Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 87

“Julien?” Julie was taken aback, her face filled with disbelief at running into Julien here.

Julien gave a slight nod. “Hop in”

Quickly, she spun around and hopped into the passenger seat. Their meeting was rather unconventional.

Surprised, Julie asked, “When did you get back?”

“Just recently, where you headed? Julien asked.

Julien had short black hair, no makeup, but her smooth skin was radiant. She was dressed in a black top and pants, a sleek black watch rested on her slim wrist, perfectly matching her cool demeanor.

Julie looked at Julien but didn’t answer her question, instead, she asked, “Are you free?”

“What’s up?” Julien asked.

I’ve had a bit of a fallout with my landlord, who’s now in the hospital because of me. They’re asking for five thousand bucks for medical expenses and compensations. I want to visit the hospital, but I’m afraid they might do something rash Julie said,

“Which hospital?” Julien cut her off.

Julie grinned at her, “Hope Hospital”

Julien set the GPS to Hope Hospital, then turned to Julie, Ive been to your rental place.”NôvelDrama.Org content.

“I moved out after the fallout with the landlord. Why did you suddenly come back? How long are you planning to stay? Julie asked out of curiosity.

Julien answered nonchalantly, Not sure

Julie and Julien first met in Milan, Italy Back then, Julie was the daughter of the but to her surprise, Bertha stood her up.

Graham family. She planned to attend Milan Fashion Week with Bertha,

Since she had already booked the tickets, Julie decided to stick to the original plan and headed to Milan alone. She booked a room at the Armani Hotel right in the heart of Milan.

It was Halloween. In Milan, people usually brought white or yellow chrysanthemums to cemeteries to honor the dead. Young Italians also started to participate in various Halloween celebrations. During Halloween, there were amazing live performances, stage magic, realistic zombies and ghosts, as well as horror movie screenings everywhere. Especially in a big city like Milan, there were many Halloween- themed costume parties every year.

That night, Julie strolled around the city center. After having her fill of fun, she decided to head back to the hotel.

But on her way back, she came across Julien, who was lying in a pool of blood. Despite the darkness, the dimly lit alley, and the snow falling down, Julien was lying in her pool of blood, incredibly noticeable.

Julie was terrified, she thought Julien was dying. Her immediate reaction was to dial 911, but to her surprise, a barely conscious Julien suddenly pointed a gun at her, warning weakly. “No cops!”

Naturally, Julie didn’t think Julien was bluffing, she was so scared that she even dropped her phone.

“I wont call the cops Please, I’m just a passerby Julie said.

In the dim light, Julie couldn’t see Julien’s face clearly. What surprised Julie was that Julien eventually let her go. By the time Julie reached the hotel. panting heavily, she realized her legs were trembling.

She had just narrowly escaped danger, but for some odd reason, Julie remembered the picture of her and Kieran in her phone.

So, half an hour later, she went

thinking that Julien might have got help already, but only to find out she was still lying there, lifeless.

Julie mustered courage, disarmed Julien and checked her pulse. She was expecting to confirm that Julien was dead. But to her surprise, a dagger was suddenly pressed against her neck

How could naive Julie have guessed that Julien, a woman, would not only carry a gun but also a dagger? And how could she have expected that a woman on the brink of death would still threaten others?

In the end, under Julien’s coercion, Julie took her to her suite at the Armani Hotel. Since it was Halloween, people were everywhere, covered in fake blood, so no one paid much attention to the blood-soaked Julien. They thought she was just in a costume

Later, Julien used Julie’s phone to call Klein. He came with a team to treat her wounds. Only then did Julie find out that Julien was an undercover agent planted in a gang by the National Security Agency.

That was all Julle knew about Julien, but since their first meeting, they kept in touch. Julien was a righteous person and considered Julie her lifesaver. Seeing her this time was unexpected.

Julien parked the car in front of Hope Hospital. While she parked, Julie went upstairs to find her landlord’s room.

Standing outside the room, Julie was a bit nervous. Unexpectedly, the door was pushed open from inside. A nurse came out, holding a deck of cards. complaining, “What a patient! Thinks he’s in a casino or something?”

Julie approached cautiously. “Excuse me, is the patient in there Adolf?”

Daphne had visited a few days ago on behalf of Julie, so she knew the room number

The nurse nodded, her eyes full of discontent as she looked at Julie, “Are you his relative? He’s fine, just a minor concussion. He’s past the observation period. You guys are not only hogging the hospital bed, but also playing poker out loud here, disturbing the rest of the other patients.”

The nurse complained as she picked up the poker cards and left.

10

Suddenly, the landlady appeared at the door. On seeing Julie, she immediately flew into a rage, shouting, “You bastard, you dare to show up/Shameless woman. Look, everyone, this woman not only seduced my husband but also beat him up with her lover, causing him to be hospitalized!”

“Can you watch your language?” Julie looked calmly at the landlady. “I’m here to discuss compensation.”

“Oh, so you’re saying I’m uncouth? Shameless slut, I know you and your useless sister are struggling, I kindly rented the house to you, but you seduced my husband! With that, the landlady grabbed Julie’s hair and pulled hard.

God knew what Adolf told her that made the landlady believe it was Julie who actively seduced him. Julie didn’t expect the landlady to just grab her hair. As she was about to fight back, the landlady suddenly screamed

Julie’s hair was finally released. It turned out Julien had gently restrained the landlady’s wrist, easily twisted it, causing her to scream in pain, “Ouch! Let go of me! Let go!”

Julie rubbed her head, seeing more and more onlookers, whispered to Julien, “Should we go in the room to talk?”

Julien pushed the landlady into the room and then closed the door. She stood by Julie’s side, looking coldly at Adolf lying on the hospital bed, asked Julie. “This is the landlord you were talking about?”

On the way here, Julie had told Julien everything that happened that day

Julie nodded, then bluntly told the landlady. “You better check your facts before you start accusing me of seducing your husband.”

Julie took out her phone. Im recording now. You can talk

“You! How dare a young girl like you question me!” Adolf glared at Julie, ‘It was clearly you who seduced me first!”

“You have no basic morals, at least have some conscience” Julie said to Adolf.

The landlady recovered from her pain, glared at Julie angrily, “Conscience? You beat my husband into the hospital, and you talk about conscience? You say my husband harassed you, do you have proof? Shameless woman!”

If Julie had proof, she wouldn’t be here today. On the way here, Julie had already told Julien that it was because she had no evidence that she came here.

Hearing the word evidence, Julien suddenly smirked, “Evidence?”

She was wearing tight black pants, showing off her perfect figure, very attractive. Her indifferent eyes were filled with coldness and sarcasm.

Julien walked elegantly towards Adoll, There are no cameras in the room, so naturally, there’s no evidence. But, the hospital rooms don’t seem to have cameras either. What if I beat you guys to a cripple, wouldn’t there be no evidence then?”

“What do you want to do?” Adolf’s wife, who had just experienced Julien’s agility, immediately blocked Adoll, stammering with fear as she looked at Julien.

Julien’s lips lifted into a slight smirk, she coldly said, “You want money, right? Calculate how much your husband’s life is worth. If I kill him, I can pay you

all at once.”