Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 162

Chapter 162

Knowing about Albertine and Lionel’s past fling, the thoughtful organizers purposely separated their seating arrangements.

But they were clueless about the beef between Kieran and Elliot. They thought these two guys were just partners, so they placed them together.

Upon learning that there was no awkwardness between Lionel and Albertine, Daphne began to stress about Julie.

She kept throwing glances in Julie’s direction.

At that moment, Julie was making eye contact with Adeline. The host was delivering the opening speech. There seemed to be some sort of unspoken tension brewing between Kieran and Elliot.

The spat that happened outside earlier didn’t sit well with Daphne. She wanted to ask Lionel to convince the organizers to reseat the four of them, but turned around to find Lionel and Albertine in deep conversation.

And Albertine’s hubby, Mr. Farrell, was attentively listening to the host’s speech.

In the end, Daphne could only look back at Julie, only to find Julie whispering to Adeline.

Maybe she was overthinking.

She was too far to hear what Julie and Adeline were chattering about.

Actually, Adeline was gossiping.

Probably because she was pissed at the rapport between Elliot and Kieran, she said to Julie, “When you remarried Mr. Hernandez, did you ever consider how your first love would feel?”

Adeline’s comment silenced the three people present.

But Adeline acted as if nothing happened, telling Julie, “Doing this will upset my brother, you know!”

“Adeline!” Elliot’s face turned sour. He shot Adeline a look, signaling her to zip it.

vengeful woman, she knew when to call it quits. Once Elliot spoke up, she

had now become awkward to the

finally stopped his cheerful chat with Albertine. He glanced at Elliot, then asked Daphne, “If I remember correctly, you know the new Mrs.

time Daphne interviewed him, Julie had shown up and seemed to be waiting for Daphne for a long time. From Daphne’s

so attentive. She nodded and replied

felt she overshared. She was merely Mr. Lionel’s date for the evening. He surely wasn’t interested in her

embarrassed and let out a few awkward

years, her observation and sensitivity were definitely not inferior to Daphne’s. She immediately noticed the tense

friend of Daphne for many years, Albertine asked with concern, “Your

worried, but seeing Julie sitting calmly not far away, she confidently said, “She’ll be fine! Julie’s never lost a fight

“So, you guys grew up together?”

Daphne a moment to realize Lionel was asking about her relationship with Julie, so

lost a fight since she was

in the same class. I didn’t have the courage to get

she was speaking, Daphne suddenly

scolded herself, why couldn’t she stop

going! I was all ears!

a look, “Tini, why do you like

her mouth and pointed to the auction item on the

Albertine slapped his arm, signaling him to let her go. After he did, Albertine turned her attention to the auction stage,

was a beautiful ring. The entire ring was a unique yellowish-green color that caught everyone’s attention.

was the ring her mother always wore on her right ring finger since she was a child. Her mother treasured it. But the year the Abraham family went bankrupt, her mother and her lover eloped with all the family’s assets. Her father died

flooded Julie’s mind like

was back in her childhood house.

more active than boys. She aspired to be the superhero characters she saw on TV. In her childhood memories, her parents, Darcey Abraham and

her dad was born into a life of poverty. Her mom fell head over heels for her dad when she was young, but her family didn’t approve, so she took off with her dad. From then on, she

hand at playing the stock market. Whether it was luck

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