Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 286

“Are you laughing or crying? You’ve been chuckling nonstop.” Julie leaned in closer to Daphne, curious to know who was on the other end of the phone call. But Daphne handed the phone to Julie as if it were a hot potato. Her face, a picture of relief, left Julie puzzled.

Meanwhile, Julien was lying quietly on the carpet, lost in her own world, oblivious to the commotion between Julie and Daphne.

Until Julie suddenly cried out, “Hayden?”

At the sound of his name, Julien sprung up from the floor like a zombie, startling Julie who moved closer to Daphne for comfort.

Even though Julie had no idea what Hayden had said, she handed the phone to Julien, saying timidly, “Julien, it’s for you!”

Upon hearing Hayden’s name, Julien wanted to hang up. But when Julie handed her the phone, she immediately pressed the end call button and irritably tossed it back to Daphne.

Daphne’s admiration for Julien reached it peek point.

“Is it okay to just hang up on Hayden like that?” Julie asked, concerned.

Julien didn’t respond. This was the first time she had the audacity to hang up on Hayden. Usually, she would follow his orders without question.

Julie thought for a moment, then said, “Well, Hayden spoils you, so it should be fine, right?”

“Hayden spoils me? You are talking nonsense!” Julien coldly retorted, sitting up again!

Daphne clutched her chest. She couldn’t handle any more surprises from Julien.

Instead of answering Julien’s question, Julie turned to Daphne and asked, “Don’t you think Hayden treats Julien differently?”.

“It seems like it. Remember Ivan’s birthday party…”,

“What happened then?” Julie asked.

“We were having a barbecue in the garden, remember? Mr. Watson took me out there. Later, I went back to my room to get my phone and saw Mr. Dylan, Annalise Hansen, and Hayden…”

“And then what?” Julie asked, looking at Daphne curiously.

to hold

echoed, Julie and Daphne both looked at

acted as if nothing happened, and looked at Daphne coldly, “Why did

then continued, “Hayden shook off Ms. Annalise’s arm and told her he would hit

herself, pretending

grunted, “He would hit a woman.

Annalise asked Hayden why he didn’t

dirty his hands by hitting me.” Julien replied emotionlessly.

Julien’s shoulder in an attempt to

burst into laughter, “Hayden only said to Ms. Annalise, ‘Because she’s my woman, you’re not. Even though he wasn’t talking to me, I felt my heart

know why he said

“Isn’t it

likes Julien. Why else would he say Jullen

it because I’m a good

and Julie were stunned. Julien’s words seemed to

remembered something important. She grabbed Julien’s arm, “Last time, when Hayden came to look for Kieran, Kieran and Payne were in the room discussing something. So, I spent

Daphne asked,

if I blamed Kieran for his past decisions. I told him that since it’s in the past, all I can do is to be there for Ivan. I can’t change the past and I don’t want to live in hate, so let it go. But when Hayden asked me that, I didn’t really get

argued with me, and it didn’t sound like he was defending Kieran.

happened next?” Daphne asked, on the edge of

I remembered, Julien, after you confessed your feelings to Hayden, didn’t he mysteriously disappear? Isn’t that the root of all the tension between you two? Maybe, just maybe, Hayden’s stubbornness stems from some

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Julien pulled a blanket over her head. “I only agreed to help him with

jumped off the bed and yanked the blanket off Julien’s head. “What do you mean, ‘Adeline’s safety net’? Are you implying that something’s

She rushed to Julien’s side

would you need to be her safety

sat up and patted the blanket. “Fine, I’ll

attention, waiting for Julien

Hayden and Adeline, then I’ve been wrong about Hayden. I’ll stand by

her hand, almost as if she was

Julien was about to speak, the doorbell