Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 129

Adeline gave Julie the address for the meeting before ending the call.

Elliot turned to Julie and sincerely said, “Thank you.”

“No need to thank me. I didn’t do anything I didn’t tell you where Adeline and I were meeting.”

Julie was night. The phone was on speaker. It was Adeline herself who told Elliot the location, not Julie.

So… this doesn’t count as betrayal, right?

That’s how Julie comforted herself.

After dinner. Julie was about to go to the hospital, but was stopped by a distressed-looking Elliot.

Frowning, Julie looked at Elliot and asked, “What now?”

With a bashful look, Elliot asked Julie, “Can you come with me?”

“Why?” Julie asked bluntly.

After a moment of silence, Elliot finally said, “Can you consider it as compensation for the first kiss you

took from me?”

Julie suppressed the urge to punch him. She walked past Elliot towards the door without a word.

Perhaps Elliot was really anxious, because he immediately followed and said, “Or consider it as

compensation for all the times you’ve rejected me. Would you accompany me this once?”

“Mr. Sanches, I never realized how annoying you can be! Julie felt like she had just betrayed Adeline,

That’s why she was not feeling so good right now. And now Elliot was getting on her nerves.

Adeline was a very straightforward girl. Though they hadn’t known each other for long, Julie really liked

Adeline’s personality.

Generally, she wouldn’t deliberately avoid someone or something without a good reason

But judging from Adeline’s behavior today, she really wanted to avoid Elliot, and yet Elliot was so eager

to find her.

Which one of the twins was the one with the problem?

Julie shot Elliot a glare, but Elliot stood in front of her with a smile, “Actually, there’s something I’ve

wanted to ask you for a long time.”

Julie just stared at Elliot. “Move it!”

Elliot continued to block Julie’s way, ‘Answer my question, and I’ll let you go

After a moment’s hesitation, Julie said, “Fire away”

“That kiss before I went abroad, it wasn’t your first kiss, was it?”

Julie froze at Elliots question.

Elliot said that people don’t forget their first kiss. It was a serious and reasonable statement.

Elliot willingly gave his first kiss to Julie, but Julie never admitted that it was her first kiss.

The question was not important anymore, but Elliot knew, Julie would not answer him, she definitely

wouldn’t…

Taking a deep breath, Julie looked at Elliot and said, “Let’s go.”

She flagged down a taxi and got in.

Elliot followed Julie into the taxi, and told the driver the address of the café Adeline had mentioned.

On the way, Julie remained silent, staring out the window.

The passing scenery outside the window seemed like a backwards movie, replaying past events.

Julie recalled the moment when Kieran saw her kissing Elliot.

Kieran was not a smiley person. When he became serious, his aura was cold and commanding. His

aloofness was fatally attractive to Julie back then.

Julie remembered him walking past her with his friends while Elliot’s lips were still pressed against

hers.

She watched Kieran in a daze, and he just gave her a cold glance, then walked away with his friends.

At that moment, Julie felt a chill down her spine. She immediately pushed Elliot away, wiping her mouth

while yelling at him, “You’re done for! You’re done for! You wait and see!”

Then she chased after Kieran.

Surprisingly, Kieran didn’t get on his bike and leave immediately but he walked away.

Without a second thought, Julie grabbed his bike, and hurriedly explained, “Kieran, don’t get me wrong.

It’s not what you think. Elliot…”

“Let go of me.” Kieran looked at Julie coldly.

Julle held onto the bike firmly and said, “It was an accident. I didn’t mean to, I swear!!”

Kieran responded coldly to Julie’s desperate explanation, “It has nothing to do with me.”

Julie was used to Kieran’s indifference, so she could calmly hold onto Kieran’s bike and ask, “What do

you mean?”

Kieran let go, staring at Julie expressionlessly

Feeling wronged, Julie looked at Kieran, “Can’t you be angry? Can’t you be jealous? I kissed someone

else, don’t you have any reaction?” Julie was extremely emotional, but all she got was a concise

answer from Kieran, “Are you sure you’re not loosing my bike?”

Holding onto the bike tightly. Julie said firmly, “No way!!”

As soon as she finished her sentence, Kieran turned around and left, not even wanting his bike.

Julie was stunned for a moment before she came to her senses, Pushing Kieran’s bike, she chased

after him, “Kieran, don’t go! Explain yourself!!*

As she chased after Kieran, Julie asked, “Are you really not angry?”

“Three meters” Kieran glanced at Julie.

For the first time, Julie didn’t back down. She decided to stay with Kieran. For the first time, she

couldn’t control her emotions and her eyes reddened in front of him, “Can’t you care about me a little?”

“No.”

Kieran’s answer was without hesitation.

Julie, who had been babbling non-stop beside Kieran, suddenly fell silent

She pulled over, grabbed Kieran’s sleeve, her eyes welling up, “Is it because you don’t love me that

you think anything I do has nothing to do with you? Even if I go back to Elliot right now, you’d still be

fine with it?”

Julie’s voice was hoarse with accusation, but all she got in return was Kieran’s silence.

In that moment, Julie was truly hurt. She let go of Kieran, took a deep breath, and stubbornly turned to

walk towards Elliot.

Only she knew that as she turned, tears poured down her face. As she wiped them away….

“Is snatching first kisses your hobby?”

Kieran’s cold voice came from behind.

Julie stopped in her tracks, even her tear wiping motion frozen.

A few seconds later, she whipped around to look at Kieran, her eyes lighting up. ‘So last time… was it

really your first kiss?”

Kieran didn’t respond, instead turning to walk towards the bus stop.

Al that point, Julle didn’t hesitate. She grabbed Kieran’s bike and pedaled after him.

Once more, she yelled at Kieran, “Wait for me!”

“What did you mean by what you just said? Are you jealous? Are you angry? Don’t ignore me! Get on

the bike, I’ll give you a ride home! I’m really good at cycling!”

Although none of Julie’s words got a response from Kieran, she chased after him with a certain joy.

Julle thought, if she hadn’t turned back at that moment, maybe there wouldn’t have been a ‘what

happened next’ between her and Kieran. And if Kieran had been ruthlessly rejected her one more time,

she wouldn’t have kept chasing him.

Looking back, the reason she had managed to stick by Kieran’s side for all these years was because

Kieran had given her hope.

Every time she decided to forget him, every time she hid from him, this man she hardly saw would

mysteriously appear in front of her time and time again.

Back then, Julie thought it was fate, which is why she kept softening.

Each time, she told herself that maybe if she just tried a little harder, just a little, she might be able to

get closer to him.

But in the end, it came to this.

Her thoughts wandering, Julie wore a bitter smile, dodging the question Elliot had just asked her in that

moment, Julie was suddenly reminded of Kieran, of how she had given her first kiss to him…

More accurately, how she had rudely stolen his first kiss….

As Julie was lost in her thoughts, the driver’s voice rang out, “We’re at the San Faith Café.”

Julie got off the taxi with Elliot.

However, Elliot didn’t directly follow Julie into the café. Instead, he stood at the entrance, watching

Julie, and cautiously said, “I’ll call you. Don’t hang up when you go in, okay?”

“Aren’t you here to meet Adeline? Why don’t you just go in?” Julle was puzzled.

“I’m afraid shell run away if she sees me,” Elliot said, his gaze intense.

Julie finally agreed, since she was here to discuss compensation with Adeline anyway

Ever since she crashed Adeline’s car, Julie had been making monthly payments, but Adeline just sent

all the money back to her account in one go a few days ago. Julie had planned to discuss it with

Adeline when she returned to Whispering Pines to pick up Sansa. This time, she could take the

opportunity to clear things up.

When Julie entered the private room, Adeline had already ordered a cappuccino for her.

“Are you sure you came alone?”

Adeline was dressed differently today, in a white t-shirt and black skinny jeans. The lace-up boots

made her look particularly cool

Thinking about the phone in her pocket that was still on the call, Julie vaguely nodded.

“Ms. Sanches, why are you in Oakhurst?” Julie just tossed out the question, hoping to divert the

conversation, not expecting Adeline to

answer.

Unexpectedly, Adeline casually looked at her, said with a smile, “I suddenly realized that Elliot and I are

not real twins. I don’t even have any blood relation to the Sanches family. I couldn’t accept it, so I ran

away from home.”

Julie went silent.