Love's Cunning Ruse novel Chapter 124

Finally, Kieran gave Julien a clear answer: Ivan is Julie's biological child, no doubt about it.

And Julie was the only one still in the dark about it.

As Julien and Hayden left the clubhouse, Julien was mulling over a question.

"Wasn't Bertha carrying Kieran's child?" Julien suddenly turned to Hayden who was sitting beside her.

The view outside the window was whizzing by. Hayden's cold eyes seemed to be set in the myriad of lights outside the car window, deep and captivating.

In fact, Julien didn't expect to get an answer from Hayden. She just threw the question out there to see what would happen.

But in the end, he told her, "That child was Lucian's."

Julien was surprised for a moment, "So…"

She never thought she’d be able to have a calm chat with Hayden in the same car.

Her life till this point was like a legendary tale. Julien's parents were agents of the National Security Agency. When she was seven, her parents died, leaving her and her twin sister Flavia.

Klein from the National Security Agency took her and her sister in. The killer of her parents was Miles Simson, Hayden's foster father.

For years, Miles was in a cat-and-mouse game with the National Security Agency. His methods were brutal and ruthless. Given the special status of Julien's parents, they kept Julien and Flavia's existence a carefully guarded secret. However, unexpectedly, there was a traitor among the agents of the National Security Agency who leaked all the information about Julien's parents. From there, Miles found a picture of her mother when she was pregnant and mounted a search for her child. Luckily, Miles did not know that Julien's mother had twins…

So, rather than sending both sisters to die, Julien chose to jump into the lion's den. She was the one who was supposed to die. Miles wanted her dead from the start, but in the end, she was saved because of a comment from Hayden.

She still remembered, Hayden, who was only a few years older than her, was leaning on the second floor railing, dressed in black, with a modified silenced gun in his hand. He looked down at her and said to Miles, "I need a new toy. Keep her."

It was because of Hayden's casual remark that Julien's life was saved.

Miles seemed to want to give Hayden the best of everything, but Hayden always turned a cold shoulder. Initially, Julien didn't understand, but later she realized that Miles had too much blood on his hands, including the blood of Hayden's parents. Hayden's mother was the only woman Miles ever loved.

She and Hayden could be considered childhood friends. Hayden taught her how to survive in a complex social environment. He taught her how to live, and how to face difficulties and challenges.

Once upon a time, Hayden was the one Julien loved the most. The most foolish thing she did in her life was to climb into Hayden's bed years ago. It was because of that impulsive act that she ended her one-sided pursuit.

After that, Hayden completely disappeared from her life. That intense love slowly turned into hatred over time.

Later on, Julien and Flavia recognized each other as sisters. When Miles found out that she had a sister, he ordered her to kill Flavia.

Hayden appeared in front of her again at that time, but by then, all she had for Hayden was hatred. Later, Miles kidnapped Flavia's child. To save the child and help the National Security Agency catch Miles, Julien decided to strike a deal with Hayden.

Hayden eventually cooperated with her, successfully capturing Miles and rescuing Flavia's child. The condition Hayden proposed was that he wanted her to stay by his side.

He said they still had a lot of time to share.

However, although they were together during those days, they didn't talk much. It was a miracle that they could sit down and talk peacefully like they were doing on this night.

Julien thought Hayden wouldn't answer her question about Bertha's child, but surprisingly, he started telling her about the child's past.

Hayden had practically watched Julie and Kieran grow up, so he was very familiar with their past.

Bertha was Julie's good friend, but the one she had always loved was Kieran. Bertha's family situation was not as good as Julie's. Julie's family was nouveau riche. They didn't have the cultural taste like Kieran's family, but they had economic power. Bertha was just an adopted child. By comparison, her family was poorer.

So, even though Bertha loved Kieran, she felt inferior.