Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 199

Kieran and Julie rushed back to the hospital.

After more than half an hour of intense rescue efforts, they finally saw Dr. Brice appear at the door of

the emergency room.

The moment Dr. Brice saw Julie, he quickly reassured her. “Chill out. Sansa is OK.”

Julie’s inner tension was finally relieved. Standing on her tiptoes to peek into the emergency room, she

asked Dr. Brice, “She was alright when I left. What happened all of a sudden…?”

Before she could finish her sentence, Sansa was wheeled out of the emergency room by a nurse.

Sansa had a respirator on, but her eyes were open.

Julie was so shocked that she could hardly speak. Her legs felt weak…

Fortunately, Kieran was quick to catch her body and prevent her from falling. “Sansa…” Her eyes

quickly welled up with tears. She rushed to Sansa’s bedside, surprised and overjoyed. But Sansa, lying

on the bed with her eyes open, seemed to be unresponsive, as if she heard nothing.

Julie anxiously looked at Dr. Brice.

“First, let’s move her to the ICU.” After saying this to the nurse, Dr. Brice turned to Julie and Kieran.

“Let’s talk more in my office.”

In Dr. Brice’s office, he said, “After you left, Sansa had a cardiac arrest. After the resuscitation, she

opened her eyes. But she is now paralyzed, unresponsive and unable to speak or think. We noticed

some brain activity, but we’re not sure why. Did you say anything important to her?”

After letting out a sigh, Dr. Brice continued, “As long as her heart doesn’t go into sudden cardiac arrest,

this is a good sign.”

“Although she is paralyzed and unresponsive now, there have been cases where patients like her woke

up with the efforts of their families. Don’t give up hope.” Dr. Brice said.

Julie was elated to hear this.

“Thank you, Dr. Brice!” Julie bowed to him, her face full of gratitude and excitement.

Dr. Brice nodded with a smile, modestly saying, “I just did what I had to do. To prevent her from having

a sudden cardiac arrest, I’ve transferred her to the ICU. You can go see her now. Also, it would be wise

to hire a professional nurse to take care of her. If anything changes, I’ll let you know.”

“Thanks.” Kieran said.

Dr. Brice smiled and said, “You’re welcome.”

Kieran and Julie headed to the ICU together. Every time she thought of the possibility of Sansa waking

up, Julie couldn’t help but tear up. In her excitement, she tightly clutched Kieran’s fingers and said,

“Honey, did you hear that? Dr. Brice said…Sansa might wake up! She might wake up!”

Kieran nodded, giving her reassurance and support with his eyes, “Stay hopeful. I’m always here for

you.”

Julie nodded, then entered the ICU with Kieran while wearing sterile clothes.

Sansa opening her eyes was unbelievable. Although Dr. Brice had said that Sansa was still

unresponsive, and wouldn’t react to her surroundings, Julie still couldn’t resist waving in front of Sansa.

As expected, Sansa didn’t react, but Julie didn’t give up. She kept waving and calling her name.

The rhythmic beeps of the heart monitor echoed in Julie’s ears. She turned her head to see Kieran

standing by, quietly watching her.

Kieran said, “I’ll go sort out the nurse.”

Julie nodded, but then remembered what Dr. Brice had said. She looked at Sansa again and asked,

“Sansa, can’t you really hear me?”

The only reply was the silence of the room. Julie-figured she was probably overthinking.

Kieran arranged for the most professional nurse to take care of Sansa. Julie had intended to stay

overnight with Sansa at the hospital, but the hospital rules stated that family members could only visit,

not stay overnight, in the ICU. So, in the end, Kieran took Julie home.

On the way home, Julie didn’t volunteer to drive. She looked at Kieran, thought for a moment, and

finally said, “Before I left today, I mentioned the Fitzgerald family and Simon’s name to Sansa. Dr. Brice

said that before Sansa woke up, her brain had shown activity. I wonder… could this have anything to

do with Simon?”

Julie paused, then said, “The Fitzgeralds are a big family. As an heir to the Fitzgerald family, Simon

couldn’t have made a mistake about who he wanted to sponsor… so if he didn’t know Sansa before,

why would he sponsor her?”

Kieran didn’t answer her, but it was clear he was thinking about the same thing.

After a moment of silence, Julie frowned and said, “But before Sansa’s incident, she never mentioned

the Fitzgeralds to me. If they really knew each other, why would Sansa hide it from me?”

Kieran gave her a comforting look and said, “Don’t overthink this. I’ll get to the bottom of it.”.

At that point, Julie chose to trust him. If it weren’t for him telling her about Simon, maybe Sansa

wouldn’t be able to open her eyes now. Although she hadn’t regained consciousness, it was, as Dr.

Brice said, a good sign.

As soon as Kieran got back to the villa, he immediately dialed Hayden. Being an enemy of the

Fitzgerald family, Hayden’s father, Miles Simson, would surely know the Fitzgeralds best. Julien used to

work for Miles, so naturally, Kieran went to Hayden first.

Kieran told Hayden exactly what happened, to which Hayden bluntly responded, “I asked her ages ago.

The Fitzgerald family’s first in line, Simon, and the second, Simon’s sister Beatrice, are both

ridiculously mysterious. Even Julien has never met them.”

“Everyone leaves a trace in the world,” Kieran stared out the window into the night, his voice as deep

as a demon’s in the dark.

Hayden knew exactly what Kieran meant, “I’ve already got Julien on it. The moment I get anything, I’ll

let you know”

After hanging up, Kleran found Julie’s not in her room.

When he opened the door to go out, he saw Shannon looking at ivan’s door. “Is Julle in there?” he

asked.

“She’s telling Ivan a story.”

Intrigued by Shannon’s words, Kieran took a curious glance at Ivan’s room. The idea of Julie telling

Ivan a story was quite appealing.

Shannon felt a bit uneasy. She remembered that out of the 46 nannies who got the boot from Ivan, 12

were kicked out because they tried to tell him stories.

Patting Shannon on the shoulder, Kieran said, “You go get some rest first. I’ll go check.”

As Kieran opened the door and walked in, he found Ivan lying comfortably in Julie’s arms. With a copy

of The Little Prince in hand, Julie was softly reading to him, “I drew my first picture with a colored

pencil. My masterpiece number one. It looked like this…”

She placed the book in front of Ivan and pointed at a drawing that looked like a hat, asking, “Do you

know what this is?”

“A snake that swallowed an elephant.”

Julie was taken aback because the drawing really looked like a small hat. Surprised, she asked Ivan,

“Why would you think that?”

“What else could it be? Look, this is the elephant’s body, and this is the snake’s tail…”

Julie had to admit, this little boy indeed had a unique way of thinking.

Ivan, not interested in The Little Prince anymore, picked up another book from the bedside table and

asked Julie, “Mum, can you read this story to me?”

Julie looked at the book. It was titled The Shadow Thief.

She opened the book and began to read softly, “Shakespeare said: some only kiss shadows, hence

they only possess the illusion of happiness. What love needs most is imagination. Romain Gary said:

everyone must use all their efforts and imagination to shape the other person, without bowing to reality.

So, when the fantasies of both parties meet…there’s no more beautiful scene.”

As she was reading, she noticed a familiar handwriting on the edge of the page. It was Kieran’s.

“The most beautiful scene is meeting you, my Julie.”

When Julie finished reading, Kieran, standing at the doorway, suddenly realized what was written in the

book. He quickly stepped forward and snatched The Shadow Thief from Julie.

Stunned, Julie looked up at Kieran who was hiding the book behind him.

For a man who was usually so smooth with words, he seemed a bit uncomfortable now.

“Give it back!” Julie reached out to Kieran.

Instead of returning the book, Kieran turned around to leave..

Excited, Ivan sat up and urged Julie, “Mum, go after him!”

Julie threw off the covers and chased after Kieran. Ivan sat on the edge of the bed, covering his mouth

and giggling. So the usually arrogant Kerry would hide in his study every night and write these things…

Ivan figured his mom probably didn’t know that Kerry had an old phone he’d been using for years.

Every day, he would write a message he never intended to send, and then save it in the draft box.

Although he didn’t know what those messages said, he decided there and then, he’d secretly let his

mom know…