Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 171

Julie and Adeline looked at each other, the air between them thick with tension.

Finally, Adeline was the first to break the silence.

“You don’t have to glare at me like that! I promise, I’m not here to steal your man,” Adeline said, her laughter filled with allure.

If anyone else wore that smile, Julie would have been put off. But on Adeline, it was nothing short of captivating. It was strange how beautiful women seemed to have a certain privilege, regardless of their audience..

With a smile, Julie turned to Adeline, “Shall we continue talking about Elliot?”

“Are you sure you want to discuss Elliot with me?” Adeline raised an eyebrow. She answered Julie’s question, “I’d be more than happy to.” “Did you really mean it when you said you liked Elliot last time?” Julie asked.

Julie believed Adeline’s confession from before. Even though Adeline had confessed her feelings for Elliot in a rather nonchalant way, both intuition and logic told Julie that Adeline was telling the truth.

If Adeline didn’t really love Elliot, she wouldn’t have decided to run away from home, even knowing the dangers. All this just for Elliot’s

sake.

In the face of Julie’s question, Adeline responded freely, laughing, “Absolutely! If I didn’t care for Elliot, would I be concerned about you and Kieran getting back together? I sought you out for Elliot’s happiness.”

Truth be told, Adeline hadn’t asked her to meet, she had just dragged her out without considering her opinion.

“So, Ms. Sanches…”

“Don’t call me Ms. Sanches, I was never meant to belong to the Sanches family,” Adeline said, “You can call me Adeline. Consider it a privilege for being so pretty.”

Julie fell silent.

“Alright, Adeline,” Julie looked at Adeline, conceding, “I don’t know how to answer your questions and I don’t have the answers myself. Also, I don’t think I owe you any explanations, what do you think?”

“Do you really… not like Elliot at all? I mean, in the way between a man and a woman?”

Just as Julie was about to reply, the door to their private room was abruptly pushed open.

Both Adeline and Julie turned towards the entrance, finding Elliot standing there. Dressed in a well-tailored black suit, his deep gaze focused on Adeline. He walked straight up to Adeline, and with a hint of apology in his eyes, he turned to Julie, “Has she been causing trouble for you again?”

away, Adeline laughed, “We’re just having a

know her at all, it would be a

to her, saying, “I’ll give you a lift back to

and answer Adeline’s question, Julie

“Adeline, do you want me to take you back to the

silent and stopped following after

out of the restaurant, Julie turned to Elliot with a smile, “Thanks, Elliot, but I

drop you off at your office, let her cool down.”

wanting to refuse him, especially since he had come mainly to help her out,

suddenly turned to look at Julie, who was slowly following

been looking down at her own feet, looked up at him in confusion when he spoke,

a moment, during which Julie could

else, Julie walked silently beside Elliot without questioning him further. However,

response was a long

to answer according to her initial gut reaction, she thought, the answer would

the fact that she loved Kieran, but she couldn’t quite explain how much she

the extreme thought that all her miseries were because of her love for

enduring so much pain, she was still unable to erase that initial spark of love for him from

with many other factors. While she loved

wasn’t sure if this still counted as love.

immediately

how to answer, Elliot no longer wanted to

“I should wish you

silently watched Elliot, lost

you, love you, all from the heart. I want to marry you, propose to you, all genuine. When I first came back home, I heard you were divorced. I really thought about giving you a stable home. Maybe it wouldn’t be a passionate love, but at least I could be with you through the mundane. But I know, love that is

Julie’s voice was low.

reminded him of her short, neat hair when she was in

require an apology, and neither does not loving

the time I

laughed, “Back then, Bertha Stewart told me that boys like

hair long to be the type Kieran liked?” Elliot

her tied-up hair, her

girl I liked was short-haired, independent, unique,