Love’s Cunning Ruse

Julie had already planned her itinerary for the day. She was going to Kieran’s company to cancel the

contract, then get her purse from Karl, and then go house hunting

After getting dressed, Julie went downstairs only to find that Kieran and Ivan, who were supposed to be

having breakfast in the dining room, were both gone. Even Noah was missing.

Just as Julie was feeling puzzled, a woman wearing an apron walked out of the kitchen. Julie

recognized her at a glance. She looked at the woman excitedly and asked, “Shannon?”

“Mrs. Hernandez” Shannon’s face was filled with an excited yet kind smile.

Shannon, aged almost over fifty, had been Julie’s personal nanny. After Julie divorced Kieran, she

never saw Shanpon again. She was not only the Hernandez family’s nanny but also Noah’s wife.

When Julie was pregnant, she could only stomach the meals cooked by Shannon. After her

miscarriage, when Kieran was by Bertha’s side every day, it was Shannon who took care of her.

Although the Hernandez family paid Shannon, she was genuinely kind to Julie.

“Shannon, is that really you?” Julie asked, then ran towards Shannon. She bent down and hugged

Shannon.

Shannon gently patted Julie’s back, simply saying, “Mrs. Hernandez, it’s good that you’re back! Mr.

Hernandez has been looking forward to your return. Now you’re finally back.”

Kieran was looking forward to her return?

That was probably the funniest joke Julie had ever heard.

But Julie didn’t expose Shannon. Instead she casually asked, “Where are Kieran and Ivan?”

Mr Hernandez had some urgent business at the company, so he left. Noah has taken van to school.

Mrs. Hernandez what would you the for breakfast? I’ll get right on it,”

Julie shook her head with a smile, “No need. I have something to do today, so I’ll just grab something to

eat on the way Shannon, I might come back to pack up this afternoon. We ll chat then.”

With that, Julie bent down and left a kiss on Shannons face, then quickly walked towards the door.

Halfway there, she suddenly turned back, looked at Shannon and asked, “Shannon, can I borrow

twenty bucks?”

Without a word, Shannon quickly took out twenty dollars and handed them to Julie, asking with

concern, “Is that enough?”

Nodding, Julie said with a smile, That’s enough Il pay you back tonight.”

Julie changed her shoes, put the twenty dollars in her pocket, then went out and took out her phone to

call a cab, only to find that her phone was off.

She had turned it off while charging last night and hadn’t had time to turn it on. She turned it on and

called a cab

Since there was quite a distance from the Hernandez family’s villa to the gate of Noblewood Retreat,

Julie went back to the villa and used Kieran’s home phone to notify the security guard to let the cab

inside.

After all the hassle, Julie finally got in the cab.

“To Simpo Co. headquarters”

The driver started the car. Julie opened WhatsApp, only to find that Mr. Kennedy still hadn’t replied to

her message from last night

Julie was a bit disappointed, but then she saw that Daphne had left her loads of messages, all asking

her to call her back as soon as possible

Her phone was even showing five or six missed calls, all from Daphne

Julie felt a bad vibe and immediately dialed Daphnes number

However, it took a while, and nobody picked up the call.

Finally, Julie decided to call it quits. She left a message for Daphne on WhatsApp and didn’t bother with

it anymore

It wasn’t until she hit downtown that Julie got a call back from Daphne.

“Julie, have you seen the news? Daphne asked, sounding desperate

“What news?” Julie replied casually, then suddenly remembered her quarrel with Bianca the night

before if she wasn’t mistaken, Kieran had boldly backed her up the night before

She didn’t mention this to Kieran on the night because she thought Kieran would try to quell this matter,

just like when Elliot proposed to her.

The more Julie thought about it, the more anxious she felt.

“Did Kieran and I last night.”

“Did you see the news?” Daphne’s words hinted that what Julie feared had indeed happened.

-Julie had no choice but to say to Daphne. “I havent seen the news, but regardless, the truth is certainly

not what the news is reporting Kieran and I…”

Julie… Daphne suddenly cut her off.

Julie could almost predict what Daphne was about to say next. She was probably going to say that

Kieran was a jerk. He broke her heart, and now he’s still bothering her like that, it was just too much

After all, Daphne has always been unconditionally supportive of Julie.

Unexpectedly, this time Daphne said to Julie in a serious tone, “Julie, you know, I’ve liked Mr.

Hernandez before you divorced him. The only difference between us is that I saw him as an

unreachable star, and you saw him as your world. I’ve been thinking a lot lately. Do you think Mr.

Hernandez is really into you since he’s so clingy?”

After a moment of silence, Julie asked Daphne, “Are you okay?”

1. I’m good. I just think he just lost his image a bit in front of you. But a person only loses their image

in front of the one they love, right? Actually, about your divorce from Mr. Hernandez, I always felt

something was off.”

“What’s off?” Julie paused before asking Daphne, “Daphne, are you… still half-asleep?”

Julie thought Daphne was talking nonsense That woman, who was then defending Kieran, compared to

the one who used to confront him with her, was completely opposite and felt unfamiliar to Julie.

However, a confident voice came from Daphne on the other end of the phone, “Julie, even though I

haven’t experienced what you’ve been through, I know you still love Mr Hernandez. Unless you lose

your memory, you will never forget him in your life. Even if you hate him, it’s because of love that you

hate. Il a person’s heart is dead, there would be no love or hate, but you’re different, Julle. You can’t lie

to yourself.”

“Daphne, I want to hang up now. What’s up with you?” Julle frowned, unable to accept Daphne’s

sudden change of attitude. She asked worriedly, “Is Kieran holding a gun to your head and making you

say all this?”

“Do I look like someone who’d be easily threatened?” A confident voice came from Daphne on the

other end of the phone.

Julie finally believed that Daphne was not under threat.

“Then why? Why have you suddenly changed everything you’ve stood for?” Julie asked coldly