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?”

led Julie towards Sansa’s ward, “Sansa’s treatment fee was delivered by Mr. Hernandez three days ago. In fact, you and

Brice laughed, “I’ve been dating recently, but I haven’t found the right person yet. My family 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 we discussed last time, let’s keep a pure doctor-patient relationship, how about that?”

nodded with a

not interested in a married woman,

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

Julie,

turned and pushed open

thin that her cheeks were sunken. That year, Sansa drove to find

them, crushing both cars under its chassis.

showed signs of life. At that time, Julie and Kieran were not divorced yet. With Kieran’s help, Julie managed to rush Sansa, who was hanging on by a thread, to the Tranquil Care Hospital for emergency treatment. After

months later that she gradually regained the ability to breathe on her own, and her body temperature

watched her closest people pass away one by one, and Sansa suffer from illness time and time again. She had thought about ending Sansa’s life herself in despair, but Kieran grabbed her hand and pulled her out

pushed her back into the

Tranquil Care Hospital, so Sansa was transferred to Oakhurst Hospital. Over the years, Julie had lost hope of seeing Sansa wake up, but no matter how tough life got, she never thought about giving

When she was a child, she loved watching Sansa dance. She would spin and jump gracefully in her ballet shoes, like a real swan,

leaned on the bed and used her

survive.” She said, a smile playing at the corners of her mouth,

is Ivan Hernandez. I never dare to think about what we might have missed all

she was talking to herself, but she still said seriously, “Only those who are alive have the right to love or hate. What’s past is past. If we have a chance to correct our mistakes, we should cherish it. We may have made mistakes, but at least we’re still alive. Sansa, I’ll bring Ivan to see

as if she remembered something, she said to Sansa, “By the way, Sansa, do you know the Fitzgerald family? Their first in line, Simon, started a charity for rare diseases. I wasn’t back with Kieran then and was short on funds. If I had used the

continued, “Kieran asked me if I knew Simon. I thought, if he made the donation because he knew us, maybe he knew you? Too bad you can’t

who would donate

She saw it was Kieran and answered.

me when you’re ready to leave.”

to take a taxi home, but Kieran was there in

the hospital bed, then asked Kieran on the phone, “Where are you?

Kieran was, Julie gave Sansa a hug and left the

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

cheek and grinned, “Thanks for being