Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 198

A little boy in a dark blue baseball cap bumped into Julie, like hitting a brick wall. He lost his balance and sat down on the ground. Just as Julie was about to bend down to help him up, the little boy pulled down the brim of his cap to hide his face. He picked up a dark blue pendant that had fallen to the ground and clutched it

to his chest as if it were a precious treasure.

Julie extended her hand to the little boy, but he didn’t look up. Suddenly, a tall man burst out of the hospital. He scooped up the boy from the ground without a word to Julie, then turned and headed towards a black SUV parked outside the hospital.

The little boy didn’t cry or struggle, he just kept his head down. Julie couldn’t see his face, only his small hands clutching the pendant.

She watched the man get into the car with the little boy in his arms until the car door closed. Inside the car, she saw a pair of red pointed heels, authoritative and imposing. Her eyes followed the woman’s ankle up, until they were obscured by the car door.

All she could see was the woman’s hand, with dark red nail polish, reaching out for the boy.

The boy hesitated, then placed the delicate blue pendant in the woman’s hand.

The car door closed. Julie watched the black SUV drive away.

It wasn’t until her phone buzzed in her pocket that she snapped out of her reverie and picked up the call.

It was Dr. Brice’s voice on the other end, “I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. Turns out it was really you.”

The familiar voice not only came from the phone, but also seemed to be coming from behind her.

She turned around, and sure enough, Dr. Brice was standing right behind her. He was wearing his white doctor’s coat, phone in hand.

They locked eyes. He ended the call, then walked towards her, “Last time I saw you, it was in the newspaper.”

Julie smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to respond. Ever since he had bluntly expressed his affection for her, things between them had become a bit awkward. Even though they still occasionally chatted on WhatsApp, most of the time they talked about Sansa Abraham, no longer occasionally caring about each other’s lives as friends.

Feeling the shift in their relationship, Dr. Brice took the initiative to speak, “Did you come to see your sister?”

Julie nodded, “Why are you here at the hospital entrance?”

delivered by Mr. Hernandez three days ago. In fact, you and Mr. Hernandez remarried…

asked me if I had someone in mind. After thinking about it, I thought! might have some feelings for you, but I’m more focused on myself. So…just like

with a smile, “Sure.”

in a married woman, and I won’t have any thoughts beyond friendship towards you.”

humor made Julie laugh, “Dr. Brice, you really have good taste.”

said to Julie, “If there’s anything, feel free to

and pushed open the door to Sansa’s ward.

so thin that her cheeks were sunken. That year, Sansa

truck full of stones hit them, crushing both cars under its

Kieran’s help, Julie managed to rush Sansa, who was hanging on by a thread, to the Tranquil Care Hospital for emergency treatment. After 28 hours of rescue, Sansa miraculously

months later that she gradually regained the ability to breathe on her

during her toughest times. She had watched her closest people pass away one by one, and Sansa suffer from illness time and time again. She had thought about

her back into the abyss was also him.

Hospital. Over the years, Julie had lost hope of seeing Sansa wake

tightly. When she was a child, she loved

Kieran. She held Sansa’s hand, leaned on the bed and used her arm

said, a smile playing at the corners of her mouth, but

is Ivan Hernandez. I never dare to think about what we might have missed all these years. We went through a lot before we finally

is past. If we have a chance to correct our mistakes, we should cherish it. We may have made mistakes,

you know the Fitzgerald family? Their first in line, Simon, started a charity for rare diseases. I wasn’t back with Kieran then

I knew Simon. I thought, if he made the donation because he knew us, maybe he knew you?

anyone who would donate

saw it

Call me when

planning to take a taxi home, but Kieran was there in person.

bed, then asked Kieran on the phone, “Where are

Kieran was, Julie gave Sansa a hug

a low-profile black business car, with a license plate number that stood out to Julie. She glanced

birthday.” He pinched her cheek and grinned, “Thanks for being born.”