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

Chapter 134

That night, way past bedtime.

Julie and Kieran were strolling back home, with the streetlights illuminating their path Taking advice she got online, Julie pretended to twist her ankle, then grabbed Kieran’s sleeve, shooting him a pitiful look, “I think I sprained my foot”

Kieran looked Julie up and down, and instead of pushing her away immediately, he looked at her ankle and asked, “Break a bone?”

Julie was feeling down, “No… no bones broken, but twisted. Hurts a bit. Can we sit down for a while?”

While Kieran was mulling over her request, Julie was already limping towards a bench with Kieran in tow. She clung to his sleeve as she sat down, then looked at her ankle, pretending to be in pain, muttered, “What if I can’t walk later? Can you carry me?”

Julie saw Kieran pull out his phone and dial the emergency number.

She quickly snatched his phone away, laughing. “I’m not that bad off. No need for an ambulance. Can’t waste public resources, right? I’m touched that you care so much.”

Kieran extended his hand, “My phone.”

Julie stuffed his phone into her coat pocket, then covered the pocket, looked up at Kieran and asked, “What are your thoughts on dating?”

Kieran just looked at her without a reply. The dim light made his facial features more prominent. Julie’s heart was pounding.

“Do you mind dating while in school?” Julie persisted.

no

Despite Julie’s daily efforts to get closer to Kieran, intimate moments were rare. Most of the time, she could only daydream while watching his back. Therefore, under the dim light, when Kieran looked at her, Julie couldn’t meet his gaze and quickly averted her eyes

After a while, Kieran still hadnt answered. Julie cautiously spoke again, “So… do you think you’ll date in school?”

“No, especially not with you,” Kieran responded firmly.

Julie should have focused on the latter half of Kieran’s answer, but she only registered the first half.

So she excitedly asked Kieran, “So you’ve never dated before?”

Kieran was speechless.

Is your first kiss still intact? Julie’s gaze landed on Kieran’s closed lips and she couldn’t help swallowing.

Just as Kieran was turning his head away, he turned back to look at Julie

cupped Kieran’s face, leaned in like a dragonfly skimming the water, gently pressed her lips to the corner of

been soaked in red ink. She said to him, “Now,

she had just told him she had hurt her foot. She ran faster than a rabbit. Falling plane tree leaves landed on her shoulder. She wore a flowing white school

her face as red

glass of milk, smiled, and brushed Julie’s messy hair behind her ears, “Why are you back

“I’m in heat…”

sat next

me, don’t I feel like I’m burning up? Can you call in sick for me tomorrow? Just

want to skip class, just say

though Sansa said that, she still helped Julie take a

on, Julie kept avoiding Kieran at school, afraid that he would confront her. In class, Kieran always sat in the front row while Julie

rang. A few minutes before dismissal, she would leave

scolded by the teacher was still better than getting yelled at by

surrounded by fake friends. Many people were curious why

gently kissed Kieran last time, he hadn’t come to confront Julie. Even though Julie

courage, bought two ice creams, and was ready to make peace with Kieran, she saw Annalise sitting on the back of Kieran’s bike at the door. They disappeared from her

cream slid down her fingertips. Even though it was in a dream, Julie

leaned towards a warm place, closer and closer…

She comfortably leaned into the warmth, and then slowly,

his heart ached as he gently wiped away the tears that slipped

next day, when Julie woke up, she found herself on a plane.

the regular dose of sleeping pills last night, but she didn’t expect to sleep so heavily that she didn’t even know she had been carried onto the plane.

Kieran on the plane. Julie pulled off her blanket and sat up groggily. Her mind was in a fog for a few seconds before she got her bearings, then

out of nowhere, giving her

She asked him straight

What would you like

make?”

then said, “Most things.

him and bring him to

That’s not

to Whispering Pines? Julie

Karl nodded.

around the cabin. She couldn’t find her bag and phone, so she said to Karl, ‘Also, tell Kieran, if he doesn’t want to crash with me, he

that, Julie went back to

Kieran, “Mrs. Hernandez said if you don’t want to crash with her, you