Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 195

After getting Ivan all dolled up, Julie and Daphne glanced at their watches and realized it was almost time for their rendezvous. So, Julie and Daphne took Ivan and headed to the restaurant a bit early.

“Julie, you and my godson just chill at this table, if things get too heavy,”

“I’ll jump in to help!” Ivan said, glancing at the menu while talking to Daphne.

Daphne and Ivan high-fived in agreement, “You’re awesome!”

“Fix your collar!” Julie stood up to fix Daphne’s outfit.

Daphne gave Julie a bear hug, saying, “Darling, if the guy turns out to be a total dog, come over and pretend to be my true love, okay?”

“Sorry. I just don’t swing that way.” Julie patted Daphne’s shoulder, “Go get ’em, brave girl!”

“Hold the fort!” Daphne, clutching her newly bought mini skirt, gracefully walked over to the table next door and ordered a lemonade.

Truth be told, Daphne wasn’t too hopeful about this blind date. She had read too many horror stories online and was pretty much prepared for the worst.

Yet, to her surprise, the guy her mom’s friend set her up with wasn’t bad at all.

He was dressed casually in a white shirt, a dark grey blazer and black slacks. Not exactly a knockout, but he was neat and tidy. He seemed to recognize Daphne and gave her a slight smile.

Then he walked over to Daphne, holding a single red rose, and offered it to her like a true gentleman.

One rose, a polite gesture, not too over the top.

Based on the first impression, Daphne was quite pleased with him.

Julie also quietly observed the man across Daphne, he was way more promising than her last blind date.

“Hello, Ms. Daphne, I’m Nigel Ted.” The man flashed a set of pearly whites as he spoke, instantly winning brownie points.

“Hi, I’m Daphne.” She took the rose from him, giving him a slight smile. “Thank you.”

Julie thought it was a good start. She was about to order when she saw Ivan engrossed in his phone.

“Ivan, what are you doing?” Julie asked curiously.

a girl!” Ivan

and saw Ivan trying to add Julien as

Ivan, “Don’t you think you’re a bit too young for

Mommy knows

and

might break up?” He suddenly looked hopeful and reached out to Julie, “Mommy, I

met Julien once when Julie was kidnapped, how did he become so fond of her already? But then she remembered that the little guy called her mommy the first time

her phone, but instead of giving it to Ivan, she asked, “Can you tell me

cool! She can protect

perspective left

took Julie’s phone. “Thank you,

so she didn’t stop him. It might be more effective to talk to him after he got rejected.

they were suddenly acting quite chummy. They were chatting away like old friends, so much so that anyone who didn’t know better might

up to her blind date so quickly. Just as Julie thought Daphne was quite satisfied with Nigel, she saw Daphne actually taking the initiative to hold his hand.

Daphne was patting Nigel’s hand in sympathy, asking him, “Mr. Ted, be honest, do

look, then smiled, “You

I think it’s okay, modern life is stressful! Having issues in that department is quite normal. Anyway, you don’t mind my past. I think you’re very honest, which is a good thing. If you really have problems in the sack, no worries,

rest assured. Like I said, I had two girlfriends and we didn’t sleep together because I believe in not rushing into things. I think people should

what I just said was from the heart. I don’t mind about Ms. Daphne’s past, given the chance, I’d rather get to know you

a hunch

can be quite imaginative. If you don’t mind, I’d rather

they were holding hands that she realized it. She quickly pulled her hand back, then looked at Nigel with a full

Daphne, and you can call me

immediately agreed happily.

and had work in the afternoon. After the meal, he insisted on taking Daphne home, but she declined, saying she had made plans with friends. So she sent Nigel to his car.

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Julie and put her arms around her shoulders. “What do you think

you tell me what you

“He’s a good guy, and he doesn’t mind my past relationships. I think I

understand his true character. But I have

looked at Julie, puzzled.

pointed to the billboard across the street and said, “Are you sure you’ve cleared things up with the

time but ultimately didn’t dare to mention the one-night stand. She looked at Julie and said, “I’ve seen ugly ducklings turn into swans, but I’ve never seen a pheasant turn into a phoenix. The ugly duckling can become a swan because it was a