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?”

for me?” Julien countered, trying to

God, are you pretending to be cute? Hayden adores you; how could he not miss

Julien go beyond mere fondness,” Julie pondered.

nodded, “Yes, I think it’s love. How else could he put up

hearing this, Julien abruptly stood up

you going?” Julie called out.

on the floor,” came Julien’s

to whisper to Julie, “Don’t you

but not holding out much hope

triumphant grin, revealed, “I’ve

had lost her mind, “What if it’s a

right,” Daphne quickly apologized to her unborn child, “Sorry, baby.

Daphne. Your child has a

suddenly exclaimed, grabbing Julie’s hand, “If it’s a

Daphne, Julie mentally said a prayer for

Daphne ran off to the bedroom

Julien had made a makeshift bed on the floor

“I’ve thought of two nicknames for my baby. If it’s a boy, we’ll call him ‘Prince’, and if it’s a girl, ‘Queen’. What do you

names, Julien asked her, “When are you and Lionel Kemp getting

question… was

heard

agreed, turning to Daphne, “What do you and Mr.

wealthy, complex family like Lionel’s. She says it’s like a deep, dangerous ocean, and with my intelligence, I might not survive. Not only would risk losing my child, but

agreed, “Your mom

would

you think? Just because the ocean is deep and dangerous, you would not even try to swim? What about the lifeguard who is waiting for you

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

question was, what should she do?

anything but simple. She turned to her friend, Julien, with a

of the heart, this was a tough question. Not expecting Daphne

at Julien, Actually…”

interjected, “Firstly, you need to ask yourself whether you really want 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

made sense to her. Perhaps being an outsider gave Julien

was right. The first thing Daphne needed to do was to understand her own feelings. The most important factor

Daphne slumped onto the ground, grabbed Julien’s hand, and looked at her gratefully. “You truly are wise,