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

Chapter 23

Julie swiftly tossed the ring on the trash bin lid, hailed a taxi, and hopped right in.

Elliot watched the taxi drive away. He picked up the ring, gently rubbing it with his slender fingers, then chuckled helplessly.

Though she changed her name and despite her failed marriage, her coldness and stubbornness have never changed.

Just like when she was head over heels for Kieran, she ignored everyone around her. Even when she met him for the first time a few days ago, she had no

clue who he was.

Suddenly, Elliot’s phone rang in his pocket. He glanced at the caller ID and saw that it was his dad. Elliot’s sudden proposal to Julie at the party tonight. had thrown off his dad’s plans, so there was no chance of his dad getting any peace tonight.

Elliot squeezed the ring in his hand and turned to leave.

Julie took a cab to the hospital, where Daphne was lying in a hospital bed. As soon as Daphne saw her, she asked eagerly. “Julie, how did it go? Did you make the headlines for tomorrow?”

Julie felt guilty looking at Daphne’s hopeful face.

Daphne and muttered, “The headlines might be about me tomorrow…”

was off

she held Julie’s hand and asked with

Daphne everything that happened that evening.

lit up. She looked at Julie and asked, “What do you think?”

Julie was completely

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he’s been into you for years, and he proposed

chance.” Julie’s answer was

was, “You’re not still hung up on that jerk. Kieran, are you? Do you want to find another guy to obsess over? Julie, let me tell you, women need to find someone who loves them, not someone they love. Kieran is the perfect example. One minute he’s marrying Bertha, and the next there’s no wedding. And who was

worried. But the way Daphne was digging into her wounds made her

out, gripping Daphne’s hand tightly, looking at her with heartfelt eyes, “I won’t go looking for

love deeply again. The man she loved with all her heart was buried in the ruins of her youth,

back.

didn’t want to continue the conversation, so she smiled at Daphne, “Alright, don’t worry! You’re getting old worrying