Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 113

At that point, Tina should ve stepped in and stopped everyone, but honestly, Tina was a bit curious about the answer too. She’d seen Mr. Hernandez and Attorney Abraham getting all lovey-dovey more than once. So she just hung back, pretending not to see the chaos unfold.

Julie didn’t hesitate in her response, “Our relationship is strictly professional, nothing more. The media’s just full of hot air. Mr. Hernandez is a great boss, always standing up for his employees. The media loves to stir the pot, so don’t believe everything you hear!”

Julie was dead serious

Seeing Julie’s solemn stance, everyone started to buy into her story

After all, if Attorney Abraham really was Mr. Hernandez’s girlfriend, he wouldn’t have her working out of a storeroom, would he? That just didn’t add up!

Just when everyone was starting to believe Julie, someone chimed in, “But what about that photo of Mr. Hernandez and Attorney Abraham in the cake shop?”

“What?!” Julie, who hadn’t been keeping up with the news, quickly pulled out

phone and opened her news app

The photo shocked her. It was clearly taken by a shop employee, capturing the moment when Julie almost fell and was caught by Kieran.

The news headline was totally over the top, “Simpo Co’s CEO and his new squeeze!” ‘Sources say that when they’re alone, they refer to each other as Mr. and Mrs. Hernandez.”

What the hell was that all about?

Julie’s face was a picture of fury. She turned to everyone and said, “This photo has nothing to do with the lies they’re spreading”

“So, Attorney Abraham and Mr. Hernandez arent. 7’Everyone curiously looked at Julie.

Julie shook her head, “Mr. Hernandez was just being nice and helping me out. If he knew the media would twist it like this, he probably wouldn’t have been so helpful”

Julie’s explanation didn’t seem forced. Besides, knowing Julie as they did, they were more inclined to believe there was nothing going on between her and Kieran. Everyone nodded in agreement

But as that was happening, Julie’s phone screen was still on. Her phone buzzed, indicating a new message.

Before Julie even had a chance to read it, someone had already sneakily glanced at her phone. It was a message from Mr Hernandez to Julie

“Holy shit!” Everyone gasped at the content of the message, then quickly scattered back to their own seats, pretending to be busy

As they left, they cast a lingering glance at Julie

Julie looked bewildered at the sudden change in everyone’s expressions, then lowered her gaze to the message that Kieran had sent her.

-The message read, “Where is that photo of you fucking me last night?”

She looked at her phone screen in disbelief

was

supposed to be in a

expressions. Everyone was clearly peeking, but the

was such

angrily reached for her phone, ready to confront Kieran, but just as she was typing her furious response, she received another message from Kieran. He said, “Damn

Julie fell silent.

intended message was. Where is that photo that

is that

up. She looked up at the staff who were pretending to be busy working and wondered if she went over to explain now… would

photo of their marriage certificate, she grudgingly helped him set up a private album, but instead of uploading their

bed. He probably just found out and was now

pushed open the conference room door just as Julie was about to return to the storeroom with her phone to wait for

leading the

wondering if she should go over, Kieran had already passed by her

only to see Kieran push open the door to the CEO’s office without

and closed

Julie was

took off his suit jacket and casually threw it aside, then asked Karl, “Did you take

nodded and said. The press conference will take place in ten minutes.”

Kieran praised Karl, which was quite

was taken

to suppress the

glanced at the coffee table next to the couch and said to

her in here: Kieran

hesitation, Karl turned on his heels and

the doorway, Kierans voice caught him, “Never mind.

door to the office behind him.

herself when she saw Karl emerge from the

a big deal at Simpo Co. His courteous demeanor towards Julie suggested she wasn’t just some random employee

Julie, some

increasingly

was looking for somewhere to hide, a sudden

havent told you yet, I’m sorry, I

you, I can’t

see your tears

haven’t gathered the courage

I’m sorry, I

day my soul leaves my body

you with all

romantic song suddenly filled the silent

eyes were on Julie