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

atmosphere among the four of them had now become awkward to

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

to be waiting for Daphne for a long time. From Daphne’s attitude, he guessed she was trying to

to be so attentive. She nodded and replied with a smile,

saying this, she suddenly felt she overshared. She was merely Mr. Lionel’s date for the evening. He surely wasn’t

embarrassed and let out a few

and sensitivity were definitely not

years, Albertine asked with concern,

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

you

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

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

I didn’t have the courage to get to know Julie then, or we might have

speaking, Daphne suddenly

mentally scolded herself, why couldn’t she stop talking

going! I was all ears! So, Mr.

“Tini, why do

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

her go. After he did, Albertine turned her attention to the auction stage, curious to see what the

was a unique

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

flooded Julie’s mind like

she was

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

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 approve, so she took off with her dad. From then on, she went through a ton of tough

stock market. Whether it was luck or skill, he ended up

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