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…

while, he finally answered, “Because I’m

Kieran said, “What?”

What did this

strong enough to hold onto Mama Julie, but you are. If you hold onto her leg, she definitely won’t be able

Julie’s leg? That image was just too absurd to imagine.

pulled out the needle, and then pressed the wound with

he saw Julie walk out of the room. She didn’t even glance at Kieran and Ivan, she simply turned

grabbed

at Ivan holding onto her leg. His soft voice brought back all the memories about Ivan. She even remembered their first meeting, when Ivan

the end, her

without looking at him, “I am not your Mama Julie, and

Julie had rejected Ivan many times before, she had

face was filled with confusion and

much so she felt like she couldn’t breathe. But she still bent down and pried Ivan’s fingers off her one by one.

she suddenly felt tears sliding down her cheeks. She used all

it’d been pierced.

“Mama Julie…”

now had a red nose from trying not

tears and said, “I only have one

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

even handle such a small matter. He really should

a few patients and nurses. Some recognized Kieran, and others gave Julie reproachful looks for being so

was so adorable, how could she

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

Julie’s t-shirt

in a commanding voice. Ivan was crying so hard he could barely speak. He stammered,

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

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

herself not a cold person, but at that moment, she

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

reached out and

was so shocked, Julie, who had been holding back from turning around, turned around

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

stiffly turned to leave.

tucked under one arm and was gripping

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

Kieran face to face. “Let

Center,” Kieran