Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 181

“Don’t listen to her!” Julie struggled against the ropes, “Don’t put it on! Cheap love, noble love, I don’t need your love! Even if you put on that vest, Davina won’t let me go!”

“If you don’t put it on, I’m going to kill her right now!” By the time Davina said this, she had already loaded her gun.

Julie was right. Whether or not Kieran put on that vest, Davina would absolutely not let Julie go. Similarly, if Kieran didn’t put on that vest, he would lose her right now, before the rescue team arrived.

Kieran bent down and picked up the vest from the ground..

“Kieran, don’t do it!” Julie struggled desperately, but still couldn’t break free from the ropes. The rope on her arm had worn through the fabric of her clothes, scraping her skin raw and staining her white shirt red.

“Kieran, I don’t love you. My life and death have nothing to do with you, so you don’t need to do this for me. Even if you die for me, I won’t shed a tear for you. I hate you, Kieran, I hate you!” Julie’s voice echoed from above, but it still couldn’t stop Kieran from putting on the bomb-laden vest.

Looking at Julie hanging in mid-air, Kieran’s heart ached. His mind was suddenly flooded with a long-forgotten memory…

He remembered her look before the divorce, and the way she had looked at him with expectation, her eyes moist.

“Joyce, do you remember the question you asked me before our divorce?” He looked up into her eyes. Tears blurred her vision, sticking her long eyelashes together, her long hair messy against her cheeks. She shook her head.

Despite being strapped with explosives, Kieran was calm.

He said slowly, “You asked me then, if the person on the operating table wasn’t our child but you, would I be upset. I said I wouldn’t be. That might be true. If you died, I wouldn’t allow myself the chance to be upset.”

“Stop talking!” Julie shook her head, feeling as if her heart had been dug out with a knife.

A cold smirk flashed in Davina’s eyes as she looked at Julie and said, “I was right, wasn’t I? Any man who loves you is doomed to misfortune. You should die!”

Julie finally understood why Davina had brought up the story of Romeo and Juliet…

Maybe from the beginning, Davina didn’t want to kill her, but Kieran, the man Julie loved. She wanted Julie to watch as the man she loved died in front of her. If the rope broke, Julie might not die, but she would definitely be hurt.

She wanted Julie to watch as the man she loved died in a bomb explosion in front of her, destroying all her hope and life…

Julie watched as Davina took the bomb timer from another bodyguard…

“Don’t press it! Davina, don’t press it!” Julie’s voice shook as she tried to stop her, but Davina had already put her thumb on the button.

“Kieran, take it off!”-Julie screamed in despair, her bloodshot eyes fixed on Kieran, “Kieran, I beg you, Kieran…”

It would take less than a second for Davina to press the timer. Kieran wouldn’t have time to take off the vest. Besides, he never planned to remove it, as Davina held the timer in one hand and the button controlling Julie’s life in the other..

can be healed by another’s. How true! I want to watch as you throw yourselves into despair,

to look at Julie, who was spinning in mid-air, her hand on the

she was about to

out, echoing through the

was holding the controller with was hit by a bullet from above. The intense pain caused her to drop the

door behind Kieran was suddenly kicked open. Dozens of SWAT officers rushed in, shielding Kieran, and shot the

bodyguards also opened

and aimed at Julie’s head, pulling the trigger straight away.

couldn’t move. Davina’s shooting skills were not accurate. The bullet ended up hitting the chair that

people/rushed out from inside

hostages!” Elliot led the SWAT team over, shouting orders at

team leader gestured to the officers behind him: Team A cover, Team B approach Julie from both sides

on him! Where’s

turn against her, Davina quickly picked up the controller from the

was still holding a gun. The person who had shot Davina’s hand earlier was him. Hearing Kieran’s shout, Dylan immediately

However…

was too quick and managed to press the controller…

one had time to get close to the bound Julie. The bomb under the

was hard

less than two seconds that it took for her to fall, Julie seemed to review

entire life.

she probably shouldn’t have dwelled on whether to forgive Kieran. Maybe only in the face of death can one truly

was a next life…

scorching her skin. But just as she braced herself for the impact… suddenly, it was as if time stood still and Julie was once again hovering in mid-air…

moment of panic, Julie turned her head in

somehow appeared out of nowhere, before the SWAT team could even get close. They held the rope tight, bearing

strapped with a bomb, finally

who had been absent from the start, suddenly appear

showed

and Hayden showed

was struggling to her feet, a bullet hit her

drop instantly

Davina’s other knee

she wasn’t shooting a

knees. Her face, which was already