Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 5

Julie sighed with relief, looking towards the leather couch not far away. She dragged herself over and plopped down, bone–tired.

She thought Kieran wouldn’t come back, but he was back in a minute, with a tube of ointment in his hand.

Being on guard, Julie watched him approach, his deep voice sounding above her, “Rub in some ointment.”

Once he finished, he set the ointment down by Julie’s couch.

The spot where the motorbike had hit hurt like hell, Julie didn’t want to torture herself anymore. So, she picked up the ointment and headed for the bathroom.

Kieran watched the bathroom door close, with a serious look on his face.

Besides her upper thigh, Julie’s back was also aching, probably from the motorbike falling on her lower.

back.

The pain on her leg wasn’t as bad as her back, so Julie took off her dress, ready to apply the ointment to her back first. But she couldn’t reach the wound, her brows furrowed in frustration. She picked up a cotton swab, dipped it in the ointment, and was about to apply it when the bathroom door was pushed open by Kieran…

cotton swab from her. Then he turned her around, forcing her to face the mirror. A moment later,

the feeling of the ointment on her wound.

turning around to seize

her towards the mirror, “Don’t turn around, I

chest.”

she was only

covered her chest. She saw herself in the mirror, her cheeks flushed. Though she hated him, her

in the mirror, “I don’t need your help.”

he focused on applying

was only shoulder–height to him. She

stiffened her back, waiting in silence for him to finish applying the ointment.

hurt your leg too, right?” Kieran’s voice

Julie reached for the towel next to her, wrapping it around herself. She reached out to snatch the ointment from Kieran, her

his head, resisting her

she couldn’t fight him, even if she jumped, she couldn’t get the ointment back. So, she decided to stop arguing with him

into Kieran’s leg, which he had stretched out