Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 134

That night, way past bedtime.

Julie and Kieran were strolling back home, with the streetlights illuminating their path Taking advice she got online, Julie pretended to twist her ankle, then grabbed Kieran’s sleeve, shooting him a pitiful look, “I think I sprained my foot”

Kieran looked Julie up and down, and instead of pushing her away immediately, he looked at her ankle and asked, “Break a bone?”

Julie was feeling down, “No… no bones broken, but twisted. Hurts a bit. Can we sit down for a while?”

While Kieran was mulling over her request, Julie was already limping towards a bench with Kieran in tow. She clung to his sleeve as she sat down, then looked at her ankle, pretending to be in pain, muttered, “What if I can’t walk later? Can you carry me?”

Julie saw Kieran pull out his phone and dial the emergency number.

She quickly snatched his phone away, laughing. “I’m not that bad off. No need for an ambulance. Can’t waste public resources, right? I’m touched that you care so much.”

Kieran extended his hand, “My phone.”

Julie stuffed his phone into her coat pocket, then covered the pocket, looked up at Kieran and asked, “What are your thoughts on dating?”

Kieran just looked at her without a reply. The dim light made his facial features more prominent. Julie’s heart was pounding.

“Do you mind dating while in school?” Julie persisted.

no

Despite Julie’s daily efforts to get closer to Kieran, intimate moments were rare. Most of the time, she could only daydream while watching his back. Therefore, under the dim light, when Kieran looked at her, Julie couldn’t meet his gaze and quickly averted her eyes

After a while, Kieran still hadnt answered. Julie cautiously spoke again, “So… do you think you’ll date in school?”

“No, especially not with you,” Kieran responded firmly.

Julie should have focused on the latter half of Kieran’s answer, but she only registered the first half.

So she excitedly asked Kieran, “So you’ve never dated before?”

Kieran was speechless.

Is your first kiss still intact? Julie’s gaze landed on Kieran’s closed lips and she couldn’t help swallowing.

Just as Kieran was turning his head away, he turned back to look at Julie

cupped Kieran’s face, leaned in like a dragonfly skimming the water, gently pressed her

cheeks were as red as if they had been soaked in red ink. She said

just told him she had hurt her foot. She ran faster than a rabbit. Falling plane tree leaves landed on her shoulder. She wore a flowing white school uniform, the skirt flapping

home, her face as red as a boiled

Julie’s messy hair behind her ears, “Why are you back so late? Your face is so red,

“I’m in heat…”

as she sat next

to reality and said to Sansa, “No! I mean I have a fever… touch me, don’t I feel like I’m burning up? Can you call in sick for me tomorrow? Just tell therm I have a high fever!”

head, “If you want to skip class, just say so. No need to fabricate a high

said that, she still helped Julie take a

avoiding Kieran at school, afraid that he would confront her.

sneak into class through the back door after the bell rang. A few minutes before dismissal, she would leave early Although she was caught by the teacher a few

scolded by the teacher was still better than getting yelled at

then, the Abraham family hadn’t declined yet, so Julie was always surrounded by fake friends. Many people were curious why she

Julie. Even though Julie

up the courage, bought two ice creams, and was ready to make

those two ice creams. As the ice cream melted, the cold melted ice cream slid down her fingertips. Even though it

leaned towards a warm place, closer and closer…

have found the source of warmth. She comfortably leaned into the warmth, and

ached as he gently wiped away the tears that slipped from the corner of her eyes. The clear and translucent tears seemed

woke up, she found

had only taken the regular dose of sleeping pills last night, but she didn’t expect to sleep so heavily that she didn’t even know she had been carried onto the plane.

sat up groggily. Her mind was in a fog for

got to the cabin door, Karl popped out of nowhere, giving her a polite nad, ‘Moming, Mrs. Hernandez.”

She asked him straight to the

working. What would you like for breakfast?”

you make?” Julie

“Most things. What would you like?”

him and bring

That’s not

this the flight back to Whispering

Karl nodded.

when he’s done working! I don’t mind what I have for breakfast” Finished speaking, Julie looked around the cabin. She couldn’t find her bag and

Julie went back

He quickly relayed Julie’s words to Kieran, “Mrs. Hernandez

computer and glanced at Karl, “Tell her there are parachutes