Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 153

Shannon left immediately.

Julie walked up to Kieran and asked, “If we’re living together legally, do I also have to share the bed with you?”

“If that’s what you want, I can oblige,” Kieran replied.

Julie called out to Shannon in the kitchen, “Shannon, could you move the beddings to the guest room later?”

Kieran, with a grin, ruffled Julie’s hair and yelled towards the kitchen, “Shannon, move the beddings to the study.”

Julie watched Kieran walk away, his back looking more mature than she remembered.

After Julie had her bath, Shannon moved all of Julie’s luggage to the master bedroom. Then she grabbed some bedding and headed to the study.

Before leaving, Shannon looked back at Julie and said, “You and Mr. Hernandez being together is a blessing. As the saying goes, small quarrels between couples don’t affect their love. That’s wisdom our ancestors left us. Believe in it.”

Julie knew Shannon meant well, so she just smiled and nodded.

Without saying more, Shannon took the bedding and left for the study.

She placed the bedding on the long leather sofa and looked at Kieran with concern, “Mr. Hernandez, should I make the bed in the guest bedroom for you? You must feel terrible not being able to sleep comfortably.”

Kieran smiled back, “Has Julie gone to bed?”

“Not yet, she just finished showering.”

Kieran sat on the sofa, looking tired, “Shannon, sometimes I wonder if I’m too hard on Julie.”

Shannon looked at Kieran, “Mrs. Abraham will understand your predicament. Your love for her will eventually reach her.”

“Go rest, goodnight,” Kieran said with a smile.

In the end, Julie didn’t sleep in Kieran’s master bedroom but stayed in her old room. Before going to bed, she took the remote that could turn the two rooms into one from Kieran’s room.

In the middle of the night, Julie got up to get some water and noticed the study’s light was still on.

For some reason, she gently pushed open the door to the study and found Kieran lying tiredly on the sofa. The blankets had all fallen onto the floor, making him look somewhat similar to Ivan when he slept in the hospital.

Julie approached cautiously, picked up the blanket and covered him.

She sat cross-legged by the sofa and suddenly felt a surge of energy.

Men looked so peaceful when they’re asleep. His eyelashes looked particularly long under the warm yellow light, and the shadows accentuated his facial features.

eyelashes, recalling his words.

all the twists and turns, Julie never thought she’d

touched his eyelashes

end up here?

hand, dimmed the room’s light, and

closed the door, Kieran slowly opened his eyes.

had a sleepless

early. The first thing he did was

where’s mom? Did dad upset

in the guest

Shannon could finish, Ivan was already running towards

Ivan and Julie’s

to school today?”

finished her morning routine, opened the door, bent over to pick Ivan up, and agreed with a smile, “Of

was overjoyed at the chance to live with Ivan and naturally accepted his

on the cheek and yelled towards the study, “Dad, are

/school!”

was a little

Ivan to school alone? Why

loss for words, Kieran suddenly opened the study door, all dressed up,

Kieran with a serious look,

left and Kieran’s with his right, and started

soft hand in Julie’s made

Julie

after finding out his real

kid who helped her open the car door, “Mom, you sit in the front. I’m used to sitting in the back

to the driver’s seat, opened the door, sat down, and told Ivan, “Get in.”

to Kieran’s domineering and passionate ways, Julie preferred a relationship where they were independent, rational, and restrained.

courtyard did Ivan in the backseat pass two sandwiches to Julie, “Mom, dad has a stomach condition.

had been holding out a sandwich to Julie, with the stubborn insistence of a man on a mission. It was as if he was saying, “You take this, or my arm stays up forever.”

you drive with one hand?”

it’s not exactly safe. If you don’t want to feed me, just put it aside,” Kieran

Julie put the sandwich aside.

backseat, a disgruntled Ivan suddenly turned to Julie and Kieran, his voice a mixture of hurt and worry. “You guys… are you going to get divorced in

with his soft voice and cautious question, made Julie’s heart skip

age. So, there were times when Julie almost forgot that beneath all that’ maturity, Ivan was just a little boy who was about

she and Kieran wouldn’t divorce, but she knew she couldn’t fool herself.

turned to Kieran.