Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 89

“Where are you planning to take my lunch? Kieran asked, leaning against the door as Julie walked by.

Caught off guard, Julie couldn’t help but feel a bit guilty with the bag in her hands. She turned around to

see Kieran standing at the office door, leaning against the black frame. His white shirt sleeves were

rolled up to his wrists, revealing his diamond-shaped, dark green French cufflinks and matching tie.

Julie knew these cufflinks and the tie all too well. They were the birthday gifts she gave Kieran when

she was twenty. She once read a line in a book. “A man’s cufflinks are like a refined woman’s earrings”

So, Julie scraped together a semester’s worth of part-time earnings and finally bought those diamond

cufflinks. It was the first decent money she’d ever made at the age of twenty.

As for the tie, she simply wanted to see the sexy way Kieran would tie it.

With this expectation, she gave him these two gifts for his birthday. She finally saw Kieran’s tie-tying

action when she was twenty, but the price she paid to witness it was huge.

Not wanting to dwell on it, Julie picked up Kieran’s lunch and headed for his office, planning to hand it

over to him directly. But as soon as she reached the door, Kieran turned and walked back into his

office.

Julie had no choice but to walk in with the bag.

“Close the door behind you” he said.

Julie didn’t respond. She put the bag on Kieran’s desk and clutching her own lunch box, prepared to

leave.

Kieran was already seated, scrolling through emails on his computer. Take out my lunch, will you?” he

asked offhandedly

It wasn’t an unreasonable request, so Julie put her lunch box aside and helped Kieran unpack his

lunch.

Kierans lunch was quite the spread, with servings of both meat and vegetables.

After taking out the last soup. Julie finally looked up at Kieran.

“That’s my lunch box” Julie felt wronged as she watched Kieran, who was savoring her lunch box

Only then did Kieran shift his gaze from the computer, glanced at the lunch box in his hand, then at

Julie, and finally said with a hint of annoyance, “No wonder it doesnt taste very good.”

Was this what they called taking advantage of someone and still complaining?

Julie was livid She glared at Kieran’s lunch box.

“Well, I’ve already eaten it. Do you want me to spit it back out?” Kieran said, digging his spoon back

into Julie’s lunch box.

How could he! This was definitely on purpose!

“I don’t want it anymore!’ Julie averted her gaze, deciding to give up on her lunch box

“Then eat mine!’ Kieran casually pointed to the three dishes and a bowl of soup on the table.

Julie was indeed hungry, so she didn’t hold back and started eating the dishes and soup she’d just

unpacked. She was planning to take them back to her office and eat them slowly, but Kieran suddenly

said to her, “Eat here. I’m afraid I’ll be malnourished if I finish your meal”

Having said that, he spooned a mouthful of soup into his mouth.

Julie took a deep breath Kieran looked up at her. “If you’re not going to sit in the chair across from me,

are you planning to sit on my lap?

Julie pulled out the chair across from Kieran and sat down, starting to eat. She was hoping for a quiet

meal, but the man sitting across from her began to ask, “How did your morning meeting with Creative

Nexus Media go?”

re your reputation, and

“They want to settle. Personally, I think a settlement is the most beneficial for you. They’ve agreed to a

public apology to restore they’re willing to pay a higher compensation amount than the court would

likely award…”

‘Do I need money?”

“No.”

Fine, you’re rich. You’re the boss. Do whatever you want!

Julie continued to eat, suddenly remembering seeing Kieran and Ivan sitting together on the couch

yesterday. After a two-second pause, she finally plucked up the courage to look up at Kieron. “You

know Ivan, don’t you?’

“Don’t talk about other men in front of me while we’re eating.”

Knowing thatvan was a boy meant he did know him.

Julle pondered for a bit, then tentatively said to Kieran, “I heard his father

your classmate.”

“University classmate, so what?’ Julie and Kieran were classmates from middle school to high school,

so Ivan’s father could only be Kieran’s university

classmate.

Since Kieran asked, Julie tentatively asked, “What’s his full name?”

Kjeran suddenly put down his utensils, looking at Julie with a meaningful gaze. “Why? You took care of

his kid for a bit and now you’re prying into his personal information? Are you interested in him?”

That would be absurd! Kieran’s thinking was completely absurd!

Julie glared at Kieran. “Yes, I’m Interested in him. What’s wrong with that? You may control the wages

of thousands of Simpo Co employees, but

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also control everyone’s love lives?”

In front of Kieran, Julie felt like a ticking time bomb, ready to explode at any moment.

Kieran glanced at Julie and blurted out, “He’s still hung up on his ex-wife, and thinking about how to get

her in bed. Just a friendly heads up, you don’t stand a chance with him.”

“Thanks for the friendly heads up!”

“No need to be polite” Kieran put down his finished meal, and said to Julie, “Clean up the office after

eating, and make me a cup of coffee while you’re at

“That’ll be a hundred bucks.” Julie stood up, cleaning the table while replying

Kieran paused, looking surprised yet amused. “A hundred bucks? What, you re gonna grind me some

fancy Kopi Luwak in the kitchen?”

“No, instant coffee. My service fee is just high. If you don’t want it, you can ask your assistant to grind

you a cup, free of charge.” Julie’s message was clear

She didn’t want to do menial tasks!

After a few seconds of thinking, Kieran replied, “Alright then, I’ll buy a month of your instant coffee and

service, go make it!”

Julie paused while clearing the meal box, glaring at Kieran, before finally coming back to her senses.

“A hundred dollars a day, three grand a month, payment first”

She had never met such a spendthrift. A hundred dollars for a cup of instant coffee.

Kieran looked up at Julie with a faint smile, calmly answering her “Against the debt”

Julie was instantly floored How could she forget the huge debt she owed Kieran?

She had wrecked a Rolls-Royce Phantom worth over 1.2 million dollars, with a repair bill of over 80

thousand dollars. The insurance only covered 30 thousand. Even without her own car’s repair bill, shed

need a long time to pay off Kieran’s 50 thousand dollars at the rate of three thousand dollars a month…

Perhaps spending so much time with Kieran had thickened her skin too. She looked at Kieran with a

bright smile. “How many cups of coffee can you drink in a day?”

“You’re hoping I can drink five hundred cups a day, so you can pay off your debt all at once, right?’

Kieran leaned back in his chair, crossed his arms, and raised his eyebrows at Julie.

Julie shrugged guiltily. I’m not that cruel. Drinking five hundred cups of coffee a day is practically a

death sentence, isn’t it?”

She then added, I was thinking a month.”

This woman was trying to make his life difficult. He could tell.

Kieran suddenly leaned in close to Julie, smirking “Why bother calculating so meticulously? Just come

over here, hug my thigh, say a few nice words, and if I’m in a good mood, I might just write off the

repair bill you owe me”

He patted his thigh and winked at Julie.

Julie looked at Kieran calmly, without saying a word, and continued to clean up. She was carrying a

bowl of unfinished soup towards the door, not expecting Karl to be standing outside. So, the soup

ended up splashing all over Karl

Karl was standing at the door, ready to knock, when he was doused in soup by Julie. The sight of his

white shirt and soup was comically ridiculous.

Julie was also splashed The soup flowed down from her chest to her belly button. Her thin, sheer white

blouse revealed the shape of her black bra underneath, looking exceptionally enticing

Although Karl didn’t mean to, his eyes accidentally fell on Julie’s chest. Just as he realized he should

look away, a dark blue suit jacket was thrown over Julie.

Kieran shot a cold look at Karl, who quickly covered his shirt and said to Kieran, “Mr. Hernandez, I’m

going to the bathroom!” before hurrying away.

Kieran casually closed the door. Julie looked down at her soaked blouse and tried to tighten the suit

jacket around her. But unexpectedly, the man in front of her arrogantly snatched the jacket off her

shoulders.