Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 178

“When someone’s not hiding anything at all, their disgust and anger can be expressed through micro-expressions like furrowing their brow, squinting their eyes, lifting their upper lip, and forming nasolabial folds. If jealousy is very restrained, it is almost imperceptible. When anger is more prevalent, it usually manifests as wide-open eyes, unconscious staring, and keeping the rest of the face serious; when disgust is more prevalent, it usually manifests as giving the side-eye, and the rest of the face doesn’t have any significant expression.”

As Dylan started his analysis, everyone’s gaze shifted towards Davina. Indeed, every micro-expression of jealousy that Dylan mentioned was reflected on Davina’s face.

“What does that mean?” Payne asked, “Any woman would be jealous of Julie marrying Kerry. It’s normal for this Davina chick to be jealous too.”

“But in Davina’s eyes, there’s not just jealousy, there’s also hatred!” Dylan pointed at the video and said, “Expressions of hatred are complex. It’s a mix of fear, anger, sadness, and self-blame for being powerless.”

“How’s that?” Payne asked, curiosity piqued.

Hayden got it. The reason Kieran was not in a rush was that he knew who had kidnapped Julie. The only thing he didn’t know was her motive for kidnapping Julie. But since she chose to kidnap her instead of directly hurting her, this Davina chick in the video would definitely contact him soon. He was sitting on the couch, lost in thought, probably waiting for the kidnapper to contact him.

Dylan continued, “The fear is because Davina knows she can’t be compared with Julie. The anger is because she wants to eliminate her competition. The sadness is because she can’t do anything about the harm that’s already been done. See, her lower lip is tightly closed due to muscle contraction, causing her lips to be tightly drawn together. Her upper lip is slightly lifted, added to the downward pull of the corners of her mouth, making the entire line of her lips curve downwards. Tight lips are a sign of self-restraint. If she actually loses control and starts screaming, her emotions wouldn’t just be hatred, but total rage. So, in front of Julie, Davina is always restraining herself!”

This profound explanation was indeed harder for Payne to grasp than his computer.

But after hearing Dylan’s conclusion, Payne frowned, “So, the person who kidnapped her is this woman?”

As Dylan was speaking, Kieran had already grabbed his car keys.

Julien was not one to just sit and wait. She moved to follow Kieran, but Hayden grabbed her arm and pulled her back.

Compared to arguing, Julien preferred to take action. Almost as soon as Hayden pulled her back, Julien kicked at him.

Hayden nimbly jumped up, avoiding Julien’s attack. Julien swung a punch at Hayden’s handsome face with her left hand, but Hayden easily dodged it. Then, he grabbed Julien’s swinging arm.

Taking this opportunity, he pulled her into his arms.

Payne, watching from the side, was flabbergasted. Not until he saw Julien in Hayden’s arms did he react, “Could you guys just talk it out?! Why are you suddenly fighting?”

A peaceful conversation between Julien and Hayden? That’s a joke.

continue resisting, Kieran’s phone, who was about to leave, suddenly

made both Hayden

it. If it’s the kidnapper, try

could track the caller’s location.

hunch about who was on the other end of the line. He

on the other end was indeed Davina’s, but all she said was, “Julie’s with me. If you don’t want anything to happen to her, sign

realize that Payne might trace her phone, so she immediately hung up and smashed her phone against a distant

had come a little later, the kidnappers might have let her go. But, Julie never expected that the

sensitive. Davina’s voice in Julie’s memory was not sweet, but at least it was gentle. But the sentence she just said to the two kidnappers, “If anyone dares to let her go, I’ll kill

terrifying when

a lot of people. Julie was blindfolded, so she wasn’t sure what happened, until

in your desk?” After the

and said to someone next to her,

taken off, she found herself hanging

this height, even if it wasn’t fatal, she would definitely be

Julie guessed that the two kidnappers might have used the crane to hang her

two

of the ground. The two kidnappers were tied back to back by Davina’s people,

the one who kidnapped her, but

reunion when she bumped into Davina at the company,

She arched her eyebrows and looked at Julie with contempt, “You want to know why?

was so intense that it seemed to

remember

“Julie, I’m really curious… what do you

afraid of heights, but being hung in mid-air like this, even with strong mental

responding lightly, “Yeah, what do I see in him? How did

want to hear this kind of answer