Love’s Cunning Ruse

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. Jullen’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 Flavio’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

But Julie was different

Julie was a determined person. Once she decided on something, she would go for it without hesitation. She loved Kieran, so regardless of her own status, she pursued him relentlessly. She even invited a parachute team to perform at the school just to respond to a

comment by Kieran.

Bertha thought that a woman like Julie would never be a match for Kieran, and Kieran would never like a woman like Julie.

But surprisingly, Julie, with her relentless pursuit, eventually walked into the marriage hall with Kieran, with the help of Sansa Abraham.

Bertha wasn’t willing to give up, so on Kieran’s wedding night she made a move and revealed her feelings to him. But, things didn’t go as planned. Bertha ended up in Lucian’s bed.

On that wedding night, Kieran was dealing with this mess and left Julie alone. All of this started with Bertha. Kieran couldn’t explain it to Julie. Julie has always been nice, so even when Kieran left her alone on their wedding night, she took it in stride. Kieran wanted to explain, but before he got the chance, Bertha disappeared.

Bertha told Julie that someone sponsored her to study abroad.

Naive Julie believed it and even wished her well.

In the time after that, Julie and Kieran’s newlywed life was actually pretty sweet. Even though Sansa became a vegetable, Kieran took really good care of her

At that time, Julie had the illusion that Kieran might actually love her. All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

But the good times didn’t last. Not long after Lucian’s plane crash, Bertha was pregnant. She kept it from Kieran and went straight to Noblewood Retreat. She knelt before Julie, begging for her forgiveness, claiming the baby was Kieran’s

Hearing this, Julien frowned, “Did Bertha use the baby to blackmail Kieran into admitting the baby was his?”

Julien was sharp. Her logical thinking had a point.

Hayden nodded, “Bertha used the baby in her belly as a threat, warning Kieran that if he didn’t admit the baby was his, she’d get an abortion.”

Julien pretty much got the picture.

At that time, Kieran, like everyone else, thought Lucian had died in the plane crash. So, the baby in Bertha’s belly would be Lucian’s only offspring

In their childhood, Lucian saved Kieran’s life from his mother’s hands. Kieran owed him big time. He definitely couldn’t just stand by and let Lucian’s only offspring be lost.

But there was one thing Julien didn’t get

“Lucian ‘died’ in a plane crash when Kieran was 21, and Julie got pregnant when Kieran was 23. But in fact, Bertha and Julie were pregnant at the same time. That means Bertha got pregnant two years aller Lucian died That doesn’t make sense. Unless Kieran knew all along that Lucian wasn’t dead, so he believed Bertha was carrying Lucian’s baby. But if Kieran knew Lucian wasn’t dead, then the baby in Bertha’s belly wouldn’t matter, right? How could it be a threat to Kieran?”

Julien always thought clearly. He wouldn’t overlook such an obvious loophole.

And the truth was…

“Lucian had been diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer and had to undergo radiation therapy, which left him infertile. Before the treatment, he had his sperm frozen. Bertha got pregnant with Lucian’s frozen sperm through artificial insemination. That’s how she was able to carry Lucian’s only child,” Hayden explained.

Julien looked somber With that, everything was clear,

Julien had to admit that Bertha was so cunning, using such a ploy to threaten Kieran. She must have known about Kieran’s deep bond with Lucian, so she resorted to this.

Bertha had been plotting this for years, while Julie, always sincere and kind hearted, was no match for her.

Julien was quiet for a while, and then turned back to Hayden.

“So, when Kieran said he wanted to save Bertha’s baby outside the operating room, was it for the same reason?” Obviously, Julien had done his homework. She knew all about Julie and Kieran’s past

Hayden wasn’t surprised. Julien always came prepared and took a special interest in Julie’s life.