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

Chapter 285

“Want some more?” Daphne offered her ice cream to Julien like it was a prized possession.

Julien, without hesitation, took it from Daphne’s hand and started eating it voraciously.

In all the years she had known Julien, Julie had never seen her indulge in a snack like this. It was truly a sight to see. But…

Wasn’t her eating manner a bit too aggressive? It was less of eating and more of stuffing her mouth.

Was this binge eating a result of some traumatic experience, perhaps?

Julie gently patted Julien’s back, concern lining her features. Julien, with a mouthful of ice cream, looked back at Julie with a confused expression, as if asking ‘why are you patting my back?’ through her gaze.

“You’re going to get a brain freeze if you eat ice cream like that,” Julie remarked, watching Julien’s eating frenzies.

Julien then handed the now-empty ice cream tub back to Daphne:

Daphne tossed it into a nearby trash bin and chuckled, “I always thought you were too high and mighty to enjoy such earthly pleasures. Turns out you also love vanilla ice cream, just like me.”

Julien looked perplexed, “What ice cream?”

“…So, you just ate half a tub of ice cream without even khowing what flavor it was? Daphne asked, the disbelief evident on her face.

“That’s vanilla, vanilla ice cream. The one you just ate,” she said, trying to suppress her laughter.

“Ah,” was the only response Julien gave.

Julie suddenly grabbed Julien’s shoulder, “Who are you, and what have you done to my Julien?”

Julien swatted Julie’s hand away, and turned to Daphne, “Give me the couch.”.

Daphne glanced at the couch beneath her, a grey piece of furniture that had been with her for a while now.

She patted the couch, speaking to it as if it were a pet, “My dear couch, the queen has taken a liking to you. It’s an honor really. She wants to take you away, but don’t miss me too much. I’ll come visit you occasionally.”

“I didn’t mean your couch,” Julien retorted, looking at Julie, “I meant, I’ll be sleeping on the couch tonight.”

“You’re not going home tonight?” Julie asked, looking surprised, “Won’t Hayden be looking for you?”

trying to play it cool,

cute? Hayden adores you; how

Julien go beyond mere fondness,” Julie

think it’s love. How

abruptly stood up and headed towards Daphne’s bedroom.

you going?” Julie

the floor,” came Julien’s aloof reply from

in to whisper to Julie, “Don’t you find her attitude adorable? I’ve thought of a

but not holding out much hope for

grin, revealed, “I’ve decided to

as if she had lost her

apologized to her unborn child, “Sorry, baby. Your dumb

shoulder sympathetically, “Don’t worry, Daphne. Your child has a

got it!” Daphne suddenly exclaimed, grabbing Julie’s hand, “If it’s a boy, we’ll call him ‘Prince’!

Daphne, Julie mentally said a prayer for Mr. Lionel.

the bedroom to share

a makeshift bed on the floor using blankets from the wardrobe.

thought of two nicknames for my baby. If it’s a boy, we’ll call

Julien asked her, “When are you and

question… was unexpected!

entered the room, heard Julien’s question and was

think Julien’s question is quite constructive, Julie agreed, turning to Daphne, “What

risk losing my child, but I might also lose my own life. You know those people in TV dramas who step on others’ bodies to climb

mom is right.”

that Julien would support

asked Daphne, “What do you think? Just because the ocean is deep and dangerous, you would not even try to swim? What about the

hit the nail on the head with her metaphor. The world of the wealthy was an ocean, and she stood at its edge, wrestling with the decision to dive in. Her parents, standing by her side, were pulling her away from the water’s edge, while Lord Lion, the lifeguard of this metaphorical ocean,

question was, what

simple. She turned to her friend, Julien, with

of the heart, this was a tough question.

at Julien,

to take the plunge. Secondly, the decision to dive in depends on whether the lifeguard can be trusted and if he can assure your safety, and not how deep the ocean is.”

‘love is blind’ suddenly made sense to her. Perhaps being an outsider gave Julien

The first thing Daphne needed to do was to understand her own feelings. The most important factor was Lionel’s actions and choices, whether he was reliable, and not his

ground, grabbed Julien’s hand, and looked