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…

a bit wronged. After a while, he finally

Kieran said, “What?”

this have to

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

That image was

Julie skillfully pulled out the needle, and then pressed the wound with

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

Ivan grabbed her leg, “Mama Julie, I’m

voice brought back all the

her words were cold.

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

Ivan many times before, she had

His face was filled with confusion and sadness.

like she couldn’t breathe. But she still bent down and

hand covered Ivan’s chubby hands, she suddenly felt tears sliding down her cheeks. She used all her strength to suppress her

like it’d been pierced. Old wounds

“Mama Julie…”

now had a red nose

back his tears and said, “I only have one Mom. You

door, watching Julie’s trembling back, and then looking in the direction of

small

patients and nurses. Some recognized Kieran, and others gave Julie

was so

He walked over, bent down to pry Ivan’s hands off Julie’s leg, and

burst into tears. He grabbed Julie’s t-shirt

was crying so hard he could barely speak. He stammered, “No… no!”

other hand to wipe his tears. Worried that one hand wasn’t enough to hold onto Julie, he

to Kieran and Ivan the whole time, afraid that once she

but at that moment, she did the coldest

longer, she wouldn’t be able to help but turn around…

her surprise, Kieran suddenly reached out and forcibly pried off Ivan’s hand.

Julie, who had been holding back from turning around, turned around

crying a mess. He kept reaching

turned to

arm and was

for Julie’s consent, he

to face. “Let go! Where are you

Center,”