Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 207

Ivan turned to chat with MoMo. Julie pulled Kieran aside and asked, “Does Ivan usually score this low

in tests?”

“You mean like a 10?” He raised an eyebrow.

Julie nodded.

“A 10 is a high score for him,” he glanced back at Ivan.

Julie instantly felt guilty, covering her face, “Oh no, he’s just like me…”

Since childhood, Julie often flunked her exams. She was only interested in learning how to fight and

dreamed of becoming a superhero when she grew up.

It wasn’t until Kieran came along that she thought being his wife was more important than being a

superhero, and that was when she started to study hard. Seeing Ivan now, she felt like she was looking

in a mirror…

Kieran couldn’t help but laugh, and patted her on the shoulder, “Our son is not like you.”

Julie looked up, “How is he not?”

“Our son doesn’t know how to fight.”

Julie went silent.

“Get out of my way!” Julie pushed Kieran aside, went over to the couch, and sat next to Ivan,

affectionately stroking his face.

“Ivan…”

“Mom, Cupid is talking nonsense! Look, I got all these questions right!” Ivan showed his exam paper to

Julie.

To express her trust in him, Julie didn’t even look at the exam paper and said, “Ivan, it’s okay if your

grades aren’t good. You’re still young. We’ll work hard together and catch up with the other kids, okay?”

“But…”

“I’ll help you with your studies and teach you how to do practice problems, okay?” Julie gently stroked

Ivan’s head, feeling guilty.

Ivan had intended to confess that he deliberately scored low to attract Kerry’s attention, but to his

surprise, Mom offered to tutor him!

He immediately nodded excitedly, “Okay!”

Then, he clenched his fists and made a vow, “I will work hard to surpass Cupid!”

Julie gave Ivan a trusting look and held his hand, ‘Shall we go upstairs and study now?”

“Okay!”

Ivan happily held Julie’s hand, a satisfied smile on his face.

Julie looked back at MoMo, “Do you want to join us?”

Amora shook her head, “No need. My mom has already sent someone to pick me up. They’ll be here

soon.”

Just as MoMo finished speaking, her bodyguard had reached the door. Ivan waved at MoMo, “See you

tomorrow, Cupid!”

Then, he ran upstairs with Julie.

MoMo picked up the test paper Ivan had just corrected, frowning, “Huh… Why is everything correct?

Mr. Hernandez, am I seeing this wrong?”

Kieran took the exam paper from MoMo…

There wasn’t a single mistake!

Kieran arranged for two bodyguards to accompany MoMo’s bodyguard to escort her to the car.

He guessed that Ivan might want to spend more time with Julie, so he didn’t expose Ivan’s pretense.

Instead, he went into the study to work.

After dinner.

Julie went to the kitchen to get a drink. Kieran had Ivan sit next to him, “Tell me, why did you suddenly

change your mind this year and want to have your birthday party at home instead of going out?”

Ivan was still hesitating whether to tell him the truth.

But he didn’t expect Kerry’s next sentence to be, “If you can’t find a reason, then I think we’d better go

for a picnic.”

“How can I not have a reason? I just… I just wanted to see…”

“Do you want to see Julien?” Kieran leaned back on the couch, looking at the back of Ivan’s head.

Ivan coughed twice, turned to look at his father, “You really get me!”

*Not only do I understand you, but I’ll also disappoint you!” Kieran poked Ivan’s forehead, “Do you

know, Julien is your godfather’s woman?”

“I don’t believe it!” Ivan said, “Hayden and my Julien are not married, and they don’t have children, so

why can’t I compete with him fairly?”

Seeing Ivan, Kieran couldn’t help but laugh out loud, “Your competition with him can never be fair.

Given that I’m your biological father, I’d like to remind you that your godfather is at least twice your

height.”

“I’m already one meter tall! Hayden is only 1.8 meters, less than twice my height!” Ivan pouted, looking

very serious.

Kieran suddenly sat up, leaning close to Ivan’s face, “If you can count so clearly, why do you need your

mom to tutor you?”

“Mom, your husband is bullying your son!” Ivan shouted towards the kitchen, then ran to Julie.

Julie, who was holding a glass of water, quickly raised the glass, letting him hug her waist.

She glanced at Kieran, who was sitting leisurely on the couch, then asked, “How did he bully you?”

“He won’t let you tutor me!” Ivan pouted, looking wronged.

Julie was too naive. Seeing Ivan’s upset face, she immediately felt sorry for him. She said to Kieran,

“Why would you joke about something like that?”

“My dad has been bullying me like this since I was born! He won’t let me see you, and every time I do

poorly on a test, he punishes me!” Ivan became more and more

upset.

The innocent Julie looked at Kieran and asked, “Is that true?”

“Uh-huh!” Ivan nodded vigorously like he was pounding garlic.

Kieran didn’t refute, but looked at Ivan and asked, “Then why did I punish you last time?”

Ivan hung his head. He would never tell Julie that the reason he was punished last time was that he

showed off a photo in front of his father, and that photo was of Julie kissing him.

Julie looked at the father and son, not sure who to believe. In the end, she helplessly put down the

glass, took Ivan’s hand and said, “Come, let’s go upstairs and study for a while, then you should go to

bed.”

“Hang on a sec.” Kieran suddenly stood up, addressing Julie and Ivan.

Fearful of getting hit, Ivan quickly hid behind Julie, “Look, Mom, Kerry’s gonna smack me!”

Even though Julie didn’t believe Kieran would really hit their kid, she instinctively shielded Ivan behind

her.

“What are you hiding for? When have I ever hit you?” Kieran looked at Ivan.

Ivan peeked out from behind Julie, “You’ve hit me over ten times! I’ve even had a nosebleed!”

Hearing this, Julie immediately froze, looking up at Kieran with a frown, “Bro Kieran, did you really…”

“We were just playing a game. The King of Fighters. He lost to me thirteen times. He didn’t just have a

nosebleed when he lost, he was spitting up blood too!” Kieran interrupted Julie. It was only after

explaining this that he reacted, suddenly looking at Julie, “What did you just call me?”

Julie suddenly felt the atmosphere tense up.

She hadn’t expected that in this situation, she’d blurt out “Bro Kieran”.

Ivan suddenly stood in front of Julie like a superhero, defending her, “Even if I bleed again, you’re not

allowed to bully my mom!”

A warm current surged through Julie’s heart. She never thought the day would come when her son

would protect her like a superhero, giving her a sense of security. This was a unique kind of warmth

and moved feeling, different from love or friendship.

Kieran picked up Ivan, then faced Julie, saying to Ivan, “I’m the one who’s gonna protect your mom

with you, got it?”

Ivan nodded without hesitation. He thought this version of Kerry was really cool!

Kieran did not look at the moved Julie, but looked down at Ivan and said, “I’m gonna ask you a

question. If you answer it correctly, I’ll let Mom continue being your tutor and sleep with you tonight. If

you get it wrong, she’ll sleep with me tonight, deal?”

“Deal?” Ivan asked excitedly.

“Deal.”

Julie watched the father and son. Did they ask her how she felt before treating her like a prize?

Ivan excitedly grabbed Kieran’s arm, “What question do you want to ask?”

“Five times five times five, plus one hundred and twenty-five. What’s that equal to?”

Ivan thought seriously for a moment, then laughed and said to Kieran, “It’s two hundred and fifty! Did I

get it right? Haha, Mom, you can be my tutor now!”

Julie glanced at Kieran, pondered for a moment, then looked at Ivan with confusion, “Didn’t you not

know what five plus five is before?”

Ivan looked innocently back at his father…

Was he tricked?

Kieran let go of his goofy son, walked up and wrapped his arm around Julie’s waist, “Come on, honey.

Let’s go to bed.”

Ivan watched as his father carried his mother upstairs, leaving hirm alone and innocently standing

there, yelling at the backs of Julie and Kieran going up the stairs, “You can’t treat me like this!”