Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 121

“Show me your ID, Kieran extended his hand to Julie.

Julie clutched her bag tightly, eyeing him warily, “Aren’t you the CEO of Simpo Co.? You have facial recognition technology Why do you need my ID? Are you planning to get me a separate room?”

“Alright, show me your bank card too,” Kieran stood at the door, his hand outstretched towards Julie.

Pressing her baseball cap lower, Julie hugged her bag lighter, “In that case, I might as well stay at a hostel.”

She would talk about what she wanted to say another day.

Kieran eyed Julie’s small figure, “How long do you think it would take me to tear down a hostel?”

Julie finally stopped, not because his words scared her, but because Kieran grabbed her arm. She turned to look at him, a hint of surrender in her eyes, “Can’t you use your privilege to avoid registration?”

“Do you think sharing a room with me is humiliating? The man’s deep gaze met Julie’s. Once, she longed for him to look at her this way, but now she feared his direct gaze. Finally, she met Kieran’s eyes with a defiant pride, “Yes, it’s humiliating. Very humiliating. Extremely humiliating…

He suddenly pressed a finger to her lips, “Say it again and I’ll get angry, Julie. Don’t provoke me.”

Who’s provoking who? Julie pushed his hand away, her beautiful eyes glared at Kieran from under the brim of her cap.

Kieran still held out his hand, ‘Privilege? Do you know the law? Everyone needs to show ID when checking into a hotel, it’s the law. As a lawyer, you know the law but don’t comply, what’s the logic in that? Show me your ID or I’m going to check in with our divorce certificate.”

In the end, Julie pulled out her ID and handed it to Kieran.

With the ID in hand, Kieran handed it to the front desk. Julie kept her head down the entire time, but she could still feel the gazes of the staff. After checking in, Kieran led Julie to the elevator and pressed the button for the seventh floor. Suddenly, Julie felt a sense of unease. Sure enough, Kieran brought her to room 7401, the room where they first had sex…

He closed the door behind them

voice echoed in Julie’s mind. She looked up at him, her throat dry. “Do you really have to do this? Do you have to choose

was spoken

held a grudge. Just because his phone password was the room number and she casually said she forgot, he had to remind her this

to push him away. But he stood firm, like an

responded in disappointment, “Yes, I remember this room. I remember clearly. I remember it was December 25th, Christmas, your birthday Yes, I remember it was me who initiated it. I brought it upon myself. Are you satisfied now?

emotional Julie.

a person could be so calm about this. Either he had extraordinary emotional intelligence, able to control

didn’t care, he could

took a deep breath. She finally managed to control her emotions and asked

him and stood by his side. “1 asked Dylan this question, but he didn’t give me a direct answer. Although the official statement is that she committed suicide, I don’t believe it. Kieran, she died in front of me. Before she died, I saw fear in her eyes, deep fear. Why would a person who is committing suicide have such a

up now?” Kieran suddenly looked up at Julie, “Why didn’t you mention it when Bertha just died? If you didn’t say it then, why do you

gathering the courage. Although her eyes were slightly red, her gaze was unwavering, “I want to know, when you said you never slept with Bertha, was that true? I want

with her, why did you claim the child in her belly as yours?

didn’t love her, why did you say… to save her

sentence, she was pulled into a

ten minutes, from initial lip contact to intimate caress. He seemed to want to make

with this kiss.

Julie was almost out of breath when he finally pulled away a bit. Julie’s breath hitched, her cheeks flushed like a ripe fruit from lack of oxygen. Squinting her beautiful

they could hear was each other’s close-up breathing, even their irregular heartbeats. Unfortunately, Julie’s persistence didn’t get her an

and tender tone, he said, “Babe, not

look at Kieran, “So… there were really secrets back

you ask me this question, how do you want me to answer it? If I tell you there were no secrets, that my initial choice back then was to save Bertha’s child, how are you planning to

right. When she plucked up the courage to ask this question, she really hadn’t prepared for the worst-case scenario. She didn’t even know how she would handle her feelings when Kieran told

many years, but it turned out that she