Love's Cunning Ruse novel Chapter 67

Kieran walked Julie into the office lounge, only letting go of her hand then.

He then swung open the cloakroom door, gesturing at the women's clothes. "Pick one."

"I feel dirty." Julie said, expressionless. Her responses to him had become more and more terse, the previous questioning and defiance now absent.

Kieran hesitated for a moment, then replied, "They're all brand new."

"They're too expensive," she said.

"You can just owe me more money." He hoped she would be in debt to him for the rest of her life.

Julie took a deep breath, then looked up at Kieran. "Let's get things straight today. What are you trying to do? Why are you being nice to me out of the blue and then putting me in awkward situations? What are you trying to do? Just spit it out, so I don't have to waste time trying to decipher your cryptic bullshit with my dumb brain."

"What do I want to do?" Kieran looked at Julie and suddenly smiled.

Julie narrowed her eyes, "Yes, what do you want to do?"

"I want to sleep with you, is that okay?" Kieran leaned against the cloakroom door, looking at Julie standing in front of him. There was a touch of frivolity in his words.

He expected anger, but she just let out a cold chuckle.

She shrugged off her blazer, casually tossed it onto the couch, then asked, "How do you want to sleep?"

"Are you asking about the place or the position?" Kieran crossed his arms, his voice sultry.

Julie turned her back to him.

Without the blazer to cover her, the bloodstain on her dress was glaringly obvious.

Julie didn't feel embarrassed at all, instead, she looked at Kieran boldly. "As you can see, I'm not in a position to do anything today."

She pulled out a pair of black trousers from the wardrobe. "Since you verbally insulted me earlier, consider these trousers as your compensation. Don't put this on my tab."

With that, she headed to the office restroom to change.

Julie thought she was being pretty shameless.

But Kieran, leaning against the door, found her shamelessness amusing and chuckled.

Julie came out of the restroom with the dirty dress in hand. Kieran snatched it from her and tossed it into the garbage bin.

This time, Julie was genuinely angry. "Why did you throw away my dress? If you're so capable, why don't you throw me into the bin too?"

"I'm not capable." Kieran's response was straightforward.

That ended the conversation abruptly.

Julie didn't want to argue with Kieran, so she bent down to retrieve her dress, but Kieran grabbed her wrist and pinned her against the wall. "Try picking it up again, and see if I don't take you right here!"

Julie burst into laughter. She asked him scornfully, "You want to take me here? Or deal with my period? I didn't know you became such a freak after the divorce!"

"I have indeed become a freak. Joyce, it's been a hard few years for me, not sleeping with any other women."

Kieran bent over, pinning Julie against the wall. He, in his black shirt, leaned over her, like a poppy flower, fatally attractive. Julie could see Kieran's long legs when she looked down, and his lips were just inches away when she looked up.

Once upon a time, she loved it when he called her "Joyce" and had sworn to spend her life with him.

And now, he was telling her that he had been celibate for the past five years...

How could she possibly believe him?

Julie gave him a charming smile. She boldly lifted Kieran's chin, laughing, "Five years without sleeping with another woman, you're such a good man! After you criticized my skills in bed, I've put a lot of effort into learning from various experts!"

Only she knew that Kieran was her first man, and he was the only one ever.

She said this to provoke Kieran.

But she forgot that Kieran was like a cotton ball, impervious to needles or thorns.

So when Julie said she had learned from other men, Kieran ambiguously gripped her fingers. "Joyce, there's a difference between videos and reality. Experience comes from actual practice. I'll teach you when I have time."

With that, Kieran let go of Julie's hand.

Was he insinuating that she could only gain experience from watching porn?