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

Chapter 286

“Are you laughing or crying? You’ve been chuckling nonstop.” Julie leaned in closer to Daphne, curious to know who was on the other end of the phone call. But Daphne handed the phone to Julie as if it were a hot potato. Her face, a picture of relief, left Julie puzzled.

Meanwhile, Julien was lying quietly on the carpet, lost in her own world, oblivious to the commotion between Julie and Daphne.

Until Julie suddenly cried out, “Hayden?”

At the sound of his name, Julien sprung up from the floor like a zombie, startling Julie who moved closer to Daphne for comfort.

Even though Julie had no idea what Hayden had said, she handed the phone to Julien, saying timidly, “Julien, it’s for you!”

Upon hearing Hayden’s name, Julien wanted to hang up. But when Julie handed her the phone, she immediately pressed the end call button and irritably tossed it back to Daphne.

Daphne’s admiration for Julien reached it peek point.

“Is it okay to just hang up on Hayden like that?” Julie asked, concerned.

Julien didn’t respond. This was the first time she had the audacity to hang up on Hayden. Usually, she would follow his orders without question.

Julie thought for a moment, then said, “Well, Hayden spoils you, so it should be fine, right?”

“Hayden spoils me? You are talking nonsense!” Julien coldly retorted, sitting up again!

Daphne clutched her chest. She couldn’t handle any more surprises from Julien.

Instead of answering Julien’s question, Julie turned to Daphne and asked, “Don’t you think Hayden treats Julien differently?”.

“It seems like it. Remember Ivan’s birthday party…”,

“What happened then?” Julie asked.

“We were having a barbecue in the garden, remember? Mr. Watson took me out there. Later, I went back to my room to get my phone and saw Mr. Dylan, Annalise Hansen, and Hayden…”

“And then what?” Julie asked, looking at Daphne curiously.

tried to hold Hayden’s

suddenly echoed, Julie and

and looked

he would hit her even if she’s a

herself, pretending to be

a woman. I’m lucky to be alive.”

said, “Wait, Ms. Annalise asked Hayden why he didn’t hit you when you were close to him.

wouldn’t want to dirty his hands by hitting me.” Julien replied emotionlessly.

in an

Even though he wasn’t talking

know why he said that?” Julien seemed indifferent.

innocent, “Isn’t it because Hayden

“Of course it’s because Hayden likes Julien. Why else would he

is it because I’m a good bodyguard?” Julien scoffed.

and Julie were stunned. Julien’s words seemed to make sense…

were in the room discussing something. So,

Daphne asked,

decisions. I told him that since it’s in the past, all I can do is to be there for Ivan. I can’t change the past and I don’t want to live in hate, so let it go. But when Hayden asked me that, I didn’t really get it. So, I jokingly said, ‘Of course I blame him! If he hadn’t kept it from me, we wouldn’t

me, and it didn’t sound like he was

Daphne asked, on the edge of her seat.

after you confessed your feelings to Hayden, didn’t he mysteriously disappear? Isn’t that the root of all the tension between you two? Maybe, just maybe,

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head. “I only agreed to help him with his

Daphne exchanged a look. After a few seconds, Julie jumped off the bed and yanked the blanket off Julien’s head. “What do you mean, ‘Adeline’s safety net’? Are you

excitement at bay. She rushed to Julien’s side and stared at her with wide eyes. “But Adeline likes

Why would you need to be her safety net? God, this is like a soap

you two want to sleep tonight or not?” Julien sat up and patted the blanket. “Fine, I’ll explain what I meant by ‘being

rapt attention, waiting for Julien to continue.

“If there really is something going on between Hayden and Adeline, then I’ve been wrong about

hand, almost as