Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 181

“Don’t listen to her!” Julie struggled against the ropes, “Don’t put it on! Cheap love, noble love, I don’t

need your love! Even if you put on that vest, Davina won’t let me go!”

“If you don’t put it on, I’m going to kill her right now!” By the time Davina said this, she had already

loaded her gun.

Julie was right. Whether or not Kieran put on that vest, Davina would absolutely not let Julie go.

Similarly, if Kieran didn’t put on that vest, he would lose her right now, before the rescue team arrived.

Kieran bent down and picked up the vest from the ground..

“Kieran, don’t do it!” Julie struggled desperately, but still couldn’t break free from the ropes. The rope on

her arm had worn through the fabric of her clothes, scraping her skin raw and staining her white shirt

red.

“Kieran, I don’t love you. My life and death have nothing to do with you, so you don’t need to do this for

me. Even if you die for me, I won’t shed a tear for you. I hate you, Kieran, I hate you!” Julie’s voice

echoed from above, but it still couldn’t stop Kieran from putting on the bomb-laden vest.

Looking at Julie hanging in mid-air, Kieran’s heart ached. His mind was suddenly flooded with a long-

forgotten memory…

He remembered her look before the divorce, and the way she had looked at him with expectation, her

eyes moist.

“Joyce, do you remember the question you asked me before our divorce?” He looked up into her eyes.

Tears blurred her vision, sticking her long eyelashes together, her long hair messy against her cheeks.

She shook her head.

Despite being strapped with explosives, Kieran was calm.

He said slowly, “You asked me then, if the person on the operating table wasn’t our child but you, would

I be upset. I said I wouldn’t be. That might be true. If you died, I wouldn’t allow myself the chance to be

upset.”

“Stop talking!” Julie shook her head, feeling as if her heart had been dug out with a knife.

A cold smirk flashed in Davina’s eyes as she looked at Julie and said, “I was right, wasn’t I? Any man

who loves you is doomed to misfortune. You should die!”

Julie finally understood why Davina had brought up the story of Romeo and Juliet…

Maybe from the beginning, Davina didn’t want to kill her, but Kieran, the man Julie loved. She wanted

Julie to watch as the man she loved died in front of her. If the rope broke, Julie might not die, but she

would definitely be hurt.

She wanted Julie to watch as the man she loved died in a bomb explosion in front of her, destroying all

her hope and life…

Julie watched as Davina took the bomb timer from another bodyguard…

“Don’t press it! Davina, don’t press it!” Julie’s voice shook as she tried to stop her, but Davina had

already put her thumb on the button.

“Kieran, take it off!”-Julie screamed in despair, her bloodshot eyes fixed on Kieran, “Kieran, I beg you,

Kieran…”

It would take less than a second for Davina to press the timer. Kieran wouldn’t have time to take off the

vest. Besides, he never planned to remove it, as Davina held the timer in one hand and the button

controlling Julie’s life in the other..

“What a touching love story!” Davina laughed sarcastically, “Shakespeare said, one’s sorrow can be

healed by another’s. How true! I want to watch as you throw yourselves into despair, wishing for death!

Hahaha…”

Davina turned to look at Julie, who was spinning in mid-air, her hand on the button that controlled

Julie’s rope….

But just as she was about to press it…

A gunshot rang out, echoing through the sky.

The hand Davina was holding the controller with was hit by a bullet from above. The intense pain

caused her to drop the controller instantly and she fell to her knees in pain.

The door behind Kieran was suddenly kicked open. Dozens of SWAT officers rushed in, shielding

Kieran, and shot the two bodyguards in front of Davina.

At the same time, the bodyguards also opened fire, aiming at Kieran.

Davina picked up a gun from the ground and aimed at Julie’s head, pulling the trigger straight away.

“Stop!” Kieran, strapped with a bomb, couldn’t move. Davina’s shooting skills were not accurate. The

bullet ended up hitting the chair that Julie was tied to. Julie had a narrow escape.

Davina’s people/rushed out from inside the factory, protecting Davina.

“Rescue the hostages!” Elliot led the SWAT team over, shouting orders at the team leader.

The SWAT team leader gestured to the officers behind him: Team A cover, Team B approach Julie from

both sides of the factory.

“Save Kieran! He’s got a bomb on him! Where’s the bomb disposal expert?” Julie shouted from mid-air.

Seeing the situation turn against her, Davina quickly picked up the controller from the ground.

“Dylan!” Kieran, strapped with a bomb, couldn’t move. He shouted at Dylan, who was still holding a

gun. The person who had shot Davina’s hand earlier was him. Hearing Kieran’s shout, Dylan

immediately turned to look at Davina, then quickly pulled the trigger.

However…

Davina was too quick and managed to press the controller…

The SWAT team was still fighting with Davina’s people. No one had time to get close to the bound

Julie. The bomb under the rope exploded with a bang. The rope snapped, and Julie, hanging in mid-air,

dropped rapidly.

The ground was hard concrete…

“Kieran….” In the second of her rapid fall, Julie called out Kieran’s name. In the less than two seconds

that it took for her to fall, Julie seemed to review her

entire life.

If… if it were possible… she probably shouldn’t have dwelled on whether to forgive Kieran. Maybe only

in the face of death can one truly understand their own heart.

If there was a next life…

In that moment of falling, Julie’s long hair billowed in the wind. The tears in the corners of her eyes felt

like they were scorching her skin. But just as she braced herself for the impact… suddenly, it was as if

time stood still and Julie was once again hovering in mid-air…

After a moment of panic, Julie turned her head in astonishment.

Daphne Flores and Lionel had somehow appeared out of nowhere, before the SWAT team could even

get close. They held the rope tight, bearing Julie’s weight.

Kieran, strapped with a bomb, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Dylan was also stunned at the sight of Mr. Lionel and Daphne. How did these two, who had been

absent from the start, suddenly appear in a place the SWAT team had no time to reach?

showed

As Dylan watched in shock, Julien and Hayden showed up with reinforcements.

Just as Davina was struggling to her feet, a bullet hit her right in the knee.

The pain made her drop instantly to the ground.

With a bang, Davina’s other knee was shot too..

Julien pointed her gun at Davina emotionlessly, as if she wasn’t shooting a person, but a lifeless target.

Davina was now on her knees. Her face, which was already kinda ugly, was now more twisted than

ever.

Hayden’s men quickly restrained Davina. Since Kieran was strapped with a bomb, no one dared to

shoot him. Dylan, having been briefed by Kieran on the possibilities, brought a fire brigade and a

medical team.

Firefighters rushed in to place an air cushion beneath Julie. The cops that Adeline brought managed to

get close to Lionel and Daphne with Hayden’s help.

Everyone quickly rescued Julie. She ended up landing safely on the cushion.

With less than five minutes left until the bomb on Kieran exploded, Davina had planned for Julie to

suffer as much as possible, hence the time bomb.

After saving Julie, Kieran told Dylan in a deep voice, “Only the bomb disposal expert stays. Everyone

else, leave!”

Julien fired two more shots at Davina’s shoulders. They weren’t fatal, but painful enough. He dragged

her away from the factory as though she was a

beast.

Julie had been tied up for too long. Now that she was rescued, her body was completely numb.

Everyone was shooed away by Dylan, including Lionel and Daphne. Adeline was supporting the numb

Julie, while Elliot was about to carry her away.

But Julie shook her head resolutely, and instead, shuffled towards Kieran.

“Tailie Julie…”

“Get out of here. Go!” Julie told Elliot, her voice a bit hoarse.

The bomb disposal expert was busy around Kieran, his face extremely serious.

“Take her away!” Elliot told the others.

Julie turned back, her face already calm. She looked at Elliot and said, “I’m not leaving, Elliot. I’m not

leaving!”

With her unsteady body, she finally made it to Kieran’s side. She looked at him with her bright eyes, her

eyes reddening as she told him, “Kieran, I’m not leaving…”

Suddenly, she knelt in front of Kieran. Elliot rushed forward to lift her up.

“You go!” Julie shouted at Elliot.

To let the bomb disposal expert concentrate, Hayden came back and took away Adeline and Elliot.

Julie held Kieran’s hand tight, crying, “Why are you so foolish? You knew it was a trap, why did you still

come?”

“Because the bait was you.