Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 289

Daphne couldn’t get through to Julie on the phone, just as she dialed her number, an icy robotic voice informed her, “Sorry, the number you’re trying to reach is currently busy…”

On the other end, Julie had just dialed Julien’s number.

Julie would never call Julien unless it was absolutely necessary. But she couldn’t help but worry since Hayden had left with her the night before. Luckily, Julien on the other end picked up the call swiftly.

“I’m still alive. That was the first thing Julien said.

Julie, standing at the crossroads, let out a sigh of relief, “I just wanted to ask if I should go collect your ashes…”

Julien, picking up her underwear from the floor, replied coldly, “When it’s time to collect it, I’ll come to you in your dreams.”

Before Julie could respond, the man lying next to Julien woke up.

Thus before she could say anything else, Julien told her, “I’m busy, gotta hang up.”

And then, the call was abruptly ended.

Julie stared at her disconnected call, not knowing how to react.

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“Where are you going?” Hayden’s voice was still laced with the laziness of just waking up.

The woman putting on her underwear was surprised to find… the buttons were long gone since last night. And her own clothes… were now adding a wild touch to the messy bedroom. To be precise, those weren’t clothes anymore, those were scraps!

She grabbed his oversized shirt, and before she could put it on, she felt a strong force pressing her down on the soft pillow. Hayden was now on top of her. Clearly, he had calculated how to immobilize her, so she was stuck in this position, unable to move.

Meanwhile, her eyes were covered by the black shirt, unable to see anything.

Then came Hayden’s deep, sexy voice from above, “You still haven’t answered me, where are you going?”

“How about I make a schedule and let Raines read it to you? I’ll detail every mealtime and bathroom break down to the second, what do you think?” Knowing she was no match for him, Julien didn’t even try to resist, she let him pin her down.

The events of last night, Julien wished she could delete them from her mind, clean and neat!

moment, she was like a rose with thorns. Alluring

with me for 24 hours, then you wouldn’t need a

Does that mean if I make schedules for a lifetime, I won’t have to see you again?” She asked with a seductive smile, “I’d

into you?” His voice was threatening and sexy,

him was no

lip and said, “Sure! I’ve been undercover for the National Security Agency for years, I’ve dealt with a lot of high society

was a powerful

Hayden, but it also mocked him as being one of

his smile growing wider, “It seems that your ‘service’ is limited to sweet-talking those high

hadn’t sweet-talked him last night,

get in his car, instead, she asked him, “Are you still in the business of breaking into people’s

night, lurking in the dark, ready to tear her apart at any

opened the passenger door

had several ways to make her do it. So…. she reluctantly got into the car, sat in

to his villa, pulling her hand, and entered his room. He

love you’ with me all night?” She didn’t know where her temper came from, she stood up and told him,

like surprises like a little girl? Candles? Flowers?” He asked,

seldom smiled so gently,

most gentle and compromising tone he had ever used. It was as if she was the lover he held in his

unrealistic nonsense like ‘I love you’. You, Hayden, don’t have love, your

the case, then you match my desires

woman who matched you was an innocent silly girl. Obviously, the woman in front of you now is much more thoughtful than before.” She said contemptucusly.

matched years ago, it was because we tried. We haven’t tried after all these years, how

to me tonight is just to try?” As she spoke, she didn’t know where her temper came from, but she

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in a few quick movements and threw it on the couch, telling him, “Hayden, I’ve put up with you for too long!” Julien was rarely angry, but when

shirt collar as she sneered, “Right, I’m the toy you won back. So you play

he was only trying to control her, flipping her under him.

into her eyes, asking her, “When have you ever seen me, Hayden, trying to please a toy?”

was all to please her. Including his confession

his love, it was impossible for him to say it directly. But he sincerely told her “I love you”.

these three words, Julien was shocked, surprised, and after the