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…

wronged. After a while, he finally

Kieran said, “What?”

also wondered. What did this have

you’re right! I’m not strong enough to hold onto Mama Julie, but you are. If you hold onto her leg,

onto Julie’s leg? That image was

IV was nearly finished, Julie skillfully pulled out the needle, and then pressed the wound with a cotton

determined heart. At this moment, he saw Julie walk out of the room. She didn’t

only a few steps, Ivan grabbed her leg, “Mama

walk. She didn’t even dare to look back at Ivan holding onto her leg. His soft voice brought back all the memories about

in the end, her words were cold.

him, “I am not your Mama Julie, and I don’t have a

had rejected Ivan many times before, she had

face was filled with

But she still bent down and

felt tears sliding down her cheeks. She used

felt like it’d been pierced. Old wounds were torn

“Mama Julie…”

now had a red nose from trying not to

choked back his tears and said, “I only have one Mom. You can’t

back, and then looking in the direction

small matter. He really should be fired.

Kieran, and others gave Julie reproachful looks for being so heartless.

to her leg was so adorable, how could she be so

end, Kieran didn’t wait for Karl. He walked over, bent down to pry Ivan’s hands off Julie’s leg, and then picked

grabbed Julie’s t-shirt again,

in a commanding voice. Ivan was crying so hard he

with his other hand to wipe his tears. Worried that one hand wasn’t enough

her back to Kieran and Ivan the whole time, afraid that once she turned around and saw Ivan’s pitiful face,

a cold person, but at that moment,

if Ivan persisted a bit longer, she wouldn’t be able to help

reached out and forcibly pried off Ivan’s hand.

been holding

Kieran’s arms was crying a mess. He kept reaching out, trying to grab

stiffly turned to leave.

under one arm and was gripping Julie’s

waiting for Julie’s consent, he hauled her backwards.

around helplessly, Julie glared at Kieran face to face. “Let go! Where

Test Center,” Kieran