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.

woman, she knew when to call it quits. Once Elliot spoke up, she shut her mouth.

atmosphere among the four of them had now become

He glanced at Elliot, then asked Daphne, “If I remember correctly,

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

attentive. She nodded and

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

Daphne felt embarrassed and let

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

asked with concern, “Your friend

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

“So, you guys grew up

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

do you know she’s never lost a fight since she was a kid? You two must be very close!” Lionel

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

was speaking, Daphne

she stop talking once she

you stop? Keep going! I was all ears! So, Mr. Hernandez and Ms. Abraham have been

why do you like gossiping this

covered her mouth and pointed to the auction item on the

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

was a beautiful ring. The entire ring was a unique

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 had

mind like

as though she was back in her childhood

saw on TV. In her childhood memories, her parents, Darcey Abraham and Padgett Abraham, had a blissful marriage.

family wasn’t actually 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

hand at playing the stock market. Whether it was luck or skill, he ended up making a some money.

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