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

suddenly remembered Bertha’s eyes staring

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.

turned to Bertha, she had mixed feelings, but she could understand Kieran’s choice. After all, everyone pursued beauty. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have pursued Kieran so

eyes looking at her before she died. It was

from outside the window, scaring Julie into tightly gripping the

past thunderstorms, Julie would always cling tightly to him, treating

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

thunderstorm, Kieran would think of

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

gently patted Julie’s

that they

eyes suddenly became

the nights they

making the entire room unusually quiet. So quiet that the sound of her sniffling was

it was the

thinking about resisting, and said in

really expecting an answer,

familiar embrace, stopped

“This is good too.

she was really tired, but Julie eventually fell asleep

dreamless night, and Julie

the alarm clock. Because the Gilded Gate Residences were a

alarm went off, Julie’s head was a bit muddled

hand turned off the alarm and then rested on her waist Kieran’s head was

her. What happened last night suddenly came

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

still early” Kierans voice rang in her

Julie found an excuse.

Kieran firmly refused. He said, “We’ll go out for breakfast later. Sleep a little more.”

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

sleep. I’ll go check

until eight. Don’t bother him”

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

as she turned, her