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

leaned in like a dragonfly skimming the water, gently pressed her lips to the corner of his mouth,

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

running, completely forgetting that she had just told him she had hurt her foot. She ran faster than a rabbit. Falling plane

all the way home, her face

Julie’s messy hair behind her ears, “Why are

“I’m

next to Julie and looked

Sansa, “No! I mean I have a fever… touch me, don’t I feel like I’m burning up? Can you call in sick for me tomorrow? Just tell therm I have a high

you want to skip class, just say so. No need to

said that, she still helped Julie take

Kieran at school, afraid that he would confront her. In class, Kieran always sat in

Kieran, she would always sneak into class through the back door after the bell rang. A few minutes before dismissal, she would

teacher was still better than getting yelled

fake friends. Many people were curious why she was avoiding Kieran, and told her

though Julie had been avoiding him for a long time, he acted

find Kieran and clearly express her feelings. But, when she plucked up the courage, bought two ice creams, and was ready to make peace with Kieran, she saw Annalise sitting

ice cream slid down her fingertips. Even

leaned towards a warm place, closer and

She comfortably leaned into the warmth, and then

looked at the woman lying in his arms, his heart ached as he gently wiped away the tears that slipped from the corner

next day, when Julie woke up, she found herself

dose of sleeping pills last night, but she didn’t expect to sleep so heavily

up groggily. Her mind was in a fog for a few seconds before she

cabin door, Karl popped out

Karl’s address. She asked him straight to the point, “Where’s Kieran?”

Hernandez is working. What would you like for breakfast?”

can you make?” Julie

hesitated, then said, “Most things. What would you like?”

marinate him, cook him and bring him to me. Go on!” Julie

That’s not

this the flight back to Whispering Pines? Julie

Karl nodded.

tell him to come see me when he’s done working! I don’t mind what I have for breakfast” Finished speaking, Julie looked 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

went back

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

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