Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 298

Julien found herself staring at the Persian cat – a creature of elegant silver and white. Its eyes were a clear, transparent blue, as striking and precious as a pair of sapphire gems. A purebred cat, no doubt, and vaguely familiar.

Just as she was about to speak, a young girl of about ten appeared from nowhere. Dressed in a white sundress with her hair tied back, sweeping down to her waist. Her eyes, as bright and almond-shaped as a doe’s, were charming and lively. With a small, stylish black purse slung across her shoulder, she tiptoed through the banquet hall, quietly calling, “Lavee, Lavee, where are you?”

Julien furrowed her brows…

This delicate and beautiful young girl… wasn’t she Cherry, her niece? Charlene, to be precise, the eldest daughter of Flavia.

Following Charlene was her twin brother, Nate, or rather Nathan. He reached out to straighten Charlene’s collar, pulling her upright. Despite being twins, Charlene was quite a bit shorter than Nathan.

The cat, Lavee, perhaps realizing that it had caused some trouble, lifted its tail and sauntered back towards Charlene.

Charlene bent over to pick up the cat, giving its head a light tap with a scolding expression. “You’ve caused trouble again! Wait till I deal with you later!”

“Hey, young lady, is this your cat?” The woman who had been startled by the cat earlier, now emboldened by her male companion, was pointing at the Persian cat in Charlene’s arms with her champagne flute and an air of superiority.

Knowing that they were in hot water, Nathan was holding Charlene’s hand, bowing apologetically to the woman. “We’re sorry. We should have been keeping a closer eye on Lavee.”

“Do you even know where you are? How dare you bring a stray cat to such a place!” The woman sneered at the two children.

Despite being a gathering of elites, there were inevitably a few rotten apples in the bunch. They spoke rudely, yet carried themselves with an air of superiority.

Seeing the two children looking lost and alone, the man sneered, “Where are the hosts? Aren’t they going to kick these ill-bred children and their pet out?”

Julie felt the man was being ridiculously unreasonable. These were just children, they had apologized, and yet these two adults were behaving terribly…

Julie was about to intervene when she was stopped by Julien’s gentle laughter.

Caught by surprise, Julie turned to look at Julien. Was she laughing? Why was she looking at these two unknown children with such a tender and proud expression, as though they were her own…

“Where is the security? What a disaster! Whose ill-mannered children are these? What a disgrace!” The man continued to rant, seemingly expecting others to back him up.

Just then, a powerful voice echoed from the entrance, a stern and assertive declaration, “Mine.”

Upon hearing this, everyone turned towards the entrance.

in a white dress, standing by his side. In

father’s voice, Charlene, holding Lavee, walked towards

crowd as they

look even better in person than

expect the Fitzgeralds to invite such high-profile guests. Not only Kieran but also Kenton and

couple rarely attends public

twins and the triplets,

well-behaved and polite. They’ve been brought up

galaxy in her past

murmurs filled

entrance was Daphne’s former boss, who had married the CEO of Apex Innovations Kenton Jenkins. Now she was Mrs.

Flavia Julien’s

back to Julien, understanding why she had been stopped earlier.

his wife, leaned down to Nathan and Charlene and

couldn’t help but

with the young woman, was now

situation awkward, leaving

scolding a child, and now he had offended someone important.

quickly let go of the

always, apologized again before turning back to point at Flavia and Kenton

“Miss, that’s my dad, Kenton. I’m

that’s my mum, Flavia. I’m their ill-mannered

pale, and he quickly tried to make amends, “Mr… Mr. Jenkins,

I!” Flavia said to Kenton with a sweet smile, making it clear who was

this, the man quickly apologized, “Mrs. Jenkins… I’ve also heard a lot about you. It’s my fault that I didn’t recognize you. I’m sorry

asked with a concerned look on her face, while glancing at the man

He hurriedly shook his head, alongside the woman, and they both

Kenton’s hotel after all!

smile, “That’s good then. Hawley, could you please get

Hawley, who was dressed in a

a few minutes. As the man and woman stood there in embarrassment, Kenton suddenly directed the last cleaner, “Wait, isn’t

vacuuming, looked at the