Chapter 134
Chapter 134
That night, way past bedtime.
Julie and Kieran were strolling back home, with the streetlights illuminating their path Taking advice she
got online, Julie pretended to twist her ankle, then grabbed Kieran’s sleeve, shooting him a pitiful look,
“I think I sprained my foot”
Kieran looked Julie up and down, and instead of pushing her away immediately, he looked at her ankle
and asked, “Break a bone?”
Julie was feeling down, “No… no bones broken, but twisted. Hurts a bit. Can we sit down for a while?”
While Kieran was mulling over her request, Julie was already limping towards a bench with Kieran in
tow. She clung to his sleeve as she sat down, then looked at her ankle, pretending to be in pain,
muttered, “What if I can’t walkter? Can you carry me?”
Julie saw Kieran pull out his phone and dial the emergency number.
She quickly snatched his phone away,ughing. “I’m not that bad off. No need for an ambnce. Can’t
waste public resources, right? I’m touched that you care so much.”
Kieran extended his hand, “My phone.”
Julie stuffed his phone into her coat pocket, then covered the pocket, looked up at Kieran and asked,
“What are your thoughts on dating?”
Kieran just looked at her without a reply. The dim light made his facial features more prominent. Julie’s
heart was pounding.
“Do you mind dating while in school?” Julie persisted.
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Despite Julie’s daily efforts to get closer to Kieran, intimate moments were rare. Most of the time, she
could only daydream while watching his back. Therefore, under the dim light, when Kieran looked at
her, Julie couldn’t meet his gaze and quickly averted her eyes
After a while, Kieran still hadnt answered. Julie cautiously spoke again, “So… do you think you’ll date in
school?”
“No, especially not with you,” Kieran responded firmly.
Julie should have focused on thetter half of Kieran’s answer, but she only registered the first half.
So she excitedly asked Kieran, “So you’ve never dated before?”
Kieran was speechless.
Is your first kiss still intact? Julie’s gazended on Kieran’s closed lips and she couldn’t help
swallowing.
Just as Kieran was turning his head away, he turned back to look at Julie
Julie plucked up her courage, cupped Kieran’s face, leaned in like a dragonfly skimming the water,
gently pressed her lips to the corner of his mouth, and then…
Julie’s cheeks were as red as if they had been soaked in red ink. She said to him, “Now, your first kiss
is gone.”
After saying that, she started running,pletely forgetting that she had just told him she had hurt her
foot. She ran faster than a rabbit. Falling ne tree leavesnded on her shoulder. She wore a flowing
white school uniform, the skirt pping in the evening breeze, leaves crunching under her feet
She ran all the way home, her face as red as a boiled shrimp.
Sansa, in a light blue nightgown, walked up to her with a ss of milk, smiled, and brushed Julie’s
messy hair behind her ears, “Why are you back sote? Your face is so red, do you have a fever?”
Julie mumbled, “I’m in heat…”
“Huh?” Sansa’s eyes widened as she sat next to Julie and looked at her.
Julie snapped back to reality and said to Sansa, “No! I mean I have a fever… touch me, don’t I feel like
I’m burning up? Can you call in sick for me tomorrow? Just tell therm I have a high fever!”
Sansa lovingly touched Julie’s head, “If you want to skip ss, just say so. No need to fabricate a high
fever.”
Even though Sansa said that, she still helped Julie take a day off and didn’t tell their parents.
From that day on, Julie kept avoiding Kieran at school, afraid that he would confront her. In ss,
Kieran always sat in the front row while Julie sat in the back
To avoid Kieran, she would always sneak into ss through the back door after the bell rang. A few
minutes before dismissal, she would leave early Although she was caught by the teacher a few times…
But getting scolded by the teacher was still better than getting yelled at by Kieran.
Back then, the Abraham family hadn’t declined yet, so Julie was always surrounded by fake friends.
Many people were curious why she was avoiding Kieran, and told her that many people had confessed
to Kieran recently.
Ever since she gently kissed Kieranst time, he hadn’te to confront Julie. Even though Julie had
been avoiding him for a long time, he acted as if nothing had happened.
So, after much deliberation, Julie decided to find Kieran and clearly express her feelings. But, when
she plucked up the courage, bought two ice creams, and was ready to make peace with Kieran, she
saw Annalise sitting on the back of Kieran’s bike at the door. They disappeared from her view like a
couple….
In her dream, she was always holding those two ice creams. As the ice cream melted, the cold melted
ice cream slid down her fingertips. Even though it was in a dream, Julie still felt the ice cream was
heartbreakingly cold, numbingly cold…
Subconsciously, she leaned towards a warm ce, closer and closer…
Finally, she seemed to have found the source of warmth. Shefortably leaned into the warmth, and
then slowly, peacefully fell asleep.
Kieran looked at the woman lying in his arms, his heart ached as he gently wiped away the tears that
slipped from the corner of her eyes. The clear and translucent tears seemed to seep into his heart…
The next day, when Julie woke up, she found herself on a ne.
She had only taken the regr dose of sleeping pillsst night, but she didn’t expect to sleep so heavily
that she didn’t even know she had been carried onto the ne.
She didn’t spot Kieran on the ne. Julie pulled off her nket and sat up groggily. Her mind was in a
fog for a few seconds before she got her bearings, then she headed off to another cabin.
Just as she got to the cabin door, Karl popped out of nowhere, giving her a polite nad, ‘Moming, Mrs.
Hernandez.”
Julie was too preupied to correct Karl’s address. She asked him straight to the point, “Where’s
Kieran?”
“Mr. Hernandez is working. What would you like for breakfast?” Karl asked.
“What can you make?” Julie asked.
Karl hesitated, then said, “Most things. What would you like?”
“Slice up Kieran, marinate him, cook him and bring him to me. Go on!” Julie said.
Karl,… That’s not possible.”
“Is this the flight back to Whispering Pines? Julie asked.
Karl nodded.
“Then tell him toe see me when he’s done working! I don’t mind what I have for breakfast”
Finished speaking, Julie looked around the cabin. She couldn’t find her bag and phone, so she said to
Karl, ‘Also, tell Kieran, if he doesn’t want to crash with me, he better return my stuff.”
With that, Julie went back to her cabin.
Karl was scared of this version of Julie. He quickly ryed Julie’s words to Kieran, “Mrs. Hernandez
said if you don’t want to crash with her, you should return her things.”
Kieran looked up from hisputer and nced at Karl, “Tell her there are parachutes on the ne.*
Karl brought a full English breakfast to Julie, then ryed, “Mr. Hernandez said there are parachutes
on the ne.
Julie put her breakfast on the table, then calmly looked at Karl, “Then tell him, he’s a tyrannical and
dictatorial jerk!!”
Karl went silent.
Julie said quietly, ncing at Karl, who was standing in front of herpletely stunned, ‘Alright, you
can leave. Remember to tell him exactly what I said.”
Karl returned to the cabin where Kieran was. Kieran looked up at Karl, “What did she say?”
Karl hesitated for a moment, then replied, “Mrs. Hernandez said you… you have the aura of a king…”
Kieran chuckled, “Just tell me exactly what she said.”
Karl took a deep breath, “Mrs. Hernandez called you a tyrannical and dictatorial jerk…”
After saying this, Karl held his breath and carefully observed Kieran’s expression.
Kieran had already expected Julie to be angry by now. If not for the two bodyguards he arranged at the
cabin door, Julie might’ve stormed in already…
Kieran’s cold eyes were filled with a gentle smile, “Karl, your rhetoric is getting better.”
Indeed it was! Tyrannical and dictatorial, wasn’t that just like a king?
Karl felt lense. Lying surely had its consequences.
He quickly tried to change the subject, “So… do you want to reply to her?”
“Of course! Why wouldn’t I?” After Kieran finished speaking, he whispered something to Karl.
Karl returned to Julie’s cabin once more. After the air hostess cleared away the untouched breakfast,
Julie asked Karl with a light tone, “When’s he nning to throw me off the ne?”
Karl gave a slight smile, “Mr. Hernandez said… Mrs. Hernandez, you’re always right…”
Knowing she was no match for Kieran, Julie didn’t say anything this time.
The ne smoothlynded on Kieran’s private airstrip.
Julie didn’t see Kieran until she got off the ne. But the moment she turned around, she saw the
words engraved on the ne…