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!

she was like a rose with thorns. Alluring and captivating, but full of

then you wouldn’t need

won’t have to see you again?”

want me to sleep with you for 24 hours to knock some sense into

luckily, the woman under him was

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

a

Hayden, but it also mocked him as being one of those high society lowlifes…

was on her waist, his smile growing wider, “It seems that your ‘service’ is

last night, she wouldn’t have

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

like a panther hidden in the night, lurking in the

already opened the passenger door for

if she refused to get in the car at that moment, he had several ways to make her do it. So…. she

hand, and entered his room. He didn’t give her

didn’t know where her temper came from, she stood up and told him, Two people who don’t understand love, talking about love, don’t

you like surprises like a little girl? Candles? Flowers?” He

gently, her dreamy smile was like a noble and elegant princess living

had ever used. It was as if she was the lover he held in his palm, he was trying his best to cheer her up,

nonsense like ‘I love you’. You, Hayden, don’t have love, your interests always eclipse your love. You have desires, not

case, then you match my

change, probably the woman who matched you was an innocent silly

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

didn’t know where her temper came from, but she exploded

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for a long

couch, telling him, “Hayden, I’ve put up with you for too long!” Julien was rarely angry, but when she did get angry, she was almost out of control.

the bed, “I’ve had enough of you, Hayden!” She swung one leg over Hayden, settling herself on his lap, her grip tight on his shirt collar as she sneered, “Right, I’m the toy you won back. So you play with me when you’re in the mood and toss me aside for years when you’re not. My duty, my reason for living, is to

begins with her long-held resentment. At that time, he was only

stared into her eyes, asking her, “When have you ever seen me, Hayden, trying

did, it was all to

impossible for him to say it

shocked, surprised, and after the shock, there seemed