Love's Cunning Ruse novel Chapter 229

The van came at high speed, straight in Julie's direction. Julie reacted quickly and immediately took Ivan in her arms. When the van was only about fifty meters away, it turned on its high beams.

Julie couldn't evade in time and could only instinctively protect the kid in her arms.

At the eleventh hour, a black Bentley Mulsanne zoomed in from the parking lot. It was aimed straight for the van. The sound of the Bentley Mulsanne accelerating echoed in Julie's mind. The van, which was only ten meters away from Julie and Ivan, was suddenly knocked into a nearby telephone pole by the Bentley Mulsanne.

The friction between the tires and the ground caused dazzling sparks. The shrill sound traveled through the air to Julie's ears. The van was knocked to the side by the Bentley Mulsanne with a loud bang. Then, both cars came to a halt.

The severe impact triggered the Bentley Mulsanne's airbags, protecting Kieran's head.

Still in shock, Julie quickly picked up Ivan from the ground and shouted towards the Bentley Mulsanne, "Kieran!"

Holding the child, she didn't even get close to the car when the van suddenly revved up, dragging its battered body towards the river.

"Kerry!!" Ivan pointed at the Bentley Mulsanne.

Kieran unbuckled his seatbelt, pushed away the airbag, and got out of the car.

The front of the car was deformed. He got out and saw a stupefied Julie and Ivan, letting out a deep sigh of relief. He quickly ran to them, checking them with concern, "Are you guys okay?"

Julie quickly shook her head. It was then that she noticed Kieran's arm moving stiffly, so she put down Ivan and hurried to grab Kieran's hand.

"Ouch..." he sucked in a breath.

"Did you hurt your arm?" she frowned.

Kieran, however, suddenly extended his other arm and tightly embraced her.

Ivan, scared, also clung to his leg. Kieran dropped a passionate kiss on Julie's forehead, then quickly took out his phone to call the police.

The police arrived quickly at the scene and immediately dispatched people to salvage the van that had just fallen into the river. The police searched extensively, but in the end only the van was retrieved, and the van driver who had fallen into the river was not caught.

Karl was notified and came to handle the aftermath. Noah also rushed over and took Ivan home. Then, despite Kieran's protests, Julie took him to a nearby hospital.

Luckily, his arm was not seriously injured, just a strained muscle.

He couldn’t even think about what would have happened if he hadn't shown up just in time when the van hit Julie and Ivan. Now that he thought about it, he was still a bit scared.

Julie wanted to scold him, but she couldn't find the words. She understood why Kieran had to do it, and she understood his actions.

If she had been the one driving that day, she would have done the same. Still, such actions, willing to risk their lives...

In the end, she didn't say anything reproachful, but suddenly hugged him tightly, burying herself deeply in his arms.

Kieran gently stroked her back, comforting her, "I'm okay."

Dylan arrived just in time to witness this tender moment. He stood at the door, unsure whether to enter or leave. However, he understood the urgency of the situation and decided to interrupt the couple's moment.

"The driver of that van is a great swimmer, he escaped. The car was unlicensed. The police investigation might take some time." Dylan frowned at Kieran, "You're really ballsy. How could you just ram your car like that? If something happened to you..."

Upon meeting Kieran's gaze, Dylan suddenly realized that Kieran's actions at the time were the only viable options. The target of that car was Julie and Ivan. One was his wife, the other his son. Any accident to either of them would be unbearable for Kieran.

So in the end, Dylan could only sigh helplessly, then looked at Kieran and asked, "Do you think this was an accident, or...?"

Dylan didn't complete his suspicion. If this was indeed premeditated, the first suspect he thought of was Lucian.

According to reliable sources, Lucian returned to Whispering Pines a few days earlier, but he had been quiet. The van was obviously headed for Julie, so it was hard not to think of Lucian.

However, although the car was indeed heading straight for Julie, the moment Kieran hit the van, he clearly felt the van driver hit the brakes. Even before he hit the van, the driver had slightly turned the steering wheel.

Rather than saying Kieran knocked the van into the telephone pole, it would be more accurate to say the van chose to hit the telephone pole.

Then, while Kieran was getting out of the car, the driver simply drove the van into the river.

Dylan had obviously seen the surveillance video from the scene. He frowned, looking at Kieran in confusion, "I found a big question mark."

Julie responded, "When Kieran got out of the car, the van went straight into the river. If the van was really after me, since it could still start, why didn't it come at me again?"

What Julie said was exactly what Dylan wanted to ask. If the van could still move, why did the driver choose to go into the river instead of hitting Julie again?

Kieran obviously wouldn't miss this detail. Dylan suddenly proposed a bold guess, "Unless, this incident was just a warning to Julie. The van driver is obviously a top-notch swimmer, otherwise, he couldn't have disappeared immediately after falling into the river."