Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 138

When Julie woke up again, she found herself in the hospital.

Her memories started playing back like a film reel.

All she remembered was dragging her suitcase, suddenly feeling a sharp pain in her stomach, and then staggering towards the company’s entrance.

Just as she walked out of the doorway, she heard a familiar, childish voice yelling, “Mama Julie!”

Then, the endless flash of camera lights…

Julien, hand in hand with Ivan, squeezed through the swarm of reporters to get to her.

Ivan clung to her leg, refusing to let go. Then Julien’s gaze shifted behind her, and in the moment Julie turned around, she saw Kieran’s tall figure.

Then Ivan called out to Kieran uneasily, “Dad…”

Then, an onslaught of camera flashes aimed at her again.

Eventually unable to endure the severe pain in her stomach, Julie collapsed into Kieran’s arms.

When she woke up again, she was in the hospital.

She saw white walls and IV bags by her bed. The pain in her stomach was much less. Julie guessed it was either gastritis or enteritis, an issue she’d had since childhood.

From outside, she heard Kieran’s angry voice, “If the news can’t be suppressed, then fire the entire PR department!”

He must be talking about what just happened at the company’s gate. All those media people had been waiting for so long, just to dig up some gossip, right? Now that they got their headline news, of course they would report it with all their might.

Even if Kieran wanted to keep the whole thing under control, he would need to put in some effort. But what Julie didn’t expect was Ivan

suddenly showing up at the company’s gate.

Kieran seemed to hang up the phone outside, and then he asked, “Do you realize what you did wrong?”

Then Julie heard Ivan’s stubborn reply, “No!”

“What do you mean, ‘no’?” Kieran’s voice was stern.

Ivan calmly replied, “I only have one Mama Julie. You’re so useless, what if she leaves again?”

“If she really wants to leave, do you think you can keep her by holding onto her leg?” Kieran countered.

Although Julie didn’t want to listen to Kieran and Ivan’s conversation, she was a bit surprised. It was the first time she had ever seen a father educate his child like that…

he finally

Kieran said, “What?”

did this have to do

voice came from outside. He seriously replied to Kieran, “Dad, you’re right! I’m not strong enough to hold onto Mama Julie, but you are. If you hold onto her leg,

Julie’s leg? That image was

pulled out the needle, and then pressed the wound with a cotton swab

walk out of the

Ivan grabbed

brought back all the

in the end, her

looking at him, “I am not your Mama Julie, and I don’t have a son like

though Julie had rejected Ivan many times before, she

Julie tightly. His face was filled with

ached, so much so she felt like she couldn’t breathe. But she

suddenly felt tears sliding down her cheeks. She

pierced. Old wounds were

“Mama Julie…”

red nose from

back his tears and said, “I only have

Julie’s trembling back, and then looking in

even handle such a small matter. He

Kieran, and others gave Julie reproachful looks for being so

the kid clinging to her leg was

wait for Karl. He walked over, bent down to pry Ivan’s hands off Julie’s leg, and then

He grabbed Julie’s t-shirt again, refusing to let

Ivan in a commanding voice. Ivan was crying so hard he could barely speak. He stammered, “No… no!”

crying and reached out with his other hand to wipe his tears. Worried that one hand wasn’t enough to hold onto Julie, he grabbed her top with his other

back to Kieran and Ivan the whole time, afraid that once she turned around and saw

herself not a cold person, but at that moment, she did the coldest

bit longer, she wouldn’t be

suddenly reached out and

holding back from

was crying a mess. He kept reaching

stiffly turned to

and was gripping Julie’s wrist with the

for Julie’s consent,

glared at Kieran face to face. “Let go! Where

Center,” Kieran