Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 235

“Parents?” Adeline chuckled coldly, devoid of emotion. “Are you asking about my biological parents, or the ones who dumped me in the trash can?”

Elliot remained silent.

At Feliz Gastro House.

The information Elliot had shared wasn’t immediately passed on to Daphne by Julie. Instead, she began scouring the internet for news about Chris.

As she was deep in her reading, her phone suddenly buzzed.

The number was one she had jotted down in Kieran’s office earlier. It was Kyle’s number. Kyle calling at this time puzzled Julie, but she picked up the call anyway.

“Kyle.”

“Joyce, it’s me.” His voice was low and steady on the other end of the line.

Julie asked, “Kyle, what’s up?”

“Sansa…” Upon mentioning the name, Kyle paused before asking, “Which hospital is she in?”

“Kyle, you want to see her?”

“Mm.” His response was monotone, void of emotion. But Julie could imagine that he must be quite on edge right now.

After a moment, he asked, “Would you come with me? Where are you? I’ll come pick you up.”

If what Dylan had said was true, then Kyle already had a girlfriend before he met Sansa. But he ended up with Sansa, almost marrying her. After they broke up, disappeared.

he

Julie wasn’t sure whether Kyle was a good guy or not, and she didn’t know why he suddenly wanted to see Sansa – whether he was genuine, or had other motives. But she knew Kyle was stubborn. If he really wanted to see Sansa, he would, even if she tried to stop him.

So, Julie asked Kyle, “Where are you now?”

“I’m in the building opposite you. Black BMW, license plate ends with 23. Kyle provided detailed information.

Julie looked out the window and indeed, across the street, there was a parked black car. Although she couldn’t clearly see the license plate number, her gut told her it was Kyle’s car.

His previous response was ‘I’m in the building opposite you. He had already 100% confirmed his location, but redundantly asked her where she was again.

Julie told Kyle on the other end of the phone, “Hold on a sec, I need to go to the restroom.”

up, she turned towards

as she stepped into the restroom,

he picked up, his voice came through,

won’t be

didn’t respond, waiting for her to continue.

see Sansa. I might accompany him to the hospital. He’s currently

23.”

be careful on the road.” Without asking for more details, Kieran hung up and turned to Karl, “That black BMW, license plate ends in 23, have

reality, this was the goal of Julie’s

at the moment. She felt that he was a far cry from the person she knew back in the day. He’d become more

restaurant. She saw the black BMW parked

ready to knock on the window, the passenger door was opened by a woman. It was Lisa, the woman she’d seen at the hotel the

nodded at Lisa with a smile

the restaurant, and headed

was extremely quiet, only filled with the sound of the soft piano

at a red light that the driver finally broke the silence with an awkward question, Excuse me, Ms. Abraham. Which hospital are

Hospital,” Julie

slightly awkward silence, Kyle’s gentle voice suddenly spoke, “Julie, do you not trust me anymore?”

looked back into Kyle’s eyes, confused and unsure of

them in the rearview mirror but didn’t elaborate. He turned to

without fear, “If someone wants to hurt another person, they must have

you.” He said

a moment, then laughed, “I won’t hurt you either.”

tense moment with a joke, then changed the subject, “Kyle, you’ve matured a lot since the old days. You’re still young, but I

day brings change to a person. Especially considering we haven’t seen each

your business is doing well. Have you

easy.” He summarized his past and then asked,

thinking for a moment, Julie

I

the little girl who dreamt of conquering the world with her martial arts skills. And he was no longer the boy who would gently stroke

became less one-sided and superficial, Julie finally turned to Kyle and asked, “Kyle, why did you name your law firm S&J International Law Firm? Does it have any

Kelly said was true that Kyle

suddenly turned around and looked at her in a direct way, as if he was

under his gaze, Julie slowly lowered

suddenly said, “Joyce, you and Sansa are a lot alike.”

Julie casually replied, “She’s gentle, understanding, persistent in what she likes and always puts others before herself. I’m not even half as kind as her. The

“You two have the same approach

beat around the bush, Julie understood that Kyle was warning her not to dig too deep.