Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 209

Julie stared at the photo. The man in the picture was indeed Lucian, and according to Julien’s

investigation, the plane was purchased by a mysterious buyer from

London…

“Do you think the person who bought the plane could be Lucian?” Julie asked.

And that was exactly the question Kieran was pondering.

Looking at Kieran’s thoughtful expression, Julie said, “After Lucian’s plane crash, Simvar Co. was up to

its eyeballs in debt, right?”

Even though Julie didn’t care about Kieran’s work, she wasn’t unaware of such big problems the

company had faced. The company of the Hernandez family used

to be Simvar Co.

After Lucian’s plane crash, the shareholders of Simvar Co. came out of the woodwork. It was only then

that Kieran found out that under Lucian’s management, Simvar Co. had racked up a whopping financial

deficit.

The reason Lucian boarded that plane was to tackle the company’s financial deficit.

But the accident on the plane didn’t be expected. After Lucian’s accident, Simvar Co. plunged into a

severe crisis. All responsibilities fell on Kieran.

All the shareholders demanded Kieran – on behalf of the Hernandez family to give them a decent

explanation.

It was not until Kieran had the books checked that he realized Simvar Co. had been in the red for over

a year. Later, a group of old-timers launched a business war in the company.

Simvar Co. was torn apart. Kieran resigned as the CEO accordingly.

All this showed that, most importantly…

Later, he established Simpo Co., and only then managed to buy back Simvar

Even if Lucian’s plane crash was premeditated, even if Lucian survived that accident, he could only

start afresh penniless.

If Lucian was the mysterious rich man who bought the plane in London back-then, where did he get the

money?

Even if the plane wasn’t Lucian’s, based on this photo, Lucian surely had a close connection with the

plane’s owner.

So, what on earth had Lucian been up to all these years since he disappeared?

These were the questions Julie was wondering about, and they were also the questions Kieran had

contemplated.

Looking at Kieran, Julie asked, “Have you been looking for Lucian all these years?”

Kieran took Julie’s hand and sat down by the bed, nodding, “When I reappeared in your life a while

ago, when Bertha committed suicide by jumping off the building, I had just tracked him down.”

“If Lucian didn’t have a solid background all these years, he couldn’t have stayed off the radar for so

long under your and Hayden Simson’s scrutiny, right?” Julie said.

Kieran laughed and caressed her face, “Honey, you’re really smart.”

“You’re messing with me. I’m dead serious!” Julie stared at Kieran with a serious look.

Kieran seriously replied, “So am I. Shall we go on?”

“Go on with what?” Julie looked a bit lost now.

Kieran arched an eyebrow, looking at her slipping shoulder strap, “The thing we were interrupted just

now. Shall we continue?”

He was not affected by what had just happened at all!

Julie reached out to Kieran, “I need to apply some medicine!”

“I’ll be gentle so you won’t need it.”

“I mean I’m gonna apply medicine on my arm!!!” Julie held out her arm to Kieran, raising her voice a bit.

Kieran smirked, satisfied, “Darling, don’t forget, keep your thoughts pure.”

Julie went silent.

Kieran knelt on one knee by the bed, grabbed Julie’s arm, and carefully applied the medicine.

“What are you kneeling for? Get up!” Julie patted the side of the bed. She felt a bit heartbroken seeing

Kieran in such a devout posture.

He said seriously, “Actually, I feel tormented if I don’t do something with you at night. Let me just kneel

and train my willpower and patience.”

He talked like she was torturing him.

“Actually, it’s not bad to restrain a bit,” Julie said weakly.

Kieran paused and looked up, “Are you referring to occasional restraint or long-term restraint?”

‘How about changing the subject?” Julie squinted her beautiful eyes.

“Your smile is fake!” he pointed at her smile.

Julie pursed her lips. Wasn’t it enough that she stopped smiling?

“What did you say you wanted to change the subject to?” Kieran held her other arm and continued

applying ointment.

Julie told him what she had thought about during the day, “You call Creative Nexus Media and have

them drop the lawsuit! I’ve thought it over, I don’t think I should work in the legal department of your

company.”

“Okay.

Are you not going to ask me why?” she looked at him curiously.

He looked up, smiled rarely, “Are you willing to tell me why?”

“I want to spend more time with Ivan, and also do what I have always wanted to do…”

“Have another child?” he added.

The woman who was just full of anticipation glared at him, “That’s what you want to do, not me!”

“What I want to do is the process of getting you pregnant, not the result.” He said earnestly.

Julie was silent for a few seconds before pulling the conversation back on track, “Once you sort out the

Creative Nexus Media stuff tomorrow, I’ll hand in my resignation to the company. I’m just a gofer in the

legal department, not even a full-time employee. I only signed the contract with Creative Nexus Media

before, but never with Simpo Co. So, if we can get the Creative Nexus Media stuff sorted tomorrow

morning, I want to head back to Accolade Law Firm in the afternoon.” “You just go straight to the

company and quit tomorrow, then go to Accolade Law Firm to wrap things up. I’ll pick you up at

Accolade Law Firm after I get off work in the afternoon.” Kieran suggested.

Julie naturally had no objections. She nodded cheerfully.

Early next morning, Julie handed in her resignation at Simpo Co. and then headed to Accolade Law

Firm.

She had this feeling, maybe just

that her colleagues seemed to breathe a sigh of relief when she resigned from the legal department.

When Julie arrived at Accolade Law

she ran into Porter and Viviana.

Porter didn’t lie to her. Viviana was in tight clothes, her belly obviously showing. Porter was by her side,

helping her along very considerately..

Viviana was smiling, greeting the compan

staff. The first person to spot Julie was Grant.

He immediately stood up, looking excited at Julie, “Wow, what brings the CEO’s wife from Simpo Co.

here?”

Julie chuckled, “Grant.”

Them Dom youn

“You don’t have to be so courteous. After my screw-up landed you in the hospital last time, Mr.

Hernandez almost killed me. Mrs. Hernandez, you sure know how to keep a low profile!” Grant teased.

Julie just laughed it off. Grant was actually a great guy, and he treated her kindly back then..

Viviana had a friendly smile, but her eyes held an apology when looking at Julie.

“Let’s go to my office,” Porter suggested to Julie.

Julie followed Porter and Viviana into the office.

Suddenly Viviana bowed apologetically to Julie, “Joyce, we owe you an apology. Porter told me

everything he did. He shouldn’t have forced you to do what you didn’t want to do. You saved us, you

gave the baby in my belly a chance to live…”

Julie quickly helped Viviana up, considering she was pregnant.

Viviana gave Porter a kick. Porter quickly knelt before Julie, “Thank you, Joyce. If it weren’t for you… if

it weren’t for you, I might be in jail now. For the sake of Viviana’s child, for the second chance you’ve

given me, I will never do such stupid things again. I promise, whenever you need our help, we will

never refuse!”

“Absolutely never refuse!” Viviana took Julie’s hand and promised. Julie quickly helped Porter up,

laughing, “I do have something that needs your help!”

“What is it? Just tell me!” Porter said seriously, “As long as I can do it, I will try my best!”

“Mr. Porter, it’s something you can definitely do.”

Julie pulled out a letter of resignation from her bag and handed it to Porter.

Porter accepted it with a regretful look, “I really hate to lose such a valuable talent! But I know, my small

company definitely can’t keep the president’s wife of Simpo Co., haha…”

Porter accepted the resignation letter graciously. The only thing Julie needed to hand over was the

case related to Kieran, so the whole resignation process went quite swiftly. By the time she finished all

the paperwork, it was only about 11am.

Julie had originally expected this to end around 4 or 5 pm, so she told Kieran to pick her up in the

afternoon. But since the resignation was done ahead of time, she had to call Kieran early.

“I’ve taken care of my part, so you don’t need to pick me up in the afternoon. Tomorrow is Ivan’s

birthday party. I’ll go home and ask Noah what I can help with.”

“Let’s have lunch together! Tina is already on her way to pick you up.” Kieran glanced at his watch,

“She should be there in about ten minutes.”

“Oh…”

“I’ve got some stuff to handle here. I’ll hang up first.” Kieran hastily hung up the phone.

Julie watched as the phone screen went dark, then sat at the bus stop to wait for Tina.

At Feliz Gastro House.

Kieran stood in the middle of the restaurant, looking at a server and asking, “Where’s Karl?”

As soon as he finished, Karl appeared in front of him. He was dressed in a server’s uniform,

uncomfortably tugging at his bow tie, “Mr. Hernandez, do I really look okay dressed like this?”

“Do you prefer to be in the female server’s uniform?”

Karl broke into a sweat, “Actually, I think this uniform looks quite good on me..