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.

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

atmosphere among the four of them had now become awkward

finally stopped his cheerful chat with Albertine. He glanced at Elliot, then asked Daphne,

him, Julie had shown up and seemed to be waiting for Daphne for a long time. From Daphne’s attitude, he guessed she was trying

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

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

and let

observation and sensitivity were

of Daphne for many years, Albertine asked with concern, “Your friend isn’t in trouble,

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

asked Daphne, “So, you guys grew

realize Lionel was asking about her relationship with Julie, so she replied with a

she was a kid? You two must be very close!” Lionel said,

the courage to get to know Julie then, or we might have become

she was speaking, Daphne

she stop talking once

I was all ears! So, Mr.

why do you like

covered her mouth and pointed to the auction item on the stage, “This is the

his arm, 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

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

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 had never

flooded Julie’s mind like a tide…

she was back

than boys. She aspired to be the superhero characters she saw on

was a kid, her grandma told her 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

the stock market. Whether it

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