Love’s Cunning Ruse

So, Dylan downloaded the song into the car’s music library. Kieran only listened to a line and then

turned it off. He completely forgot about this.

When the song suddenly played in the car, not only was Julie dumbfounded, but Kieran was also

startled. Julie didn’t know how expensive her gown was. She angrily turned to Kieran and yelled, “Are

you crazy! Now my dress is all dirty, and Im not paying for it!”

“Did I ask you to pay?” Kieran had already calmed down.

Julie thought it was good, as long as he didn’t ask her to pay. But as soon as she let out a sigh of relief,

she heard him say, “Sleeping with me is fine. Paying me is too boring”

Julie was so angry that her face turned red. “Kieran, how come I never noticed before that you’re such

a shameless person?”

“Because the shameless person used to be you. I didn’t have a chance to show it.”

Julie was speechless because what Kieran said was true. She was the one who was desperate to

pursue him.

Back then, Julie was thinking about how to strip him naked every day at home. As long as she had the

slightest chance, she would pounce on him, and Kieran didn’t even have time to dodgel Actually, Julie

was the first one to be shameless…

Julie simply closed her mouth. She glanced at her phone and found that Mr. Kennedy hadn’t replied

yet. She simply put her phone away and kept quiet all

the way

When they got home, Ivan was already asleep. The poor boy was sleeping on the couch. Noah was

quietly watching him,

Why did you let him fall asleep on the couch?” Kieran frowned, looking at Noah unhappily.

Before Noah could speak, Julie had already put down the cake and walked over to Ivan. She bent

down to pick Ivan up and take him upstairs, but she suddenly realized that she was still wearing her

evening gown, and it was inconvenient to move.

Just as she was hesitating, Kieran had already picked up Ivan and looked at Julie “Go up and open the

door for me”

This time, Julie cooperated and went upstairs, reminding Kieran as she walked. ‘Be quiet, don’t wake

him up. In the future, before you pick him up and hes asleep, tell him so he won’t be scared..”

Jule was talking as she went upstairs and Kieran followed her, carrying Ivan.

Noah looked at this warm scene with a touch of emotion in his eyes. He quickly took out his phone and

captured the moment, then sent the photo to his wife at home

Julie helped Kieran open Ivan’s door, then quickly spread out the quilt. Kieran put Ivan on the bed. Julie

carefully tucked him in and then quietly left the room with Kieran. After leaving the kid’s room, Julie

gave Kieran the cold shoulder and headed straight downstairs. She stuck the cake in the fridge and

then retreated to her own room.

Once she shut her door, worry still nagged at her, so she bolted before she allowed herself to feel safe

enough to grab her bathrobe and head to the bathroom.

But when she emerged from her shower, she found Kieran perched on her bed, as though he’d been

waiting for quite a while..

Julie glanced at the door, then at Kieran, clutching her bathrobe tighter. “How’d you get in?”

She’d checked that door thoroughly. If it was locked from the inside, there was no way to open it from

the outside. But Kieran….

He pulled a small remote from his bathrobe pocket and pressed a button. The wall that separated their

rooms miraculously started to lower. With the

wall gone, she could clearly see into Kieran’s room. Turned out he didn’t come in through the door, he’d

literally removed the wall,”

Julie’s heart jumped into her throat. Looking at Kieran, her face was the picture of despair! She didn’t

argue anymore, but stood by her bathroom door, asking him, “Why are you here?”

“Got something to show you.” Kieran motioned towards her.

Julie stayed put. She said haughtily, “Not interested”

“It’s your nude photo. You sure you don’t want to see?” Kieran waved his phone, a mocking smile

playing on his lips.

Julie glared at him furiously.

Kieran started slowly, “September, eight years ago, Paradise Cove”…”

Before Kieran could finish his sentence, Julie lunged at him, trying to snatch the phone from his hand.

Eight years ago in September, Julie and Kieran had just gotten married. Daphne excitedly asked Julie

where she and Kieran planned to honeymoon, but Kieran never mentioned anything

Julie’s parents had just passed away at that time. She was consumed by grief and was in no mood to

think about honeymoons. She thought Kieran married her out of obligation, so it was unlikely he’d want

to honeymoon with her.

However, the morning after Daphne brought up the honeymoon, Kieran woke her up at 5 am, saying he

was taking her to Paradise Cove for their honeymoon. Julie obviously didn’t believe him. She wanted to

sleep in, so she refused to get up.

Since Julie had a habit of sleeping naked, Kieran took a nude photo of her to threaten her to get up.

Later, Julie found out that the honeymoon at Paradise Cove was real. She forced Kieran to delete the

photo, and she saw him do it.

But now, when she heard Paradise Cove, Julie threw herself at Kieran. She tried to take his phone

while lying on top of him, but Kieran deliberately held the phone above his head.

So, Julie lunged upwards, complaining, ‘Didn’t you delete the photo back then? Did you keep a

backup?”

“Yeah, I’ve got lots of backups. I’ll send you a copy later,” Kieran answered seriously, infuriating Julie

even more.

“Delete it now! Why have you kept it all these years?”

“I like to use the photo as a sleep aid.” Kieran’s expression was dead serious.

Julie imagined him looking at the photo before he slept. She angrily said to Kieran, “You… you’re such

a pervert! Does your son know what a bad person you are?”