Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 205

“If you were so pure-minded, why did you ask me to take my clothes off?” She grabbed Kieran’s hand

and glared at him questioningly.

Kieran put on an innocent face, “I asked you to get undressed so I can apply some medicine on you.

How is that impure?”

“What kind of medicine?”

As soon as Julie finished speaking, she saw Kieran take out a tube of ointment from his desk drawer.

“Dr. Ladd said this is a wound repair ointment that can prevent scars. It was just delivered this

morning.”

Now, Julie was completely speechless…

“Dear, you’re such a rogue!” He returned her previous comment to her verbatim.

Eventually, to prove her innocence, Julie took off her suit jacket, rolled up her sleeves, and exposed the

scabbed wound on her arm. “Well, you should’ve said you were going to apply medicine on me. You

suddenly asked me to undress, so it’s normal for me to misunderstand you…”

“Do I look like I have no principles?” The man applying the ointment on her looked up at her.

Julie fell silent. At that moment, there was a knock on the door. Kieran casually responded, “Come in.”

Karl walked up to Kieran with his phone. Even when he saw Julie, he didn’t seem embarrassed. He

handed the phone directly to Kieran and said, “Mr. Hernandez, it’s Mr. Kyle…”

Mr. Kyle? Julie looked at Karl in shock. The only Mr. Kyle she could think of was Kyle.

Kieran took the phone, pressed the speakerphone button, and then said, “Mr. Kyle?”

“Mr. Hernandez, hello. I heard from your assistant that you were looking for me?” A mature, elegant

voice came from the other end of the phone.

This familiar voice reminded Julie of Kyle’s image in her memory, especially when he was wearing a

dark blue suit, delicate cufflinks, and speaking fluent foreign language with the Abraham family’s

business partners at Sansa’s engagement dinner.

At that time, Kyle was just a foreign affairs lawyer with a monthly salary. Although his salary was high,

after all, the Abraham family were wealthy businessmen, and Sansa was their eldest daughter. There

was a certain social disparity between them.

But Kyle’s decent performance and elegant conversation made all the relatives believe that the

Abraham family had found a good son-in-law. Mrs. Abraham was somewhat vain. Whenever someone

praised her son-in-law, Julie could feel her mother’s pride.

Hearing Kyle’s voice on the other end of the phone, Karl quickly explained in a low voice, “I only

contacted Mr. Kyle’s assistant. I didn’t expect Mr. Kyle to answer the phone…”

Kieran gestured to Karl to be quiet.

Then Kieran slowly said to Kyle on the other end of the phone, “My wife received an expensive gift from

you, so we should express our thanks to you.”

There was a two-second pause at the other end of the phone, and then Kyle said with a slight smile, “If

it’s a thank you, shouldn’t it be expressed by your wife herself?”

As soon as he said this, Karl immediately felt some hostility between the two men.

Kieran handed the phone to Julie. If she was willing to talk, he would let her speak; if not, he had his

own ways to deal with it.

In the end, Julie took the phone and said to the other end, “Kyle, it’s Joyce.”

“The other day, I asked my subordinates to bid for that ring. I didn’t know that it was Mr. Hernandez

who was bidding against me. If I had known, I wouldn’t have let my subordinates be so rude.” Kyle

began to explain.

However, they all knew that even though Kyle had his subordinates operate, how could they dare to

compete with Kieran at a high price without Kyle’s instructions?

So, Kyle’s explanation was just to find an excuse to make everyone less awkward.

Julie remained silent and did not respond to Kyle’s apology. However, Kyle didn’t feel awkward and

continued, “I heard from Sansa before that this thing is very important to your mother. I saw her

wearing it back then and didn’t expect it would end up at an auction. I bought this ring for Sansa, but I

couldn’t contact her,

so…”

“Sansa had a car accident and became a vegetable…” Julie interrupted Kyle.

This time, Kyle was silent for a long time on the other end of the phone.

Just when Julie thought he had hung up, Kyle’s voice came over again, “When did this happen?”

“A long time ago. I sent you an email. The only way I could contact you was by email.”

“That email… since I broke up with her…” He stopped halfway through.

Hearing his words, Julie felt a bit sad too. She frowned and said softly, “I just wanted to inform you. I

didn’t mean to disturb your life…”

After a brief silence, Julie said again, “If Sansa were awake, I think she would thank you for bidding for

our mother’s inemento. On behalf of her, thank you, Kyle.”

“Joyce… Kyle suddenly called out from the other end of the phone. Julie was silent, waiting for him to

speak.

In the end, he said a string of numbers, “This is my phone number.”

Kieran took Julie’s phone and noted down the phone number Kyle had given.

“I have a meeting to attend. Goodbye.” After saying this, Kyle bung up the phone.

Julie’s emotions were slightly fluctuating, her brows furrowed. She glanced at the time on her phone.

There were less than ten minutes left before she had to get back to work. She looked up at Kieran, “I

have to go to work.”

“Wait for me after work.” Kieran watched Julie leave the office.

He wrote down the phone number on a sticky note and stuck it on his computer, then looked up at Karl,

“Keep an eye on Kyle’s schedule.

Chapter 205

As Julie walked from the CEO’s office to the Legal Department, her eyes were a bit red. She thought

the old wounds had healed, but they were just ripped open again without any warning.

She always assumed that Kyle knew about Sansa’s accident. The fact that the Abraham family went

bankrupt and lost everything was no secret in their social

circle.

She figured that even though Kyle and Sansa had broken up, he would still care enough to check in on

her, right?

But the truth was, Kyle just told her that he had no idea about what happened to Sansa after they broke

up. She once thought Kyle and Sansa were on the road to marriage. When Sansa first broke up with

Kyle, she cried almost every day…

Maybe because Sansa and she were sisters with stubborn personalities, they both felt the same

intense pain when they lost their loved ones.

She remembered how Sansa pulled herself together because she wanted to become a woman worthy

of Kyle. But then…

Well, there was no ‘then’ after that.

Sansa was lying to herself. She said she and Kyle had a peaceful breakup. She said they could still be

friends after breaking up.

But, come on, who has a friend they haven’t contacted in years?

After Sansa’s car accident, Julie frantically searched all of Sansa’s messages for any trace of Kyle. She

knew that the person Sansa wanted to see the most was Kyle. But it was then that she realized that

everything related to Kyle was gone, all that was left was an email address.

While Sansa was in the operating room, Julie saw the emails Sansa had sent to that address. The

emails mostly contained mundane life stuff, but every word revealed her love and longing for Kyle.

From then on, Julie stopped believing that they had a peaceful breakup.

In the end, Sansa became a vegetable.

Julie finally gave up on looking for Kyle. She thought, maybe Kyle knew about Sansa’s accident but

deliberately ignored it.

But now, he reappeared like a ghost. This reminded Julie of that painful night, the night when she lost

three family members overnight…

Ever since Julie entered the Legal Department office, everyone kept quiet. After all, it was an open

secret that Julie was going to lunch with Kieran. Now, seeing her come out of the CEO’s office with red

eyes, everyone’s imaginations ran wild.

And just as everyone was lost in their thoughts, Annalise Hansen arrived.

She practically stormed towards Julie’s seat. Her presence was like a wife catching her husband

cheating.

This frightened the office staff, who automatically made way for her.

After all, before Julie, Annalise was the only woman who could freely enter the CEO’s office. Everyone

thought she would become Kieran’s wife.

Looking at Annalise’s demeanor…

Everyone gasped…

“Julie!!” Annalise yelled.

Startled, Julie immediately stood up from her seat.

“Ms. Annalise?” Julie looked at Annalise, frowning.

Annalise pointed at Julie’s nose and said, “You liar!”

Julie was confused and looked innocently at Annalise, “What?”

“You promised me last time that as soon as there’s a chance to see…never mind, I’m not here to settle

old scores. I heard from Payne that you were kidnapped a few days ago. I just got back from a

business trip and rushed over. I heard you were injured? Kieran is too much! You’re injured, how could

he still let you come to

work?” As she spoke, Annalise quickly looked Julie over and then asked, “Where are you hurt?”

Julie was speechless.

Why did she feel that the enthusiastic Annalise was scarier than the one who was accusing her?

“…I’m fine.” Julie quickly grabbed Annalise’s hand, saying, “Ms. Annalise, can…can we talk outside?”

After all, the office staff were all looking at them like they were watching a zoo exhibit.

Annalise smiled and replied, “Just call me by my name. I’m your husband’s aunt, which makes me your

aunt too, got it?”