Chapter 169

Julie hadn’t had a nightmare in ages.

Maybe it was because she was back in a familiar environment, which triggered some scenes from her subconscious mind.

She dreamt of teenaged Sansa in a white ballet dress, dancing elegantly in the living room, as Darcey, with a gentle smile on her face, guided Sansa’s dance moves with satisfaction.

Julie sat by practicing her handwriting with a pen, making a mess of it, and even splashing ink on herself. Darcey frowned and scolded her while Sansa continued to spin gracefully.

Padgett came back from work and said to Darcey, “Honey, you must be tired from all that scolding. Have some water, I’ll take over.”

Then he turned to Sansa and said, “Sansa, get your mom a glass of water.”

Sansa, who finally got a break from her dance practice, winked happily at Julie and ran to the kitchen to get some water.

Darcey sat on the sofa drinking water in a huff, while Padgett put his hands on his hips and looked at Julie sternly, “Little Julie, why do you always make your mother worry?”

Padgett winked at Julie and said, “You’re being naughty, now go clean up the weeds in the garden!”

Little did he know that Julie would rather pull weeds than practice writing. So, she happily picked up a comic book, tucked it into her pocket, and ran cheerfully towards the garden.

However, when she pushed the backyard gate open, the scene changed dramatically.

Instead of a beautiful garden, there was a winding tarred road.

Julie turned around instantly. The sunlit living room turned pitch black, with no end in sight. Sansa’s gentle and serene smile gradually disappeared.

Suddenly, heavy rain started to pour, and raindrops splashed on her face, her body….

A thunderclap roared in the sky, causing Julie to jolt in fear.

Then, there was a loud bang behind her.

Frightened, Julie spun around. She saw two cars colliding at the turn of the road. The screeching sound of brakes pierced through Julie’s eardrums. She clearly saw the bloody faces of Sansa and Darcey….

“Ah!” A scream suddenly echoed in the villa.

Julie sat up in bed, drenched in sweat.

Kieran, who was sleeping lightly next door, heard Julie’s scream and immediately got up and opened her bedroom door.

In the faint moonlight, he saw Julie curled up in a corner of the bed, hugging her legs, and trembling slightly.

“Julie.” He called her name softly and slowly approached her.

startled and

voice was trembling with strong resistance,

Kieran held her hand and pulled her into his arms, “Joyce, it’s

finally reached Julie’s ears.

The sweat on

from her forehead and comforted her softly, “Don’t be scared, I’m

gradually

a blanket,

finally found her voice and nodded gently.

her head on his chest. His arm was on Julie’s back, gently

arms, felt like a child being carefully held in the palm of his hand. His steady heartbeat rhythmically echoed in his chest. With her ear pressed

her a passionate love story. But now she realized that

mind was a mess, but for some reason, listening to his steady breathing and smelling the familiar scent deeply ingrained in her memory, she fell into

night. It was only when she woke up the

an hour late for

wasn’t just her who was late, it

at the time on her phone, Julie felt like giving up on going to work. But eventually, she managed to wriggle free from Kieran’s hand around her waist.

up, the hand returned

Hernandez, we’re late!”

the man beside her, as if he hadn’t heard her, kept his

up by

Kieran’s ear and shouted louder in his ear,

Julie could pull her hand away, the man next to her suddenly rolled over, pinning her

eyes wide to look at the man on top of her. Before she could say anything, he suddenly leaned down

tongue gently probed past her teeth, his breath mixed with hers, his rough thumb caressed her skin around the waist. Julie was wearing a thin T-shirt last night, which had slid up to

her waist, as if

became erratic, and a moan

kiss began to trail

suddenly

was pressing against her leg. Julie was having some trouble breathing, a hint of

last night’s topic. He had just woken up, his voice, sexy and

silent for about two or three seconds before finally blushing and speaking, “This has

swept over Kieran’s heart like a

press against the woman in his arms, his deep voice slightly raised,

quietly replied.

at Julie displeased,

Julie mumbled, looking

her exquisite face,

that another name for Daphne?

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