Love's Cunning Ruse novel Chapter 4

"Let go of me!" Julie raised her chin, staring firmly at the man in front of her, her eyes gleaming with a cold resolve.

"Bertha Stewart is dead," the man's voice suddenly came from above.-

Julie's entire body stiffened in an instant, her struggling came to a halt. A slight ripple appeared on her calm face.

Bertha's death wasn't surprising to her, as she had witnessed the whole process herself. But when this fact came from the lips of Kieran Hernandez, her heart felt like it had been pricked.

She remembered the day she decided to divorce him, asking him, "Kieran, would you be sad if the person who died on the operating room that day was me?"

She distinctly remembered the icy look in his eyes back then, as cold as falling into an ice cellar.

He sat elegantly on the sofa, legs crossed, his gaze seemingly veiled in mist. His faint lips uttered a weak voice, yet resolutely answered her, "No."

Then he picked up the pen she had given him and elegantly signed his name on the divorce agreement.

On the day of the divorce, she left him resolutely.

Looking back now, she was the real fool back then!

Gradually, her recently mournful expression returned to a flawless mask.

Julie lifted her head, a smirk tugging at her lips. "She was your fiancée. Shouldn't you graciously accompany her on her final journey? Shouldn't you hold a solemn funeral and continue playing the role of her devoted lover?"

Julie coldly pushed the man in front of her and with a mocking smile, she said, "Rest assured, I won't expose you."

She turned around, her hand already on the doorknob.

Yet before she could open the door, the man suddenly hoisted her over his shoulder, and then unceremoniously tossed her onto the bed.

Julie tightly grabbed the man's hand, causing both her and Kieran to fall onto the bed together. To avoid crushing her, Kieran supported himself with one hand on the mattress.