Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 219

Dylan shot back, “No shit, Sherlock. Pregnant women can’t drink spirits, but there are no pregnant

women here.”

He barely finished speaking when he noticed the change in Daphne’s expression. Dylan was known for

his sharp observation skills, he stood up immediately, pointing at Daphne in shock, “Holy crap, you’re

pregnant?”

“Cut the crap!” Daphne snapped back at Dylan, her tone as harsh as if she was wrongly accused,

“You’re the one who’s pregnant!”

Seeing Daphne’s reaction, Julien felt guilty and turned to Hayden for help, “So this is a secret?”

“Maybe Lionel isn’t the father.” Julien and Hayden were whispering, keeping their voices low. But they

didn’t expect a sudden eerie silence in the room after Daphne spoke, making Hayden’s voice stand out.

His words echoed in the room, everyone’s eyes were on Lionel.

At that moment, Lionel was staring at Daphne. To Daphne, Lionel was always polite, gentle to his fans,

handsome and charming. He could be a bit of a scoundrel around her, but she had never seen him look

at her like this.

It felt like a knife was held at her throat, one wrong word from her could lead to a disaster.

Daphne was determined, come hell or high water, she would not reveal the truth in front of everyone.

Especially when she couldn’t keep the baby!

“Pregnant women can’t drink spirits, but I’m not pregnant.” Daphne’s hand holding the glass was

slightly pale due to the force she used. She gathered her courage, ready to down the drink.

“Daphne!” Julie suddenly yelled, startling Daphne.

She knew what Julie was worried about. She also knew the consequences of drinking this spirit. But

she knew she couldn’t keep the baby!

So she turned her head and stared at Julie firmly, saying, “Don’t try to stop me, a bets a bet. I have to

drink this or I’ll look like a coward.”

Julie knew that once Daphne made up her mind, it was hard to change it. If Daphne really drank this, it

would mean she was determined to abandon the baby.

But Julie knew Daphne. If Daphne was really determined to give up the baby, she wouldn’t be wearing

a radiation suit while using the computer.

So, Julie grabbed Daphne’s arm, clutching her stomach, “Daphne, my stomach hurts. Can you

accompany me to the bathroom?”

Daphne finally understood. What a good excuse, why didn’t she think of it?

Daphne immediately put on a smile and said to everyone, “Sorry, nature calls.”

She put on an impatient face looking at Julie, “Ah, Julie, always causing a fuss, spoiling the fun, right?”

“Right, always me!” Julie quickly agreed, hoping to get Daphne out of this dangerous place. In fact, she

should not have let Daphne join tonight’s event. However, just as Daphne was about to get up from the

couch, a hand suddenly held her shoulder, pushing her back.

Daphne knew her plan was futile. She gently tried to remove Lionel’s hand from her shoulder, “Lionel, I

need to use the bathroom, I’m in a hurry.”

“The bathroom isn’t going anywhere. You can drink first and then go.” Lionel’s tone was always calm,

but anyone could feel his mood was far from calm. Daphne laughed and said, “Then I’ll drink after I

come back from the bathroom, the drink won’t run away.”

“But you have legs, you can run!” Lionel pushed the glass back to Daphne, “Drink it!”

Julie was about to reach for the drink in front of Daphne when Kieran suddenly pulled her into his arms.

He whispered in her ear, “Lionel won’t let her drink.” Julie looked at Kieran doubtfully. Although she

couldn’t be sure if he was right, she eventually decided not to stop Daphne because she wanted to see

Lionel’s true intentions. Besides, she would never let Daphne drink it no matter what.

Most importantly, she hoped Daphne and Lionel could honestly resolve their issues, instead of

repeating her past mistakes.

Daphne looked at Lionel with her beautiful eyes.

Seeing she made no move, Lionel helped her put her hand on the glass, “Didn’t you say you would

honor the bet? Then drink!”

Today, Lionel was clearly determined to oppose her!

Daphne was also determined to fight him to the end. She took a deep breath and lifted the glass, “Fine,

I’ll drink!”

Just as she was about to drink, her lips hadn’t touched the glass when she heard Lionel’s voice, “Once

you’re finished, I’ll take you to Harding’s hospital for a check-up to see if Dylan misunderstood you.”

Daphne’s hand holding the glass trembled. She asked in confusion, “Why?”

“Because I believe in your integrity. I believe you when you said you’re not pregnant.

Usually eloquent Daphne was left speechless by Lionel’s words. After a while, she finally made up her

mind and slammed the glass down on the table.

The room fell into an eerie silence again.

If you don’t perish in silence, you explode in silence.

Just when everyone thought Daphne was about to explode, sho

spirits?”

quietly sat back on the couch, then turned to everyone and asked, “Can I use juice instead of

What a surprise! Julie looked at Daphne, but remained silent, unable to help her.

Adeline, however, was quite bold. She clapped her hands and called the waiter, Get a dozen fresh

orange juices, they must be 100% fresh. Gol”

The waiter went out to prepare the orange juice.

Lionel stood up, holding Daphne’s hand, and told everyone, “We have some issues to deal with. You

guys carry on.”

“Mr. Lionel!” Julie suddenly stood up, grabbing Daphne’s other hand.

“Don’t worry, I’ll get her home safe and sound tomorrow, won’t lay a finger on her!” Lionel knew what

Julie was fretting about.

Daphne was even more panicked, knowing Lionel didn’t need to lay a hand on her, just his gaze alone

was enough to scare her, and she held this belief true.

But not wanting to cause trouble for Julie, and knowing this issue had to be dealt with sooner or later,

Daphne finally gave Julie a reassuring look, “I promise, I’ll come back alive to find you tomorrow!”

It was Lionel who led Daphne out of the private room by the hand. It was clear, despite Lionel’s slight

anger at Daphne’s secrecy, he still cared about her. Even when holding her hand, he didn’t angrily drag

her along..

This action eased Julie’s worries slightly.

Daphne’s last words when leaving the room were whispered to Lionel, “If I said the baby inside me isn’t

yours, would you believe me?”

The people in the room couldn’t help but feel tense for Daphne.

“How did Lionel and Daphne end up together?” Mr. Watson suddenly turned to Julien with great

interest.

Julien once kidnapped Marlon, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise. They had a pretty good

relationship, but Julien didn’t mince words when answering Marlon’s question.

He coldly replied, “I have no idea how you and Dr. Ladd ended up together, how would I know how

Daphne and Mr. Lionel did?”

Mr. Watson was stumped by his words, and instead became more spirited. He slapped Dylan’s

shoulder and said, “Tonight’s goal is to bring down Kerry first, then target Julie! I want to see how many

good points she can say about the second brother tonight!”

In the private room, a new round of games began..

Outside the private room, after being led out by Lionel, Daphne was still in shock when a suit jacket

was thrown over her head. Then she suddenly felt weightless as Lionel straight picked her up.

She reached out and lifted the suit jacket off her head, “What the hell are you doing? Didn’t you say

you wouldn’t hurt me?”

“Just scream your lungs out, better yet, call out everyone in the private room. Maybe you’ll even run

into some paparazzi if you’re lucky. I’ve already thought of tomorrow’s headline for the gossip column:

Mr. Lionel spends hours entwining with a mysterious woman in KTV, and the woman’s identity

suspected to be…”

Before Lionel could finish, Daphne obediently covered her head with the jacket, wrapped up tightly,

without leaving a single gap.

How much did she detest being in the news with him?

“Daphne, do you know how many actresses want to be scandalous with me?” Lionel’s disgruntled voice

came from above.

Daphne’s innocent voice came from under the jacket, “Lord Lion, you’re amazing!”

Daphne was definitely the most carefree person he’d ever met, yet someone you could truly rely on.

The naive Daphne thought Lionel would take her out, but the further they went, the quieter it got.

A bad feeling rushed into her heart, Daphne quickly lifted the jacket off her head.

The waiter stood respectfully in front of Lionel, “Mr. Lionel, here’s your room card.”

Lionel took the room card and opened the door, before Daphne could understand what had happened,

Lionel took her straight into the room, then slammed the door shut with a bang.