Love’s Cunning Ruse ( Mr.Kieran And Julie )

Chapter 171

Julie and Adeline looked at each other, the air between them thick with tension.

Finally, Adeline was the first to break the silence.

“You don’t have to glare at me like that! I promise, I’m not here to steal your man,” Adeline said, her laughter filled with allure.

If anyone else wore that smile, Julie would have been put off. But on Adeline, it was nothing short of captivating. It was strange how beautiful women seemed to have a certain privilege, regardless of their audience..

With a smile, Julie turned to Adeline, “Shall we continue talking about Elliot?”

“Are you sure you want to discuss Elliot with me?” Adeline raised an eyebrow. She answered Julie’s question, “I’d be more than happy to.” “Did you really mean it when you said you liked Elliot last time?” Julie asked.

Julie believed Adeline’s confession from before. Even though Adeline had confessed her feelings for Elliot in a rather nonchalant way, both intuition and logic told Julie that Adeline was telling the truth.

If Adeline didn’t really love Elliot, she wouldn’t have decided to run away from home, even knowing the dangers. All this just for Elliot’s

sake.

In the face of Julie’s question, Adeline responded freely, laughing, “Absolutely! If I didn’t care for Elliot, would I be concerned about you and Kieran getting back together? I sought you out for Elliot’s happiness.”

Truth be told, Adeline hadn’t asked her to meet, she had just dragged her out without considering her opinion.

“So, Ms. Sanches…”

“Don’t call me Ms. Sanches, I was never meant to belong to the Sanches family,” Adeline said, “You can call me Adeline. Consider it a privilege for being so pretty.”

Julie fell silent.

“Alright, Adeline,” Julie looked at Adeline, conceding, “I don’t know how to answer your questions and I don’t have the answers myself. Also, I don’t think I owe you any explanations, what do you think?”

“Do you really… not like Elliot at all? I mean, in the way between a man and a woman?”

Just as Julie was about to reply, the door to their private room was abruptly pushed open.

Both Adeline and Julie turned towards the entrance, finding Elliot standing there. Dressed in a well-tailored black suit, his deep gaze focused on Adeline. He walked straight up to Adeline, and with a hint of apology in his eyes, he turned to Julie, “Has she been causing trouble for you again?”

laughed, “We’re just having a friendly chat, how can that be causing trouble! Right?,

she had made her intentions so clear to Julie, if Julie still acted like she didn’t know her at all, it would be a clear

Elliot had already walked over to her, saying, “I’ll give you a lift back to

Julie apologized

and asked, “Adeline, do you

this, Adeline fell silent and stopped following after them.

restaurant, Julie turned to Elliot with a smile, “Thanks, Elliot, but I can get back on

office, let her cool down.” Elliot looked

to refuse him, especially since he had come mainly to help her

there’s something I haven’t told you.” Elliot suddenly turned to look at Julie, who was slowly following

had been looking down at her own feet, looked up at him in confusion when he

for a moment, during which Julie could clearly see the change

say anything else, Julie walked silently beside Elliot without questioning him further. However, she then heard his somewhat heavy voice, “Do you

was a long silence.

Elliot’s question, she was contemplating. If she were to answer according to her initial gut reaction, she thought,

denied the fact that she loved Kieran, but she couldn’t quite explain how

past years, she even had the extreme thought that all her miseries were because of her love for

unable to erase that initial spark of love for him from

was mixed with many

wasn’t sure if this still counted

didn’t immediately answer Elliot’s question.

the time she had figured out how to answer, Elliot no longer wanted to

“I should wish

Elliot, lost in

want to marry you, propose to you, all genuine. When I first came back home, I heard you were divorced. I really thought about giving you a stable home. Maybe it wouldn’t be a passionate love, but at least I could be with you through the mundane. But I know, love that

voice

hair, it reminded him of her short, neat hair when she was in school.

“Loving someone doesn’t require an apology, and neither does

hair. By the time I

also laughed, “Back then, Bertha Stewart told me that boys

hair long to be the type Kieran liked?” Elliot and Julie both

casually tossed her tied-up hair, her smile sweet.