Love's Cunning Ruse novel Chapter 84

Julie still remembered the last time she saw Kieran got drunk, and this time he suddenly yelled 'darling' at her as soon as he opened his mouth.

Julie was taken aback for a few seconds before she turned to Dr. Brice, "How much did you guys drink?"

Dr. Brice pointed to the bottle of red wine on the table that was just opened, "Mr. Hernandez pretty much downed it."

With more than half of the wine gone, Julie knew that Kieran would act weird when he was drunk, so she kept her distance and took out her phone at the door, "I'm gonna call his assistant."

"Where's Ms. Annalise?" Dr. Brice asked, seeing that Julie came back alone.

"She had a tummy ache and went to the hospital." Julie replied while dialing.

Dr. Brice nodded and then muttered to himself, "I heard on the news that Mr. Hernandez was married before. I didn't believe it at the time, but now that he's drunk, all he talks about is his wife. Seems like he still has feelings for his ex."

Julie replied casually, "He's just talking nonsense when he's drunk. Don't take it seriously."

"I've heard that people tell the truth when they're drunk." Dr. Brice pondered.

Julie didn't engage in the topic and continued to call Karl.

But Karl didn't seem to be available, and no one answered the phone.

"Darling, come here." Kieran suddenly raised his head and looked in Julie's direction.

Dr. Brice also looked at Julie with a puzzled look in his eyes. Julie quickly explained to him, "See, I told you drunk people can't be trusted. He's got the wrong person."

"Mrs. Hernandez, pour me a cup of water." Kieran yelled towards Julie again.

Julie ignored him and continued to call Karl, while a drop of cold sweat trickled down her forehead.

Dr. Brice quickly poured a cup of water for Kieran, then pointed to Julie and explained seriously, "Mr. Hernandez, you've got the wrong person. That's Attorney Abraham."

Kieran lifted his head to look at Julie's face, as if he was carefully sizing her up. After a few seconds, he grinned, revealing a confident smile, and then said to Dr. Brice with a proud face, "Attorney Abraham is my darling, who are you?"

"I am..." Dr. Brice was about to explain who he was, but then he realized what Kieran had just said and turned to Julie, "Julie, you and Mr. Hernandez?"

Julie thought to herself, was this guy pretending to be drunk?!

She couldn't reach Karl, so she gave up.

Dr. Brice was looking at Julie with a surprised face, waiting for her answer.

However, Dr. Brice just agreed to help Sansa with the transfer procedures. If he knew that Julie was Kieran's ex-wife and the reason for Sansa's transfer was to avoid Kieran, he would definitely not dare to openly confront Kieran, a powerful opponent. So, Julie absolutely couldn't admit her relationship with Kieran.

So she walked up to Kieran, one hand on the table in front of him, and the other pointing to her own face, "Mr. Hernandez, look carefully. I'm Attorney Abraham, not your darling."

Kieran suddenly grabbed Julie's hand that was pointing at his face, pulled her slightly towards him.

Julie was pulled towards Kieran all of a sudden. His other hand went around her waist, he lowered his head and kissed her on the lips accurately.

The sudden kiss took her by surprise.

Innocent Dr. Brice was about to help Julie, who had 'accidentally fallen', but didn't expect the next scene to unfold like this.

Julie, who was dumbfounded, quickly reacted and tried to push the man away but he didn't let go, instead he was breathing heavily. Just when Julie was about to fight back, he bit her lower lip. She gasped in pain, and Kieran finally let her go willingly.

At this moment, the most embarrassed person was undoubtedly Dr. Brice.

Julie turned to look at Dr. Brice, but before she could explain, Dr. Brice's phone rang. "I'll go take a call." He hastily pulled out his phone from his pocket and left the room.

Julie glared at Kieran, only to see that he was already lying on the table again, as if nothing had happened.

Karl probably didn't answer because he saw a strange number.

So, an angry Julie grabbed Kieran's hair and lifted his head off the table.

"Mr. Hernandez, are you pretending to be drunk?" Julie confronted him.

"Yes." The man's eyes were a bit vacant, just like the last time he was drunk.

Julie never knew what Kieran was like when he was drunk because he rarely did, and his friends knew his character, so they never dared to persuade him to drink. Therefore, Julie had never seen him drunk before.

"Ms. Annalise, it's Julie." Julie held the phone, telling Annalise at the other end, "Mr. Hernandez is drunk. Hello? Hello? Ms. Annalise?"

Back in her home, Annalise looked at the hung-up call, smiling to herself. She had done her part, now it was all on Kieran!

In the restaurant, Julie looked at the hung-up call, wanted to call back but didn't know Kieran's password; she wanted to use her own phone but didn't know Annalise's number.

She looked down at the drunk guy, not knowing what to do. In the end, she tried to call Karl again, but no one answered.

She couldn't handle it anymore, but she couldn't just leave him in the restaurant. In the end, she hailed a taxi, and with the help of a waiter, got Kieran into the car.

"Please, to Simpo Co." Julie decided to send Kieran straight to the company, so that everyone could see what a sloppy drunk Mr. Hernandez was. That would teach him a lesson about drinking recklessly!

Even though that was what she was thinking, but when the driver started the car, Julie hesitated for two seconds, then said, "Sorry, sir, let's head to Noblewood Retreat instead!"

She didn't want Kieran to lose his dignity.

The car stopped in front of Noblewood Retreat. The taxi driver was a good Samaritan, he got out of the car and helped Kieran get out.

With Kieran's weight on the driver, Julie felt much lighter. She casually took Kieran's hand, kindly helped the driver close the door.

Out of the blue, Kieran turned his head and loudly said to the driver, "Why are you helping me? The road is winding. Can you make it flatter!"

The driver looked at Julie helplessly.

Julie quickly handed the fare to the driver, who took the money, and immediately handed Kieran over to Julie.

The man's weight was all on Julie's shoulders.

She finally got Kieran to the door, Julie's plan was to hand him over to the maid and leave quickly, but no one came to open the door after waiting for a while.

She put Kieran's hand on the fingerprint lock, finally got him into the villa.

To her surprise, there was no one inside.

Julie struggled to free a hand to close the door. The moment the door closed, the previously groggy man suddenly turned around, pressing her against the door from above.