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.

Annalise tried to hold

sneer suddenly echoed, Julie and

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

off Ms. Annalise’s arm and told her he would hit her even

hugged herself, pretending to be scared.

would hit a woman. I’m lucky

Ms. Annalise asked Hayden why he didn’t hit you when you were

said he wouldn’t want to dirty his

shoulder in an attempt to comfort her.

to Ms. Annalise, ‘Because she’s my woman, you’re not. Even though he wasn’t talking to me, I felt my

why he said that?” Julien seemed

at Julie, innocent, “Isn’t it because Hayden likes

Hayden likes Julien. Why else

I’m a good bodyguard?” Julien scoffed.

Julien’s words

when Hayden came to look for Kieran, Kieran and Payne were in the room discussing something. So, I spent some time with Hayden. Then he suddenly asked me a very emotional question.”

Daphne asked, eyes wide

don’t want to live in hate, so let it go. But when Hayden asked me that, I didn’t really get

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

on

your feelings to Hayden, didn’t he mysteriously disappear? Isn’t that the root of all the tension between you two? Maybe,

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does that have to do with me?” Julien pulled a blanket over her head. “I only agreed to help him with

the bed and yanked the blanket off Julien’s head. “What do

her excitement at bay. She rushed to Julien’s side and stared at

would you need to be her safety net? God,

up and patted the blanket. “Fine, I’ll explain what I meant by ‘being Adeline’s

attention, waiting for Julien to continue.

“If there really is something going on between Hayden and Adeline, then I’ve been wrong about

raised her hand, almost as

as Julien was about to speak, the