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 it quits. Once Elliot spoke up, she

among the four of them had now become awkward to the extreme.

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

seemed to be waiting for Daphne for

She nodded and replied with a smile, “We’re great

She was merely Mr. Lionel’s date for the evening. He surely

Daphne felt embarrassed and let

observation and sensitivity were definitely not

asked with concern, “Your friend

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

“So, you guys

relationship with Julie,

how do you know she’s never lost a fight since she was a kid?

didn’t have the courage to get to know Julie then, or we might have become friends earlier. You should know that from middle school to university, Kieran and Julie were always well-known figures in school…”

was speaking, Daphne suddenly

why couldn’t she stop talking once she

stop? Keep going! I was all ears!

Albertine a look, “Tini, why

to answer, Babur next to her covered her mouth and pointed to the auction item on the stage, “This is the last

did, Albertine turned her attention to

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

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

Julie’s mind like a

though she was back in her

aspired to be the superhero characters she saw on TV. In her childhood memories, her parents, Darcey Abraham and Padgett Abraham, had a blissful

that her mom’s 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,

Padgett tried his hand at playing the stock market. Whether it was luck or skill, he ended up making a

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