Chapter 250
Chapter 250
The pot lid next to them started to make noises, and Julie immediately nudged Kieran away, turning
around to lift the lid and check on the meat stewing inside.
“What’ve you got stewing?” The man edged closer, looping his arms around her waist, and resting his
head on her shoulder, nting a little kiss on her earlobe.
Julie felt ticklish and slightly craned her neck, looking at the food in the pot and telling Kieran, “It’s
Mexican birria.”
She scooped up a spoonful of sauce, blew on it to cool it down, and brought it to his lips. “Give it a
taste. Haven’t cooked in a while, so not sure if there’s enough
salt.”
Blowing on the sauce to cool it down, her puckered lips looked irresistibly cute. Kieran took a sip and
slightly furrowed his brow.
Seeing his expression, Julie felt a bit nervous. She frowned slightly and cautiously asked, “Does it taste
bad?”
He shook his head. She asked again, “Then what’s wrong? Spill it…”
As she was about to turn around and give it a taste herself, Kieran grabbed her wrist. She turned
around in surprise. “What’s up?”
“Honey, do we have any salt left at home?” he asked.
Julie nced at the saltshaker and nodded. “Yeah, we do. What’s up? Does it taste nd?”
The man nced in the direction of the saltshaker and had a sudden realization. “Oh So there’s still
salt left. I thought you dumped all of it in there!”
Julie looked at him with an embarrassed expression and asked uncertainly, “Is it really that salty? I
didn’t put that much salt in…”
“Yeah, it’s salty. Wanna give it a taste?” he asked.
Julie reluctantly turned around and picked up a spoon, ready to taste the food. But the moment she
turned around, Kieran pulled her back. He lowered his head to kiss her lips, lightly biting her soft lips.
After the passionate interlude, he gently wiped her lips with his fingertip, a tender smile tugging at the
corners of his mouth.
She yfully punched him and brushed his finger off her lips. But he just asked her with a smile, “Did
you taste it? Isn’t it super salty?”
Such a clever excuse to steal a kiss! Julie red at him and snapped, “It wasn’t salty. It was sweet!”
He was pleasantly surprised by Julie’s sweet reaction. As she turned to serve the food, he embraced
her from behind and lifted the pot lid. “So sweet, I wonder if you’ve put candied fruits in it.”
She pped his hand away and said, “No candied fruits, just arsenic.”
“I’d eat it even if you were the one who put it in.”
“Actually, it’s witch’s brew. Haha…” herughter filled the room,
Kieran was torn betweenughter and tears. What on earth did he see in this silly wife of his in the first
ce?
“By the way, I have a surprise for you tonight.” She turned around and draped her arms around his
neck.
A surprise? The word ‘surprise’ already gave Kieran anxiety. Nevertheless, he had to maintain a smile
and pretend to be excited, asking her, “What surprise?”
“If I tell you, it won’t be a surprise anymore.” Her words were full of mystery.
Kieran could only feel a headacheing on. Now, every time he heard the word ‘surprise, his reaction
was almost like a conditioned reflex, immediately reminding him of that night, making him feel
ufortable.
“Honey, I think I might be feeling a bit weak recently…”Kieran’s voice was very low, so Julie didn’t hear
him clearly.
She turned around to look at him. “Where are you feeling weak?”
“Why don’t you try the dish and see if it’s too salty?” He suddenly interrupted Julie.
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Julie didn’t think much of it and started tasting the food, only to find….
“It’s not?” She turned around to exin to Kieran, only to find that he had already left, his speed even
surpassing that of a rabbit.
Shannon came to help, and soon they had all the food on the table.
At the table, Ivan and Kieran were making eye contact.
“Dad, you can’t fight with me over mom, that’s basic morality for you as my father!” The little guy said
seriously.
Only to get a reply from Kieran, “You can’t fight with me over my wife. That’s a basic requirement for
you as my son.”
Julie handed out the utensils to the father and son duo andughed helplessly.
Shannon, pulling Noah, said, “A family should be like this, peaceful and happy. If only Mr. Lucian were
here…”
Before she could finish her sentence, Noah quickly covered Shannon’s mouth, even though they knew
that Kieran and Julie couldn’t hear them from this distance.
Despite their banter, Kieran and Ivan finally managed to finish their meal peacefully.
After the meal, Shannon went to clean up the table. Ivan tugged at Julie’s arm, asking her to teach him
to y the piano. Julie hadn’t yed the piano in a long time. She shook her head and said, “Let your
dad teach you! Your dad used to be a gold medalist at the Chopin International Piano Competition.”
A big deal award?” Ivan turned to look at Kieran, who was reading the news on the sofa.
Julie nodded. “Yeah, of course, it’s a big deal. He used to be my idol!”
Kieran, who had been engrossed in the news just a moment ago, heard this and immediately
responded, even though he hadn’t taken his eyes off the screen, “So, I’m not your idol anymore?”
“I’m now the pride of my mom!” The little guy stretched out two chubby fingers, making a heart shape,
and winked at his mom. “Mom, I love you!” Kieran put down his tablet, stood up, and walked towards
Ivan. The little guy quickly hid behind Julie, hugging her leg with a defensive look on his face.
In one swift move, Kieran picked up Ivan from behind Julie. He looked down at his son with a smile,
“You’re my son, so I won’t treat you badly. If you want to learn piano, I’ll find you the best teacher.
Whatever you want to do, I’ll fulfill it. Am I good to you?”
“You liar. When I was little, I said I wanted to go to the moon, and you took me on an airne at night.
When I said I wanted to touch the sun during the day, you took me on a hot air balloon. Now I want to
go to space, and I bet you’re going to lie to me again!”
Julie couldn’t helpughing, looking at Kieran. “Is this how you fool your son?”
Ivan nodded his head seriously.
In the end, Julie sided with Kieran, saying, “I think it’s better for your dad to find you a professional
teacher, and I agree with that.”
“Well then…” Ivan seemed to ponder for a while before reluctantly saying, “Alright, find me a teacher!”
Having said that, Ivan got down from Kieran’s arms and obediently ran towards his room.
As Kieran carried Julie upstairs, he said, “I didn’t expect the little guy to show interest in something, and
it turns out he likes piano.”
“He might have inherited it from you, Julie seriously replied, taking his hand, and examining it. His long
fingers, with knuckles like carved ivory, were very beautiful Watching him y the piano was also a
pleasure to others.
However, he held her hand and said, “He probably got it from you.”
“I never won any gold medals,” she said.
“Didn’t you say you like boys who y piano? You said boys who y piano are the most handsome,
wearing white shirts and ck tailcoats, their fingers tapping the keys, elegant and good-looking.”
Julie looked at Kieran in surprise. “Did I say that?”
“What do you think?”
“You did start learningter than me!” Julie realized. “I’ve been forced to learn piano since I was a child,
but you started learningter”
“When I was young, I didn’t understand whether I liked it or not. I only knew that every day when I saw
your mom sitting behind you with a teaching stick supervising you, I thought, what’s so hard about this
piano, why is it so hard to learn. I also thought, why is the teacher so stupid that he can’t even teach
piano. So,ter, I joined a school club, and after I learned to y the piano, I realized… it’s not that the
teacher is stupid, it’s that you’re dumb.”
“Watch your mouth! That was because I wasn’t putting my mind into learning the piano, I was focused
on practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu!” She shook off his hand and walked towards her room.
Kieran followed Julie and stood at the door. “Honey, let’s change to a three-meter wide bed tomorrow!
Let’s get rid of this bed in your room.”
“My room is so small. If you put a three-meter bed in it, we might as well live separately!”
Kieran nced at Julie’s bedroom and then at his own. Even though the two rooms were no longer
separated, the two beds gave the impression of living separately. Julie thought for a moment, lifted the
quilt, and took out her pillow. She threw her pillow onto Kieran’s bed, and then patted the quilt, turning
around to smile at him. The sweet smile on her face made the corners of Kieran’s mouth curve up.
“You go take a shower,” she said.
Kieran didn’t refuse and headed for the bathroom.
Julie quickly ran back to her room, then opened the suitcase she brought when she moved in and took
out the camera hidden inside. Holding the heavy camera, she seemed to struggle for a long time in her
heart, then, took a deep breath and lightly pped her flushed face.
Then she took the camera back to Kieran’s bed and waited quietly. She turned on the camera, found
the video from that night, and imagined what Mr. Hernandez’s
reaction would be if he saw this.
Kieran was taking a shower in the bathroom at that moment and didn’t look rxed at all. He turned on
the showerhead, the sound of water echoed in the bathroom, but he stood far away from the
showerhead and took out his phone.”
After a moment of silence, he unlocked his phone, opened WhatsApp, found his therapist Taylor,
hesitated, and sent a message.
After waiting for three or four minutes, Taylor finally replied. Just as Kieran was about to read it, Julie’s
voice came from outside. “Honey, are you done showering?”
Startled, Kieran’s hand slipped, and his phone fell straight into the toilet.