Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 113

At that point, Tina should ve stepped in and stopped everyone, but honestly, Tina was a bit curious about the answer too. She’d seen Mr. Hernandez and Attorney Abraham getting all lovey-dovey more than once. So she just hung back, pretending not to see the chaos unfold.

Julie didn’t hesitate in her response, “Our relationship is strictly professional, nothing more. The media’s just full of hot air. Mr. Hernandez is a great boss, always standing up for his employees. The media loves to stir the pot, so don’t believe everything you hear!”

Julie was dead serious

Seeing Julie’s solemn stance, everyone started to buy into her story

After all, if Attorney Abraham really was Mr. Hernandez’s girlfriend, he wouldn’t have her working out of a storeroom, would he? That just didn’t add up!

Just when everyone was starting to believe Julie, someone chimed in, “But what about that photo of Mr. Hernandez and Attorney Abraham in the cake shop?”

“What?!” Julie, who hadn’t been keeping up with the news, quickly pulled out

phone and opened her news app

The photo shocked her. It was clearly taken by a shop employee, capturing the moment when Julie almost fell and was caught by Kieran.

The news headline was totally over the top, “Simpo Co’s CEO and his new squeeze!” ‘Sources say that when they’re alone, they refer to each other as Mr. and Mrs. Hernandez.”

What the hell was that all about?

Julie’s face was a picture of fury. She turned to everyone and said, “This photo has nothing to do with the lies they’re spreading”

“So, Attorney Abraham and Mr. Hernandez arent. 7’Everyone curiously looked at Julie.

Julie shook her head, “Mr. Hernandez was just being nice and helping me out. If he knew the media would twist it like this, he probably wouldn’t have been so helpful”

Julie’s explanation didn’t seem forced. Besides, knowing Julie as they did, they were more inclined to believe there was nothing going on between her and Kieran. Everyone nodded in agreement

But as that was happening, Julie’s phone screen was still on. Her phone buzzed, indicating a new message.

Before Julie even had a chance to read it, someone had already sneakily glanced at her phone. It was a message from Mr Hernandez to Julie

“Holy shit!” Everyone gasped at the content of the message, then quickly scattered back to their own seats, pretending to be busy

As they left, they cast a lingering glance at Julie

Julie looked bewildered at the sudden change in everyone’s expressions, then lowered her gaze to the message that Kieran had sent her.

-The message read, “Where is that photo of you fucking me last night?”

She looked at her phone screen in disbelief

“What the hell was this?” she thought.

Wasn’t he supposed to be in a meeting?

Julie held her forehead, feeling helpless, then looked up at everyone’s expressions. Everyone was clearly peeking, but the moment Julie looked up, they all pretended to be busy.

Office gossip was such a headache.

Julie angrily reached for her phone, ready to confront Kieran, but just as she was typing her furious response, she received another message from Kieran. He said, “Damn autocorrect. I meant to type forward but messed up.”

Julie fell silent.

So, the intended message was. Where is that photo that you forwarded to me last night?

But due to an unfortunate autocorrect, it became, “Where is that photo of you fucking me last night?”

Julie’s face scrunched up. She looked up at the staff who were pretending to be busy working and wondered if she went over to explain now… would it be too late?

She shouldn’t have been so bold last night. When Kieran asked her to upload the photo of their marriage certificate, she grudgingly helped him set up a private album, but instead of uploading their certificate, she uploaded a photo of her and a cute alpaca from the zoo.

Kieran didn’t check it last night before going to bed. He probably just found out and was now blaming her.

Karl unexpectedly pushed open the conference room door just as Julie was about to return to the storeroom with her phone to wait for Kieran

Kieran was leading the way.

Just as Julie was wondering if she should go over, Kieran had already passed by her

Surprised, Julie turned around, only to see Kieran push open the door to the CEO’s office without any expression and walk in

Karl followed closely behind and closed the office door.

Throughout the entire process, Julie was completely ignored.

Inside the office, Kieran took off his suit jacket and casually threw it aside, then asked Karl, “Did you take care of the task I assigned you last night?”

Karl nodded and said. The press conference will take place in ten minutes.”

“Good.” Kieran praised Karl, which was quite rare

Karl was taken aback.

Inform the PR department; no matter what it takes, they need to suppress the news from last night as soon as possible” Kieran commanded

Karl nodded his head, then glanced at the coffee table next to the couch and said to Kieran, “Mr. Hernandez, that’s Mrs. Hernandez’s bag from last night”

“Get her in here: Kieran ordered.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Karl turned on his heels and headed for the door.

Just as he reached the doorway, Kierans voice caught him, “Never mind. I’ll call her myself,”

Karl left, closing the door to the office behind him.

Julie was still outside, deliberating whether or not to go to Kieran herself when she saw Karl emerge from the office and politely nod at her

Karl was a big deal at Simpo Co. His courteous demeanor towards Julie suggested she wasn’t just some random employee either

All eyes turned to Julie, some envious, some jealous

Julie became increasingly uncomfortable.

Just as Julie was looking for somewhere to hide, a sudden ringtone echoed throughout the office.

“I havent told you yet, I’m sorry, I love you

Without you, I can’t breathe

I can’t bear to see your tears flow miles away

I just haven’t gathered the courage ye!

I haven’t told you yet, I’m sorry, I love you

Even if one day my soul leaves my body

I’ll still love you with all my heart

The romantic song suddenly filled the silent office. Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

Once again, all eyes were on Julie

Julie was dumbstruck. Her ringtone was supposed to be Question of Love! When did it become such a deep confession? The ringtone kept on playing.

In an attempt to end this awkward moment, Julie quickly pressed the end call button.

Just as she finally caught her breath, suddenly, the door to Kieran’s office swung open.

Kieran phone in hand, looked over at Julie, giving her a profound look and asked, “Why didn’t you answer when I called you? Come to my office”

Julie couldn’t say anything

It was time to face the music!

Ignoring the burning gazes behind her, Julie headed straight for Kieran’s office.

The office door closed behind Julie.

Kieran had expected Julie to interrogate him about the rumors as soon as she stepped in, but to his surprise, she extended her hand and asked, “Where’s the contract?”

“Don’t you want to ask about the news this morning?” Kieran asked, looking up at Julie standing before him,

Julie didn’t beat around the bush and stated, “How you deal with the news is none of my business.”

What Julie was essentially saying was that Kieran could do whatever he pleased. Once the contract was over, she would probably move to another city By then, whatever rumors she was involved in here, she could leave them all behind.

She thought that if it weren’t for the rumors, she might not have had the courage to leave the city she grew up in

However, reality proved that Julie was too naive.

Kieran seemed to have foreseen her actions, so when she brought up the contract, he suddenly slid a piece of paper and a pen in front of her.

Julie looked at Kieran in confusion and asked, “What is this for?

“Don’t you still owe me money? Write a promissory note, otherwise, what if you leave with my debts after the collaboration ends?”

Julie remained silent.

She didn’t reach for the pen, knowing that once she signed that note, she wouldn’t be able to escape Kieran’s control no matter where she went. So, she stood there, rigid.

Kieran seemed to have anticipated that Julie wouldn’t write the note.

So, pretending to be open to compromise, he asked Julie again, Do you remember the conditions for terminating the collaboration as stipulated in the

contract?”

Julie had thoroughly reviewed the contract by then.

So, as soon as Kieran asked, she immediately responded, “As long as I help you resolve all of Creative Nexus Media’s legal issues, the contract.can.be nullifind