Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 241

Kyle tightly held onto Julie’s waist, keeping her from falling flat on her face, while she instinctively clung

to his arm.

Kieran attempted to grab Julie, but his hand stopped mid-air. Snowflakes fell on his coat, slowly melting

away.

Snapping out of it, Julie quickly got up.

Kyle silently released Julie’s waist, lowered his head and smiled politely at her, “Why are you hopping

around like a kid without looking where you’re going?” After speaking, he turned to Kieran, as if he just

noticed him, made a slight adjustment to his glasses, “Ah, Mr. Hernandez, you’re here too, what a

coincidence.” “Indeed.” Kieran looked at Kyle, then at Lisa standing next to him, turned his head, pulled

Julie into his arms, lightly touched her nose, “You should thank Kyle” He was referring to Kyle helping

Julie just now, Julie immediately understood, looked at Kyle and nodded with a smile, “Thank you,

Kyle.”

“Se more careful when you walk.” he said with a smile, the kind that you’d see from an elder towards a

junior.

Julie nodded.

A voice came from the side, “Mr. Kyle, we should get going.”

“Mr. Kyle, you’ve got something to do?” Kieran asked.

Their gaze met, making Julie a little nervous.

Kyle nodded, “I’ve got some work stuff, I’ll head out first, we’ll catch up over a meal when we’re free.”

“Sure.” Kieran agreed.

Lisa pointed down the road, Kyle smiled at Julie, then turned and walked in the direction Lisa pointed.

Once Kyle was out of sight, Julie suddenly grabbed Kieran’s hand, clenching it, wanting to catch up

with Kyle.

Lisa suddenly turned around, Julie who was ready to tail Kyle had to awkwardly turn her head, resulting

in her bumping into Kieran’s chest, leaving her a little dazed. Kieran couldn’t help but laugh, “Why don’t

you let Julien teach you some tricks?”

Embarrassed by her own actions, Julie rubbed her head and lowered it.

“Did they leave?” Julie, with her back towards Kyle, asked Kieran.

Kieran nodded, and asked, “Do you still want ice cream?”

She looked at the ice cream in his hand, although it was no longer as appealing, it hadn’t completely

melted. She took the vanilla ice cream, took a bite, and said, “I feel like Kyle… he’s changed, changed

a lot.”

“Like what?” he asked.

She thought for a moment, then said, “Kyle used to pamper Sansa a lot, the way he looked at Sansa

was like… she was his whole world, everyone else seemed to be invisible to him. I didn’t speak much

with him before. But I know he really liked Sansa.”

Before Julie’s family went bankrupt, Sansa was the center of attention, a true rich girl. She was the

successor cultivated by her mother, showing excellence in all aspects.

In Julie’s memory, Kyle was also incredibly outstanding.

She looked at Kieran and said, “But now, Kyle’s like a puzzle… sometimes he seems to have feelings

for Sansa, but sometimes it looks like he doesn’t care about her at all. Even the way he speaks has

become more thoughtful.”

“People change. Kieran said, “What’s important is why they change.”

“The other day when Kyle was talking to Sansa in the ICU, I don’t know what they talked about, but I’m

sure Sansa’s rising blood pressure and accelerated heart rate had something to do with him. I want to

know if there’s any dispute between them, or if Kyle is the key to wake up Sansa.” Julie was thinking.

Kieran suddenly stretched his hand out, lightly grabbing Julie’s shoulder, he looked deeply into her

pale, frozen face, “I’ll do everything I can to save Sansa.” She trusted him.

The distance between the two was very close, she kept looking up at his face. Snowflakes gently fell

between them.

After a moment, she finally took a step back and said, “I should stick to wearing heels in the future, that

way I can ease my chronic neck pain.”

“I guess it can also ease my chronic lumbar disc herniation.” he said.

Julie laughed, indeed, he was bending over when he grabbed her shoulder.

She said seriously, “If I knew you’d grow this tall, I wouldn’t have chased after you!”

“If I knew you wouldn’t chase me anymore, I definitely wouldn’t have grown this tall.”

“You’re always right.” As soon as Julie finished speaking, she was suddenly bumped into by someone.

Julie accidentally crashed into Kieran’s chest.

This wouldn’t have been an issue, but Julie happened to be holding an ice cream cone in her hand. As

a result, the ice cream got squashed between the two of them, getting all over their clothes.

The white cream, like a blooming white flower, was particularly noticeable on his black coat.

“Damn, this coat must’ve cost a fortune, right?” Seeing the courier who hit her and then rushed away,

Julie pulled at his coat, said with a heartache.

Kieran looked at the anxious and distressed little woman, teased her, “Hmm, it’s worth ten of you.”

“What?” Her eyes widened, she tipped her toes to check the brand of his coat, “How much is ten of

me?”

He grabbed her hand, pulled her in front of him, “I was joking, you’re priceless, I don’t care if this coat

gets dirty or torn, but I can’t stand to see you get hurt, not even a bit.”

“You really think I’m a dumb bunny, believing whatever you say?” She arrogantly said to him, then

turned and walked towards the shopping mall.

Inside a high-end private club.

Lisa led Kyle to a designated private room.

In the private room, a white-haired man sat on a sofa, wearing silver half-rimmed glasses. As soon as

he saw Kyle entering the room, he immediately stood up.

“Professor Fred, rest assured, as long as you do as I asked, I won’t harm Emily.” Kyle removed his

gold-rimmed glasses and sat next to Fred.

Fred stood up and said, “Let my daughter go first, I promise you, I will do everything I can to treat Ms.

Abraham, I won’t go back on my word!”

“Do everything you can to treat her?” Kyle pointed, shaking his head, his eyes flashing coldly, “No, I

think you might have misunderstood me, Professor Fred.”

“So you dragged me all the way here just to have me work my ass off treating Ms. Abraham?” The

Professor looked somewhat puzzled, turning his gaze to Kyle, “Then what was the point of threatening

me to drag my butt here?”

Kyle smiled and waved at Fred. Then Fred slowly approached Kyle……

Noblewood Retreat.

Julie and Kieran’s car parked outside with a harsh piano sound blaring from inside.

Julie, holding grocery bags, looked at Kieran in surprise, “Didn’t know we have a piano?”

Kieran took the bags from her, wrapping his arm around her, “Yeah, we do. We even have a piano

room.”

“We have a piano room?” Julie was even more shocked. She grabbed Kieran’s hand and walked

towards the room, “Whoever is making that sound must be a genius!”

In reality…

It was Payne.

When Kieran and Julie entered the piano room, Payne was right there at the piano bench, clad in a

hoodie, lost in his own world, banging the keys with no particular order.

Ivan was covering his ears, shouting at Payne, “Payne, I’ll pay you if you stop playing!”

Kieran coughed twice, making Payne stop immediately. He turned his gaze towards Kieran, pointing at

Ivan, “He’s the one who opened the door, not me!”

“Kerry, let me tell you, Payne is also responsible.”

Payne dragged Ivan closer, “You’re so young, do you even know what accomplice means?”

Kieran pointed at Payne, “Explain yourself.”

Payne explained that the room has always been locked. Ivan knew about the piano room since he was

a kid, but he didn’t know why Kieran locked it. Ivan knew Payne was good at picking locks, so he

instigated Payne to unlock it. Unexpectedly, there was nothing in the room but a piano and sheet

music.

Kieran looked at Payne hiding behind Ivan, “Look at what you did to my son’s ears!”

“Kieran, don’t forget your son is also to blame.”

“So you think it’s okay to break into my house just because my son told you to?”

“It was your son who told me to…

“What?”

“I’m sorry…” Payne immediately apologized and quickly changed the subject, “Anyway, why did you

call me here?”

“Wait a little bit, I have something to discuss with you. Wait outside for my instructions,” Kieran said.

Payne obediently left.

Seeing that he might be the next one Kerry will deal with, Ivan smartly went up to Julie, hugging her leg

tightly, “Mom, do you know how to play the piano?”

His sweet voice warmed Julie’s heart, but she still kept her cool. She squatted down and said, “It’s

wrong to make others pick locks, okay?”

“Mom, I’m sorry, I like you.”

*Just because you like me, you can let others pick locks? I also like your mom, so can I have someone

break into your diary cabinet tomorrow, okay?” Kieran patted Ivan’s head.

Sometimes, to educate a smart kid, you need a direct approach. Seeing how Ivan and his dad interact,

Julie felt it made sense.

He lowered his head obediently, “Kerry, I’m sorry, I’ll change. I like you too.”

“Go to the study and reflect on your actions. Write down where you went wrong and how you can

improve in the future. Write it all down, okay?” Kieran instructed. Ivan looked helpless, “Kerry, this is

child abuse. I can hardly write anything and you’re making me write all this stuff. It’s inhumane!”

‘Then have Payne teach you,” he suggested.

What a brilliant idea.

Julie watched their son, head hanging and footsteps heavy. She looked at Kieran and chuckled, “Are

you punishing Payne or our son?”