Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 238

Hearing Kieran’s order, Julie hesitated until the car next door suddenly rolled down its window,

revealing a shadowy figure.

The guy wore a mask and hat. Looking closely, you could see his eyes giving off a murderous vibe.

Julie got scared and instantly floored the gas pedal.

Kieran reached out and grabbed the steering wheel, “Floor it!”

Julie pushed the pedal to the metal, gripping the steering wheel tightly..

“Let go,” Kieran ordered.

With the other car closing in on them again, Julie had to rely completely on Kieran. She immediately let

go, but didn’t ease off the gas.

“Ease up on the pedal,” Kieran’s voice drifted from the right.

Julie eased up on the pedal, gripping the car window tightly, feeling like she was holding onto her last

straw. Kieran yanked the wheel to the left, the car hugging the one next to it, forcing it towards the edge

of the bridge. If they didn’t stop, they’d surely be pushed off.

So, the car next to them had no choice but to hit the brakes.

“Step on the gas!” Kieran commanded, his body already leaning towards Julie.

Julie obeyed, pressing down on the gas pedal, and the car shot off like an arrow.

Seems the other party anticipated Kieran might pull the same trick, so they decided to strike first,

aiming for Julie’s car.

But they didn’t expect Kieran to suddenly tell Julie, “Ease up on the gas.”

Just as their car was about to crash into Julie’s, she eased off the gas and made a sharp U-turn.

The incoming car crashed into the bridge railing. The car behind it, just catching up, didn’t have time to

react and saw Kieran and Julie’s car fading into the distance.

“Speed up!” Kieran said.

Julie pressed the gas pedal, the car instantly sped up.

The two cars behind them immediately chased after them, but there was already some distance

between them.

After getting off the bridge, Julie remained vigilant, driving a bit further, the car finally returned to the

city center.

“Stop the car!” Kieran ordered.

Julie immediately slammed on the brakes, parking the car sideways on the roadside.

Kieran quickly pulled the handbrake, the car shifted to Park, then he quickly helped a shaken Julie

unbuckle her seatbelt, “Get out!”

Kieran pushed open the car door, quickly ran to the driver’s side and opened the door.

Julie was pretty freaked out.

He took her hand and pulled her out of the car, then led Julie towards the pedestrian street. This was a

tourist area in the city center, designed to look like a retro old

street.

Kieran led Julie into an alley, then pushed her against the alley wall. Only then did Julie, trembling, take

out her phone.

“What are you doing?” He grabbed her trembling hand.

Julie looked up innocently, “I was going to call the cops…”

Kieran scanned the surroundings, his eyes landing on a red brick not far away. He turned around,

picked up a brick, and handed it to Julie. He then grabbed another brick and dialed Karl’s number, “28,

Maplewood Lane, bring people here now!”

After hanging up, Julie looked at the brick in her hand, confused, “We should have shaken them off by

now, they can’t possibly catch up…”

Before she could finish, a flurry of footsteps suddenly echoed from the entrance of the alley. Hearing

the footsteps getting closer, Julie was so nervous she didn’t dare to breathe, gripping the brick in her

hand even tighter.

Kieran threw the brick in his hand at three men in casual clothes. They were distracted by the sound of

the brick, no longer heading towards the alley.

Taking advantage of one of them being distracted, Kieran charged at him, grabbed his baton, and

slammed it into his knee.

The baton hit hard, and the man instantly dropped to his knees in pain.

When the other two turned around, Kieran intercepted one of them swinging a baton at him and kicked

him in the chin.

Another man charged at Kieran, sweeping his baton at him. Kieran bent down to avoid it and kicked

him off his feet.

“Stop!” A voice rang out.

Kieran halted, looking at Julie. She was being held hostage by the guy he’d just kicked in the chin, a

switchblade pressed against her throat.

It looked like any false move could cost Julie her life.

While Kieran was dealing with the other two, the guy he’d kicked in the chin noticed Julie, quickly

walked over to her, and before she could react, he had pulled out a knife and held it to her throat. This

surprise attacker left Julie with no chance to resist.

“Move again and I’ll kill her!” The man threatened.

Julie’s voice trembled as she spoke to the man behind her, “Sir, we can talk this out, there’s no need for

this.”

“Let her go!” Kieran’s voice was filled with anger.

But the man suddenly reached out towards Kieran, “Give me the ring! Hand over the ring or I’ll kill her!”

“What ring?” As he was fully focused, Julie quietly switched hands holding the brick, carefully raising

her left hand and asked, “This one?”

The one on her hand was the pink diamond ring that Kieran and Ivan Hernandez had helped her pick

out. The man glanced at it and shouted, “Where’s the ring from

the auction? Bring it here or else…”

Before the villain could finish his sentence, Julie’s raised left hand suddenly grabbed his wrist. His eyes

turned serious, about to make a move, when the brick in Julie’s other hand suddenly smashed into his

crotch.

Kieran stepped forward, grabbed the man’s knife-wielding wrist, and with a sharp twist, tied the man’s

wrist behind his back, then stomped the wicked man to the ground with one kick. The villain instantly

howled in pain, Julie was so scared she went limp and fell to the ground.

The other two villains turned and ran.

Just then, Karl arrived with his bodyguards, catching the two escaping bad guys. Karl quickly dealt with

the man who had held Julie hostage, then turned to Kieran and asked, “Are you alright?”

“Take these guys back!” Kieran quickly helped Julie up from the ground, examining her closely.

Only a bit of skin was scraped off her neck from the struggle, thankfully no other injuries. Kieran let out

a sigh of relief, bending down to pick her up.

Julie swallowed hard, her eyebrows furrowed, “Kieran, I…”

“It’s okay, it’s all good now. Let’s go to the hospital,” he said softly, his gentle voice soothing Julie’s

shocked heart.

The bad guy who attacked Julie was severely injured, Karl reported.

Kieran frowned before responding, “Take him to Tranquil Care Hospital.”

After getting Julie into the car, Kieran dialed Harding’s number on his phone.

Ten minutes later.

The bad guy was rushed into the emergency room at Tranquil Care Hospital. Harding was treating

Julie’s wounds himself, asking Kieran worriedly, “What the hell happened? Luckily it’s just a superficial

injury, remember to apply medication so it doesn’t scar.”

Julie gently touched the freshly bandaged wound, leaning against Kieran’s chest, gradually recovering

from her shock. Suddenly, she grabbed Kieran’s hand and said, “The ring! The ring is at home, tell

Noah not to let Ivan go home. If they came for the ring…”

“I’ve already told Karl to tighten security,” He said to her placidly.

Upon hearing the news, Dylan rushed over. After checking on Julie’s injuries, his first question was,

“Could this be related to the near accident when Julie was almost hit by a car?”

Having calmed down, Julie said to Kieran, “They were after the ring, and they were after me.”

“Why do you say that?” Dylan asked.

“Yesterday, when the accident happened, the car was heading toward me and Ivan. I was at the scene.

Today, it was me and Kieran in the car, I was also at the scene. Yesterday, the car was obviously trying

to kill me and Ivan. Today’s car, although it chased us all the way, didn’t seem to want to kill me, or

rather…”

Dylan immediately picked up on this, offering his own hypothesis, “Perhaps, someone wanted to kill

you today as well, but… Kieran was also in the car, so they didn’t go for the kill. Yesterday, I reviewed

the surveillance footage in detail, after Kieran crashed the van into the barrier, his car was closest to

the river. The van could have easily reversed and pushed Kieran’s car into the river, then come back for

you. But instead, they chose to drive their own car into the water. In other words, both attacks were

aimed at you, not Kieran, but they didn’t want anything to happen to Kieran.”

After Dylan’s analysis, the suspect was immediately identified. If they wanted to harm Julie but not

Kieran, it could only be – Lucian Hernandez!

Although the clues were suddenly clear, Dylan had one more question, “If they wanted to kill Julie, why

didn’t they when the knife was already at her throat?”

“The ring! My mother’s ring, the one that was auctioned off!” Julie turned to look at Kieran, suddenly

saying, “That ring… it was Kyle who bought it for Sansa. It was Kyle!”