Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 146

Hearing Julie’s heated tone, Kieran on the other end of the phone couldn’t help but grin

He seemed to be reminded of the vivacious Joyce Abraham, the one who would point her finger at him and order him not to leave school whenever she got mad

Julie, filled with rage, stormed back to the City Hall, where Kieran was indeed waiting for her.

As soon as she entered the City Hall, she was ushered into the staff break room by Tina

Tina seemed to admire and respect Julie even more now

Julie saw Kieran sitting on the sofa, being waited on like a VIP by the staff.

Without saying a word, Julie went straight up to him, grabbed his collar, and demanded, “Where’s my divorce certificater

“It was changed,” he replied calmly, apparently undeterred by Julie’s outburst.

Julie paused for a moment. “It was changed? What did you change it to?”

‘This one.” Kieran pulled out a marriage certificate and handed it to Julie.

The big words ‘Marriage Certificate‘ clearly indicated their married status. The couple photo on it was the same one they had used years ago, and they didn’t look much different now

The certificate also specifically marked “Remarried.”

Julie was probably too angry to speak. Her face was flushed, and she remained silent for quite a while.

Dylan had planned to stick around for the drama but was shooed away by Kieran before Julie arrived.

Kieran remained calm. He told Tina, “Clear everyone out and close the main door. No more entries/Julie’s here to settle scores with me, and I don’t want anyone else to hamper her performance.”

Julie stared furiously at Kieran, helplessly watching as Tina cleared the room. Material © NôvelDrama.Org.

Once the door was shut, Julie finally found her voice,

“Do you know that deceiving someone into marriage is illegal?” She finally blurted out.

“Are you going to sue me then?” He asked.

Kieran’s eyes were deep, and his lips slightly parted. His calmness seemed innate.

Sometimes, Julie felt utterly helpless dealing with Kieran. Like right now.

Yes, deceiving someone into marriage was illegal. But was she going to actually sue Kieran for this? Then she would be the real fool!

So, Julie took a deep breath and looked at Kieran, “I won’t sue you. Let’s just get divorced again. Kieran, I’m not the Joyce from eight years ago, I don’t want to marry you.”

Julie looked intently at Kieran. Her words were resolute.

She reached out to pull Kieran, wanting to take him to process their divorce. But he pulled her and pinned her on the sofa.

His passionate kiss took her breath away.

He seemed to suck all the oxygen out of her lungs with his kiss. Just when she thought she was about to suffocate, he let go of her lips, allowing her to breathe.

She forcefully pushed him away, her initial struggle eventually turned into helplessness.

His kiss, from the initial wildness, gradually became more tender.

He caught her hand, placing it on his waist.

This jolted Julie back to reality.

Finally, she mustered the courage to bite his tongue.

“Ouch…” Kieran let go of Julie in pain, licking his lips, his bright eyes full of indulgence as he looked at her, “One day, I’ll have to pull out your teeth!”

“Get up!” Julie glared at Kieran.

Kieran didn’t move. Instead, he looked at her and said, “The Kieran from eight years ago wants to tell the present Julie that I willingly married Joyce back then. Now I’m willing to give everything to Julie.”

His words were touching.

But…

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“Everyone knows you mamed me out of necessity back then. Everyone knows you didn’t like me at that time. Everyone knows it was me who chased after you

1 chased after you too, Joyce Kieran suddenly said as he looked at Julie.

From his deep eyes, Julie seemed to see the most beautiful scene in the world.

Though his words made Julie’s heart beat faster for a moment, she quickly came back to reality

1 was the one who always chased after you. I was the one who always had eyes for you. When did you ever chase me?

“Do you remember our first year in high school, when we were both on the track team? Didn’t! Kieran replied.

four kilometers to catch up with you?”

Julie remembered very clearly the time Kieran ran four kilometers to catch up with her in their first year of high school!

She was on her period then, and the coach had the entire team run three kilometers. As an outstanding student, Kieran was the first one to complete the challenge. Then he just sat by the side of the track and watched.

As the underperforming student, Julie was the last one. She was panting heavily and lagging behind Kieran by a full two and a half

kilometers

The coach stopped Julie, “Are you here to run or to walk?”

Julie held her stomach, Im on my period

“Period? That’s your excuse? Do female athletes give up their matches because they’re on their periods? Run an extra kilometer!” The coach scolded Julie, “If you don’t get moving, I’ll add another kilometer!”

The coach was very strict, and his reputation was well–known. His punishments varied, for example, he would easily order someone to run as a penalty.

Julie had no choice but to walk step by step on the track.

Ten minutes later.

Kieran, the outstanding student of the class, started running on the track behind Julie.

Julie was surprised to see Kieran. She hopped up to catch up with him, unabashedly asking, “Kieran, are you here to accompany me? I’m really touched. Do you like me?”

Kieran glanced at Julie coldly and said, “Stay away from me,”

“How far is it? Someone just made me run four kilometers, that’s pretty far!”

“I’m saying, you should stay away from me.” Kieran said coldly.

Julie immediately looked hurt. “You’re so cold, I might just stay away from you.”

“Oh

“I’m a hopeless romantic who was born to love you, don’t you know that?” said Julie very seriously. She didn’t feel shy at all. Her crush was so pure and simple back then, so when she said those words, they came out with the taste of pure love and youth.

Despite Julie’s frankness, Kieran completely ignored her.

She had no choice but to mutter to herself, “Although I’m a hopeless romantic, if you keep giving me the cold shoulder like this, I might get hurt, you know?!”

“Oh.”

“If you admit that you like me just a tiny bit, I might be able to bounce back, you know!” Julie said to Kieran, smiling shyly.

Thinking of this, Julie said to Kieran, “Yes, you chased me for four thousand meters. I said if you admit that you like me a little bit, I might be able to bounce back. Do you remember how you replied?”

“How did I reply?” Kieran put his hand on Julie, too close for comfort, Julie could only stare at Kieran’s face.

Julie said. “You coldly replied, ‘Really? Bounce back? Not likely.”

Julie mimicked Kieran’s tone from back then.

Hearing Julie’s serious tone, Kieran suddenly laughed.

This man didn’t care at all about his cold behavior back then. She had already exposed the fact that he didn’t chase her back then, but why could he laugh so naturally?

More importantly, back then, Julie was attracted by this man’s bright smile!

Especially the first time they met, his smile at her was something Julie still remembers vividly.

“What’s so funny!” Julie lifted her head and bumped into Kieran’s nose, “Back off!”

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Kieran laid his body on top of Julie, one hand holding her head, the other rubbing his nose.

After rubbing for a bit, he finally asked, “Do you know why I said that?”

“Who knows!” Julie reached out to push Kieran, “Let go first!”

“You said if I admit that I like you a little bit, you might be able to bounce back. I said it’s not likely because… I didn’t just like you a little bit. I think I liked you more than a little bit back then.”

Other people’s sweet talk is a lure, Kieran’s sweet talk is poison, if you’re not careful, you’ll get addicted.

Julie avoided Kieran’s gaze and looked elsewhere, “If I believe you, I’m an idiot!”

“You’re such a blockhead, can’t you figure it out? How could a top student like me be punished to run laps by the teacher?” Kieran flicked Julie’s forehead lightly.

Being pinned down was bad enough, now she got flicked on the forehead. Julie wasn’t one to take this lying down. She grabbed Kieran’s hair, “What are you trying to say, spit it out! So what if I’m a blockhead? If I wasn’t a blockhead, would I have fallen for you? You jerk! Are you letting go or not?!”

Those eavesdropping people outside the door got a shock from Julie’s sudden outburst. They hadn’t expected this side of Julie, who usually seemed gentle and perhaps a bit willful.

No one knew that Julie was a notorious troublemaker in school, or else she wouldn’t have become good friends with Daphne Flores in college…

Kieran knew getting Julie to let go of his hair was impossible, but if she kept pulling, he might lose his hair.

So…

Kieran pushed up Julie’s T–shirt from her waist all the way to her neck….

Julie instantly let go of her hand, at an astonishing speed.

She quickly grabbed her T–shirt and yanked it down.