Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 145

Janet was being so stubborn, and they were at City Hall, a formal place, Julie had been here more than once, and there were two uniformed cops standing guard at the entrance.

Theoretically, in such a place, with cops around, it should be impossible for any scams to happen.

Moreover, even if it was a scam, it wouldn’t be just to trick a useless divorce certificate.

When Julie signed, she clearly saw the official seal. If this agreement to confiscate the fake certificate had any ulterior motives, using a forged seal would be pointless, as forging seals itself is a serious crime.

So, without much thought, Julie signed her name.

The main reason was that Janet’s behavior was somewhat suspicious, so Julie asked to see the agreement again after signing.

But, an employee took the agreement away directly.

Janet looked at Julie and said, “Relax, why would we want your divorce certificate? The police will investigate whether this fake certificate is yours. Just go home and wait for the notifications!”

“I’d like to see the agreement I just signed…”

“Oh my God, aren’t you the one who had the illegitimate child mentioned in the newspapers?” a couple who were registering their marriage suddenly pointed at Julie, saying excitedly.

Julie frowned, “Illegitimate child? Me?”

The woman realized she had misspoke, so she awkwardly stuck out her tongue and said, “…that’s what the news said, a cunning woman of the 21st century, trapping men with an illegitimate child…”

“Illegitimate child? Men?” Julie looked at the lively woman, seeming a bit confused.

“You know, Mr. Hernandez from Simpo Co! You’re the woman from the news, right?” The girl excitedly spoke, pulling out her phone and handing it to her boyfriend, “Look, it’s her, she looks identical in profile!”

“May I see?” Julie asked.

The girl readily handed her phone to Julie, and then turned to her boyfriend, “Didn’t you see the woman in the news? Don’t people in your company gossip, aren’t there any inside stories?”

“You know I’m just an electrician, in charge of maintenance. How could I have access to core company matters! But there are definitely rumors, I was just a step late yesterday, otherwise I would have seen the woman in the picture…” The man hadn’t finished speaking when Julle handed the phone back to the woman.

“Thank you.” After saying that, Julie turned and walked towards the exit.

She was leaving behind the clueless couple

Janet watched Julie’s retreating figure leave through the front door, then turned and went upstairs.

At a window-side seat on the second floor, Kieran held the agreement Julie had just signed. He glanced down at Julie, who was pulling out her phone and walking towards Karl’s car.

Julie stood by the car door and had a few words with Karl.

Unable to persuade him, she took out her phone again and fiddled with it for a while.

Kieran’s phone rang, it was Julie calling.

He glanced at the name on the screen, then hung up.

Dylan came over and took the divorce agreement from Kieran’s hand to have a look. There was Julie’s signature and a clear official seal on it, Dylan tsked, “Kerry, you’re tricking her into marriage!”

“You’re in on it too.” Kieran took the agreement back from Dylan, took the pen Janet handed over, and elegantly signed his name at the bottom of the agreement.

Tina stood behind Kieran. She never thought that Attorney Abraham and Mr. Hernandez had such a relationship. Until this morning, when Mr. Hernandez suddenly called Tina, “Get the documents from the lounge locker, and bring them to the City Hall entrance before

”

Tina was very surprised at the time, she didn’t expect to have the chance to go into Mr. Hernandez’s lounge, which was thought a privilege only Karl had.

Tina would definitely not tell Kieran that she had long thought Karl was Mr. Hernandez’s true love….

“But, Mr. Hernandez… I don’t know the password to the lounge and drawer.” Tina said softly.

So, Kieran told Tina the passwords for both the lounge and the drawer.

Tina thought there would be some important documents in the drawer, but she didn’t expect to find just a divorce certificate.

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A divorce certificate!

Tina suddenly realized. She remembered that Mr. Hernandez had announced at the Ray Group’s cooperation banquet that he was married, but no one had found any clues about Mr. Hernandez’s ex- wife for so long, so everyone thought it was just a joke from Mr.

Hernandez.

Shocked, Tina brought the divorce certificate to the City Hall before 8:40 as instructed by Mr. Hernandez, only to see Mr. Hernandez talking with the staff member, Janet.

And their conversation was about… trying to get Attorney Abraham’s divorce certificate back and having Attorney Abraham sign the remarriage agreement.

Mr. Hernandez really went to great lengths to remarry Attorney Abraham.

Kieran reached out to Tina, and Tina immediately handed over all the relevant documents for the remarriage to Kieran.

Kieran handed all the documents to Janet, “Complete the procedures within 20 minutes, before Julie realizes what’s going on.”

“…Mr. Hernandez, isn’t this a bit rushed…”

“Yes, it is a bit rushed, but if Julie realizes it early, all our efforts will be in vain. So, please complete the remarriage procedures in 10 minutes.” He ordered, then politely added, “Thank you for your hard work.” Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

Janet looked pale as she took the documents and left.

Her boss never told her that being the director of City Hall also meant dealing with personal threats!

Dylan pondered for a moment before responding to Kieran, “You really have no shame.”

Kieran looked at Dylan, his eyes deep, and a smirk playing on his lips, “Are you begging for trouble?”

Dylan was speechless.

Forget about it, he’s no match for this cunning fox, Kieran.

Dylan looked at Kieran and said, “I didn’t come here to join you in your mischief, I came to see if there’s anything I can do to help.”

What Dylan referred to was the fact that all major news websites had made Kieran’s illegitimate child the headline news of the day. The reason he asked Kieran if he needed any help was that the rise of the Pierson family was due to their control over news websites.

Even though Dylan didn’t take over the family’s news industry, opting to become a forensic scientist instead, he still had a say in it as a member of the family.

With just a word from Dylan, the news about Kieran’s illegitimate child could be removed from the top of the search rankings on the biggest news website.

However, Kieran shook his head, “It’s too late to retract it now.”

With that, he took out his phone and dialed Julie’s number.

Julie seemed to be waiting for Kieran’s call, so she answered quickly.

“Where are you? Weren’t you supposed to be waiting for me at the City Hall?” Kieran asked casually.

Julie glanced at Karl, who was driving them to Noblewood Retreat, then responded to Kieran on the phone, “I’m on my way back to Noblewood Retreat.”

Then Julie asked, “I called you just now, why didn’t you answer?”

“Oh? Did you? I must have accidentally missed it,” Kieran replied nonchalantly.

Julie bluntly said, “You should hold a press conference to clarify our relationship to the public.”

“What’s our relationship?” Kieran’s voice came from the other end.

That question instantly kindled Julie’s long-suppressed anger.

“Why don’t you tell me what our relationship is? Weren’t we both at the City Hall together? Didn’t we sign the divorce certificate face to face? And the divorce agreement, we got one each, right? So why did the City Hall staff tell me today that my divorce certificate is fake? Does that mean your divorce certificate is also fake?”

Compared to Kieran, Julie might not be as intelligent, but she’s definitely not stupid.

“Kieran’s suggestion last night for her to investigate at the City Hall indicated that he had known what would happen today. In other

words, all of this was likely tied to Kieran.

With that realization, Julie felt enlightened.

She immediately told Karl, “Turn back to the City Hall!”

She asked Kieran on the phone, “Are you at the City Hall now?” 2/3

Kieran didn’t answer. It seemed his wife Julie wasn’t as clueless as he thought.

“What did I sign?” Julie questioned angrily.

However, Kieran’s voice came across the phone, calm and composed, “As a licensed lawyer, you signed without knowing what it was. Should I commend you for that?”

“You tricked me!” Julie’s voice raised a few notches.

A playful smirk appeared on Kieran’s lips, he responded without a moment of hesitation, “Hmm, seems like it.”

Julie was speechless.

“Do you want to kill me to keep me quiet?” Kieran asked in a seemingly benevolent tone, but it was clear he was provoking her!

“Kill you?” Julie’s icy voice didn’t hide her anger, “I want to rip you into pieces!”

“Well, I’m going to die anyway. How about you let me choose the method?” Kieran’s voice came through the phone.

Julie didn’t want to ask Kieran how he wanted to die because she guessed he would probably say he wanted to die in her bed.

So this time, Julie smartly didn’t let him provoke her. Instead, she retorted, “Kieran, wait for me at the City Hall. I need to settle the score with you! If you’re a real man, don’t run!”