Love’s Cunning Ruse

The situation wasn’t serious to begin with, but Dylan’s words made Julie feel compelled to get in the

elevator.

emotion.

Because, Kieran was her client contractually, according to professional standards, she should’ve

entered the elevator without showing e When she first met Dylan, Julie thought he was fresh, neat, and

willing to help. Back then, he generously helped her solve some awkward problems However, not long

after, Julie found that she seemed to have some fundamental misunderstandings about Dylan..

The elevator door closed.

Julie turned her head to initiate a conversation with Kieran: “Karl asked me to handle some important

things at the company.”

“What things?” Kieran asked.

Of course, he wouldn’t tell, Julie that this phone call was actually made under his instructions. Judging

from Julie’s current reaction, she didn’t seem to suspect Ivan’s identity

Julie shook her head and calmly looked at Kieran: “Mr. Hernandez, i didn’t get a chance to see Karl

because of you, so I don’t know what important things. Karl wanted me to handle”

After Julie finished speaking, the elevator fell silent.

Until it stopped between the second and third basement floors.

Kieran was a very private person and Julie knew well. Otherwise, the third basement of Simpo Co.

wouldn’t have been used as his private parking lot.

Besides Kieran’s car, only those permitted explicitly by Kieran could enter.

So when the elevator door opened, Julie didnt follow Kieran out

But she pressed the button for the ground floor. Unfortunately, Kieran didn’t leave. Instead, he stood at

the elevator door, blocking it.

“Mr. Hernandez, do you need anything? Julie asked

“You left your medicine in my car last night. Kieran looked at his car parked not far away and told Julie.

Julie knew that if she didn’t take her medicine back now, Kieran might ask her why she left in a hurry

last night.

And last night, she had made her feelings so clear that it made their relationship awkward. She could

hardly imagine whether she could get along with Kieran peacefully

So Julie ended up walking towards Kieran’s car

This time, Kieran didn’t reach out to help her or hold her. He just followed her.

When Julie reached the car, Kieran unlocked it, went straight to the driver’s seat, and fastened his

seatbelt.

Julie looked at Kieran through the car window ‘Mr Hernandez, where is the medicine?”

In the passenger seat”

Julie walked around to the passenger side and opened the door.

“Get in, and I’ll give you a ride” Kieran suddenly said to Julie. His tone was natural and casual, without

any coercion.

Since meeting Kieran, Julie seemed to have never heard him speak in such a tone, so when Kieran

said this, Julie’s first reaction was to freeze. “You said it’s a work injury, right? I can give you a ride

back. Kieran said.

Right, this was indeed a work injury

Since she didn’t have to work, Julie wanted to use the time to handle some house stuff. Since Kieran

was going her way, she hopped in his car.

Their relationship had gotten awkward as hell yesterday, but today, Kieran seemed to be treating her

differently.

On the way to her rental, Julie kept staring out the window, almost to the point of getting a crick in her

neck.

Kieran was quiet, so if Julie didn’t start a conversation, he sure as hell wasn’t going to. It had always

been like this.

But the one who changed was Julie. Before, if she had a chance to sit next to him, she could chat non–

stop, always talking about all sorts of things with Kieran

Most of the time, she even swore to Kieran that she would marry him someday.

With Julie’s silence, the car stayed quiet until the air felt like it was about to solidify. Only then did

Kieran stop the car in front of her house.

Glancing at the front door below, Julie felt relieved that the landlord hadn’t locked her out today.

With an unfamiliar tone, Julie said to Kieran, “Thanks.”

Then, she opened the car door and headed towards the front door.

Kieran glanced at the anti–inflammatory pills on the passenger seat, a meaningful smile on his lips.

He thought to himself, with Julie’s habits, she always forgot things, no matter where she went. This was

a habit Julie probably won’t ever shake off.

He picked up the anti–inflammatory pills from the passenger seat, pushed open the car door, and

started walking

“Julie,” Kieran’s voice reached Julie’s ears.

His voice was deep and pleasant, and Julie instinctively stopped and turned around.

Kieran walked up to her and stopped.

“What?” Julie looked at Kieran calmly, then saw the anti–inflammatory pills in his hand.

She quickly realized that Kieran had come after her because of this, so she reached out her hand to

him and politely said, “Thanks.”

Her ‘thanks‘ seemed to isolate them into the most familiar strangers.

Kieran stood in front of Julie, looking down at her with a deep gaze

The plane tree by the street was shedding leaves. The golden leaves fell from the tree, landing on the

road in front of them.

The sound of the falling leaves was somewhat pleasant..

Julie kept her hand out, waiting for Kieran to hand over the anti–inflammatory pills.

But they just stared at each other as if in a trance.

In the end, it was Julie who snapped back to reality first.

She awkwardly pulled her hand back.

However, just as she pulled back her hand, Kieran bent over and grabbed her wrist.

Julie was gently pulled by him, and she jumped two steps towards him

Kieran didn’t make any further moves, just placed the anti–inflammatory pills in Julie’s palm: Three

times a day, two pills each time”

“Oh, thanks,” Julie said, trying to pull her hand back but found that Kieran’s hand was tightly gripping

her wrist. Like it was stuck with super glue, he wouldn’t let go

Julie tried hard to pull her hand back.

Despite her several attempts, Kieran didn’t react.

It wasn’t until she decided to give up resisting that he finally let go.

This time, Julie didn’t even say goodbye. She just turned and left.

“About what you said last night” Kieran started from behind.

Julie cut him off, “Some things I only say once. If you can’t remember, it’s fine, just pretend I never said

it.”

Some words that hurt, she didn’t want to repeat because every time she said such words, she was

hurting herself.

Julie didn’t turn around, and she just kept walking forward with determination.

Suddenly, a bucket of dirty water flew out of nowhere, heading straight for Julie.

At that moment, Kieran instinctively rushed over and pushed Julie out of the way.