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

noise, making the entire room unusually quiet. So quiet

as she remembered the past. She didnt know if it was the rainy night that made her vulnerable,

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

an answer, so he just

this familiar embrace, stopped

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

embrace was too comforting, or perhaps she was really tired, but Julie eventually fell asleep

night, and Julie

alarm clock. Because the Gilded Gate Residences were a bit far from where she worked, Julie set her alarm

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

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

Kieran behind her. What happened

his hand. Somehow, they ended up sleeping

still early” Kierans voice rang in her

make breakfast Julie found

out

he’d be

sleep. I’ll

not waking up until eight. Don’t bother him”

know he’s not getting up until eight?” Julie turned around, not expecting him to suddenly get close.

turned, her