Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 67

Kieran walked Julle 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.”

1 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?”ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

“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?

Julie was flustered.

In terms of words, Julie admitted that she was no match for Kieran.

Kieran seemed pretty pleased with his victory.

Let’s not talk about this. I hope you can stay professional at work. Don’t just drag me into your office. You may not care about gossip, but that’s because nobody dares to discuss it in front of you.” Julie could already imagine how people in the office would talk about her after she left.

However, Kieran didn’t seem to care. He just smiled at Julie, asking. “What do you think they’ll say?”

In general, they won’t say you’re a domineering man, they’ll just say I’m a shameless woman.” Julie rolled her eyes, her voice and expression filled with dissatisfaction.

Kieran reached out and smoothed her messy hair, “If they do say that, they’re not wrong.”

With that, he looked down at her chest, “Isn’t this tempting me?”

Julie had only taken a pair of trousers from Kieran’s wardrobe to change into. She was still wearing her own white shirt on top.

In the struggle with Kieran, a few buttons on Julie’s shirt had been ripped open.

Her black bra was visible through the shirt’s opening.

Normally, she should’ve been shocked and covered her chest with her hands, but Julie just smirked and said, “I like wearing revealing clothes. Whether you want to look or not, is your decision. If you think I’m trying to seduce you just because of this, then you really lack self–control. If I go out dressed

like this, does it mean every male employee has to say I’m trying to seduce them… Hey! Kieran, what are you doing? Let go of me!”

Julie said this to defend herself, but she didn’t expect that man to suddenly lean down and leave a deep red mark on her chest with his lips.

Julie gripped the man’s hair tightly, pushing him away before she covered her chest in shock, her eyebrows furrowed. “Kieran! Are you out of your mind?”

Kieran, who had taken a step back, looked at Julie with a smirk on his face. “Maybe. If you think this isn’t sexy enough, you can unbutton a little more and see how long I can resist touching you. Need help with the buttons?”

His flippant attitude pissed Julie off, but she was too flustered to retort. All she could do was shove Kieran aside and head for the door.

“Where do you think you’re going?” Kieran’s voice followed her.

Without turning her head, Julie replied, I’m calling the cops! I’m reporting you for sexual harassment!”

No sooner had she finished speaking than Kieran was already in front of her.

“What are you up to now?” Julie asked, puzzled.

“I’ll testify for you,” he replied. “I’ll admit I sexually harassed you. I’ll apologize to you in front of all the staff.”

“Get lost!” Julie kicked him hard, then opened the door and ran out, buttoning her shirt as she did.

Kieran watched her retreating figure with an even bigger grin on his face.

As soon as Julie left the office, all eyes were on her with curious eyes.

Her phone suddenly rang. Seeing it was a call from Daphne, Julie answered calmly.

She spoke to Daphne on the other end of the line, “Honey, I’ll be off work in half an hour. When do you think you’ll get here?”

Her voice was sweet and gentle, as if engaged in a typical sweet talk between a couple.

Her tactic worked like a charm. When she first came out of Kieran’s office, everyone looked at Julie with ambiguous glances. Most of them assumed something must have happened between her and Kieran in the office.

But after hearing what Julie just said on the phone, people started to doubt whether Julie really had a husband.

Daphne was bewildered. “Husband! I’m your husband? God, did I dial the wrong number?”

After checking her phone to make sure she hadn’t dialed the wrong number, Daphne asked Julie, “Did I hear it wrong?”

Julie’s coquettish voice came through the phone, “Darling, you told me before that Mr. Hernandez is a nice guy, and I didn’t believe you. Today, when he saw my clothes got dirty, he helped me. He’s just as nice as you said!”

Julie was explaining to everyone, trying to avoid any future rumors. Otherwise, the entanglement between her and Kieran would be real.

From the looks of these gossip–loving employees, Julie realized that they finally believed that her relationship with Kieran was purely platonic.

“By the way, darling, Mr. Hernandez also invited you to have dinner with us tonight. I’ll be waiting for you at Simpo Co.!” Julie intended to end the call with this sentence.

But to everyone’s surprise, when she was about to hang up. Dylan’s warm voice suddenly came from behind her, Tm already at Simpo Co.”

The seamless connection startled Julie. She turned around and saw Dylan, who had just hung up a call as well.

Everyone in the office gasped in surprise.

At that moment, Kieran walked out of the office. Seeing Dylan, he casually said to him, “Weren’t we supposed to have dinner tonight? Where should we go?”