Love's Cunning Ruse novel Chapter 136

The voice on the phone was clearly Kieran's. No one could be more certain of this than Julie.

Kieran asked Ivan if he'd seen his mother, but the person Ivan had just picked up was Julie herself…

And Ivan had indeed just called her "mom".

Kieran referred to himself as Ivan's dad, so…

Kieran was Ivan's dad…

Then…

The air seemed to freeze for a moment. After a long silence on both ends of the line, Julie finally found her voice, trembling slightly as she said, "This is Julie."

"Beep…" Kieran hung up the phone…

Holding Ivan's phone in her hand, Julie's eyes sparkled with disbelief. So… her intuition was right. There couldn't be two people in the world who were so similar for no reason. The reason Kieran and Ivan looked alike was because Ivan was the son of Kieran's older brother, his true nephew.

According to the agreement between Kieran and Bertha, Ivan should indeed call Kieran "dad".

What about Mr. Kennedy?

The man who said his name was Julian, the man who almost texted her every day, the man who had called her, the man whose ID was "J Kennedy"…

"J Kennedy"?

Julie quickly pulled out her phone and opened her chat with J Kennedy.

The last message was a suggestion she had given him yesterday morning, telling him how to win back his ex-wife…

Yesterday morning, on her way to Oakhurst Hospital, as soon as Julie opened WhatsApp, she saw a message from Mr. Kennedy sent around 3 a.m. the previous night, "Good night."

Julie had replied somewhat surprised to Mr. Kennedy, "You stayed up late last night."

She had said this just to express her feelings. She hadn't expected him to answer her.

But Mr. Kennedy replied immediately, "Because I was on my way to chase my ex-wife."

At that time, Julie was still surprised, "So you've already figured out your ex-wife's wishes and thoughts? Do you know why she ran away?"

Mr. Kennedy countered, "What do you think is most important in love and marriage?"

Julie sat on the bus and after thinking about it for a good five or six minutes, she replied, "Honesty."

After a while, Mr. Kennedy responded, "Is it?"

Julie said, "Deception and lies have no place in love. If you've deceived your ex-wife, it's best to be honest with her."

This was the last message Julie sent to Mr. Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy hasn't replied to her until now.

At the time, Julie was wondering whether Mr. Kennedy and his ex-wife divorced because of a broken relationship or because Mr. Kennedy had deceived his ex-wife.

She actively suggested to Mr. Kennedy that if he had been dishonest to his ex-wife, he should now be honest with her.

Julie's mind flashed back to the terrible advice she had given Mr. Kennedy... She had told him to give gifts to his ex-wife, hug her and kiss her forcefully.

She also suggested that he find the most reasonable way to increase the time he spends with his ex-wife.

She reminded him to understand his ex-wife's wishes and inner thoughts first, and told him to be honest with his ex-wife…

Ironically, Kieran followed all of these terrible suggestions.

No wonder, on the night she was homeless, Ivan called her to come to the villa to accompany him. No wonder he wanted her to be Ivan's nanny, responsible for his food and lodging. No wonder she ended up moving into Kieran's villa. No wonder she became his proxy lawyer...

So this was probably what she meant by "finding the most reasonable way to create time together"!

So… from the beginning, Kieran was cunningly deceiving her. She fell into his trap like a fool and sank deeper and deeper.

She wasn't sure how much she liked Ivan, but during the two days she was in Oakhurst, the person she couldn't let go of was this child.

But if he was Bertha's child, it meant… the one Kieran saved was Ivan. Kieran gave up their own child for Ivan…