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.

to call

atmosphere among the four of them had now become

cheerful chat with Albertine. He glanced at Elliot, then asked Daphne, “If I remember

and seemed to be waiting for Daphne for a long time. From Daphne’s attitude, he guessed

didn’t expect Lionel to be so attentive. She nodded

Lionel’s date for the evening. He surely wasn’t

and let out a few awkward laughs.

towards Julie. Having been an agent for many years, her observation and sensitivity were definitely not inferior to Daphne’s. She

an old friend of Daphne for many years, Albertine asked

sitting calmly not far away, she confidently

Daphne, “So, you guys

took Daphne a moment to realize Lionel was asking about her relationship with Julie, so she replied with a smile, “We met

since she was a kid? You two must be very

to the same school as Julie in middle and high school, although we weren’t in the same class. I didn’t have the courage to get to know Julie then, or we might have become friends earlier. You should know

she was speaking,

scolded herself, why couldn’t she stop

her, was very interested, “Why did you stop? Keep going! I was all ears! So, Mr. Hernandez

a look, “Tini, why do you

and pointed to the auction item on the stage, “This is the last auction

signaling him to let her go. After he did, Albertine turned her attention to the auction stage, curious to see what the night’s showstopper

entire ring was a unique yellowish-green color that

the ring, her gaze was fixed on the auction stage. It 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 of a stroke. Since her mother’s death in a car accident, she

mind

as though she was back in

she saw on

dirt poor, but 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

playing the stock market. Whether it was luck or skill,

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