Love's Cunning Ruse novel Chapter 216

Adeline and Julien, both bombshells, showed up wearing the exact same outfit. Julie was having a hard time telling who looked better. Everyone knew Adeline had a thing for red, but for some reason, Julien also showed up in an all-red outfit today.

Kieran turned to greet Mr. Watson and Harding. Adeline glanced at Julie, looking a bit guilty.

But Julie took the initiative to walk up and gave Adeline a hug, "Next time you want to talk, just hit me up. No need to kidnap me anymore."

The atmosphere lightened up. It was like they found their old groove.

Adeline nodded seriously at Julie, "Next time I want to kidnap someone, it'll be Mr. Hernandez, not you."

"You might as well kidnap me..." Julie rubbed her forehead.

Almost everyone had arrived. Everyone started to head inside.

In the living room, Ivan was showing Julien a puzzle he had completed. The puzzle was a picture of Julien, he got it from god knows where. Even though Julien was poker-faced, Ivan was still excitedly chatting her up.

Payne obviously still wanted to get close to Julien, but Hayden occupied the seat next to her.

Annalise came up to Hayden with a rose, "Even if you're trying to avoid me, you didn't have to fly all the way back from abroad, did you? This is for you. I haven't seen you in a while."

Julien glanced at Hayden and Annalise, gave Ivan a hug and moved away a bit.

Ivan was over the moon because Julien hugged him.

Seeing the gap between Julien and Hayden, Payne quickly slid in between them.

Hayden gave Payne a cold stare, full of murderous intent. Payne felt like he could be killed by Hayden any second. He just wanted to compete with him! He didn't want to die!

"Julien, what do you want to eat? I'll grab some snacks for you." With that, Payne stood up and headed for the kitchen.

Hayden shifted towards Julien, avoiding Annalise.

Annalise moved closer again, still holding the rose, "Why? You can't even accept my flower?"

"Who are you?" Hayden asked.

Dylan burst out laughing and said to Hayden, "This is Annalise, Kerry's aunt."

"Oh, Hello Ms. Annalise." Hayden replied, then turned to Julien, "Kerry and I are like brothers, so she's my aunt too."

Julien replied, "What does that have to do with me?"

The relationships between these people were too complicated, Julien didn't want to get involved.

Dylan quietly analyzed. In this room, the only woman who could stand up to Hayden was Julien.

Unexpectedly, Hayden didn't get angry, he calmly said to Julien, "Of course it involves you. Since she's my aunt, she's your aunt too. Say hello to your aunt."

When Hayden spoke to her in that tone, it always took her back to their childhood. Julien suddenly felt that he was still the boy from her past, and she was still the little girl he protected.

Julien didn't want to prolong the conversation with him, so she emotionlessly said to Annalise, "Hello Ms. Annalise ."

Annalise's face turned red because of her suppressed anger, "If I'm your aunt, then Hayden is your uncle!"

Without hesitation, Julien turned to Hayden and respectfully said, "Hello, dear uncle."

Hayden's eyes suddenly turned cold. He squinted at Julien, with a hint of threat.

Annalise had heard of Julien, but she didn't expect Julien to go along with her game.

"You're surprisingly well-behaved!" Annalise said, bypassing Hayden, trying to pat Julien's shoulder, but Hayden suddenly stopped her.

"Why? Who is she to you? I can't even touch her?" Annalise looked displeased at Julien, then at Hayden. Her lips tightened, clearly unsatisfied.

Just then, Julie came in with Adeline and Elliot.

In the living room, everyone's gaze shifted to Julie. They all looked at Adeline, then their gaze bounced between Adeline and Julien.

"What a coincidence with so few people?" Dylan looked at Hayden and Julien.

Julien just glanced at Adeline, seemingly indifferent. She looked down again, silently watching Ivan play with the puzzle.

As soon as Adeline walked in, she saw Julien. The red chiffon jumpsuit looked flirty and elegant on her, but it looked mysterious and competent on Julien. That style was actually what Adeline preferred.

"Miss, we are wearing the same outfit!" Adeline walked straight to Julien and sat next to her, elbowing Hayden aside.