Love’s Cunning Ruse

As he looked at the woman wrapped in a towel standing at the bathroom door, Kieran finally

understood why she had been lingering in the bathroom for so long and hadn’t come out.

“Where are your pajamas?” Kieran asked.

“They’re wet.” Julie replied

This woman had always been a bit careless. How could he forget?

“Come here” Kieran said. ‘First come and talk to me about work, then you can go and choose clothes.”

“Cant! go and choose clothes first, then come and talk to you about work?” Julie felt that the order

Kieran mentioned was a bit illogical.

Kieran put down the book in his hand, and his gaze landed on Julie’s face, “You can, but once you

enter my room, it won’t be easy for you to get out. So think about it, do you want to change clothes first,

or talk to me about work here?”

He was basically warning her to behave and follow his arrangements

Julie gave in eventually. She looked at Kieran and said, “Could you wait for me to dry my hair first?”

“Drying your hair? Kieran looked at Julie with interest. Her wet hair was casually falling on her

shoulders, and crystal-clear droplets of water were gathering on her chest from her shoulders.

He had to admit that this view was indeed pleasing to the eyes.

Kieran didn’t mind taking a few more glances

“Are you so eager to dry your hair because you’re afraid you look too tempting when you’re wet?’ He

seemed to be in a good mood.

Julie’s lips curled into a faint smirk, Tempting? If I were truly that tempting, you wouldn’t have cheated

on me back then”

After saying that, she didn’t wait for Kieran’s approval. She turned around and took the hairdryer from

Kieran’s bedside table, ready to dry her hair in the

bathroom

But the man lying on the bed directly snatched the plug from her hand and plugged it into the socket

next to the bedside table, “Just dry here! So you won’t stay in the bathroom and never come out again.”

Julie simply swept her hair to one side

Kieran moved a bit to the other side of the bed, making room for Julie.

Julie didn’t fuss, and she just sat down on the bed.

She lifted the hairdryer above her head and started drying her hair. The noise from the hairdryer

completely covered up Julie’s slightly accelerated

heartbeat

She swept all her hair to the left, exposing her entire shoulder. Her shoulder blade gently protruded as

she raised her arm.

Julie was no longer the naive girl from five years ago, but she was indeed thinner than before.

After looking at her frail body, Kieran started to doubt for the first time whether his decision back then

was really right.

He was dumbfounded for a moment, then suddenly reached out towards Julie, snatching the hairdryer

from her hand

Julie was caught off guard. She obviously didn’t expect Kieran to be so petty as to snatch her hairdryer,

so when Kieran took away the hairdryer, she turned back and looked at him in astonishinent.

“What are you looking at? Are you deliberately dawdling? Do you plan to talk to me all night?”

Although he complained, his hands didn’t pause at all, and he started to dry her hair skillfully

His gentle touch initially made Julie feel a bit restless, but she soon started to think about how this man

was not a hairdresser, yet he had such rich experience in helping women dry their hair. She didn’t know

how many women this man had helped dry their hair. Did he often use this method to seduce women?

Therefore, Julie’s heart gradually calmed down

The noise from the hairdryer was loud. Even if she spoke now, Kieran definitely wouldn’t hear

So Julie remained silent, quietly letting Kieran help her dry her hair.

Time seemed to fly in this quiet moment. In no time at all, Kieran had finished drying Julie’s hair.

He put the hairdryer aside and then flipped up the covers, saying to Julie, “Hop in.”

Julie shook her head, “Aren’t we supposed to be discussing work? Let’s just talk here!”

“The air conditioning in this room is broken. You’re sitting on the floor wearing clothing so thin that you’ll

definitely catch a cold. And then you wont be able to appear in court tomorrow, right?”

It was autumn now, and the temperature difference between day and night was already pretty big. Plus,

with the heavy rain outside, it was indeed getting a bit chilly. But in such a big villa, why was it that only

the air conditioning in her room was broken?

Just as Julie was pondering this, Kieran suddenly said in a mysterious tone, Or are you… purposely

exposing your body in front of me?”

Even though she knew Kieran was just teasing, Julie didn’t hesitate to get under the covers and wrap

herself up:

But Kieran clearly had no intention of leaving. Julie had no choice but to turn her head and say to

Kieran, “Mr. Hernandez, can you please get off the bed?”

Who knew that the shameless guy would actually flip up the covers, revealing one of his long legs, and

then said, “I’m only wearing a robe, no pants. If I catch a cold, you won’t be able to handle it.”

At this moment, Julie felt that ‘shameless’ was not enough to describe his behavior.

So she decided not to waste time arguing about this. She wanted to finish discussing work as soon as

possible and get some sleep.

So she said directly to Kieran, “Tomorrow is the court hearing. You don’t have to appear. The specific

compensation has already been detailed in the previous lawsuit. As for tomorrow.”

“Why don’t I have to appear?” Kieran suddenly cut Julie off.

“This is not a divorce case, so the parties don’t necessarily have to be present. Besides, you have

many things to deal with every day.”

“You’ve already made the decision for me so quickly? Julie, tell me, what are you to me?”

So she was meddling?

“As a lawyer, aren’t you a bit foo concerned about me?”

“Yes! Of course, if you want to appear in court tomorrow…”

“Since this case is public, I guess I won’t appear then!” Kieran said casually.

Julie really wanted to slap him hard

In the end, she managed to control herself. In that case, after I defend you tomorrow, all you need to do

is wait for the judge’s verdict. Don’t worry, this case is not complicated I believe you will definitely get

the result you expect. At that time, my job will be done. Our working relationship, if nothing unexpected

happens, should end starting tomorrow. And then…”

Before she could finish, she noticed that Kieran had already closed his eyes.

She hadn’t finished reporting work yet!

“Hey!” Julie gently pushed Kieran’s shoulder, “Wake up! If you want to sleep, go back to your own

room!”

She thought she had pushed him quite hard, but Kieran didn’t react at all

She could only lightly slap his face. “Kieran!”

He seemed to feel someone slapping his face, so he grabbed Julle’s overly active hand and then pulled

her into his arms, hugging her tightly.

“Kieran, let go!” Julie tried to push him away with her other hand, but he just pulled her even closer.