Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 167

Since it was Julie’s request, Noah didn’t hesitate a bit to rip open the courier package, revealing a beautifully wrapped purple box inside. “Keep going,” Julie urged.

Noah opened the purple wrapping, revealing a delicate black velvet box that looked pretty fancy.

It reminded him of a ring box.

Julie glanced at Kieran, as if asking if he had anything to do with the package. After all, apart from Kieran and Elliot, no one else had ever presented her with a ring. And her name was clearly written on the box.

But Kieran just shrugged and said, “Anonymity ain’t my style.”

Well, figures…

A guy like Kieran, confident and unapologetic, when he gave her a ring, he’d put it directly on her finger, leaving no room for refusal.

While Julie and Kieran were talking, Noah had already opened the box.

Inside, there was a stunning ring.

The very emerald they had seen at the auction earlier that day.

After being stunned for a moment, Julie laughed and said, “Who’s so boring to send a fake over.”

“There’s a certificate of authenticity,” Noah held up the gem certificate to the camera.

Julie glanced at it and chuckled, “They’ve done a good job, even prepared a fake certificate.”

She casually teased, looking at Kieran with a playful smile, but his expression was serious. Her smile froze…

Kieran was usually confident, rarely showing such a serious look. Did this mean…

“What is it?” Julie asked hesitantly, “Wasn’t the ring bought at the auction? That can’t be the real one, right?”

She was partly asking Kieran’s opinion, partly comforting herself that it must be a fake. After all, who would spend 9 million dollars on an emerald ring for her…

But Kieran’s expression seemed to suggest the ring wasn’t a fake.

Instead of answering, he dialed a number on his phone.

Half an hour later, at Kieran’s command, Karl delivered the ring from Noblewood Retreat to their villa. Julie took a good look at the ring, then turned to Kieran with a serious look, “It looks the same as my mother’s. I can’t tell if it’s real or not…”

his watch. It was

he handed the ring box to Julie.

in the box and asked him with a

just took her hand and led her

this ring!” Julie tried to break free

she felt like holding 9 million dollars in cash, feeling anxious, hoping

finally understood why her mother had slapped her for merely touching the ring-a ring

the panic on Julie’s face, Kieran leaned in close, “My face is worth 9

and managed a forced smile, “Where are

they were going on foot. Where on

strike her as the type who’d

a walk. He led her to a villa and rang

a bell, Julie wisely chose to stay

pushed open

a warm smile, “What brings you here this late?”

home?” Kieran

nodded, “Yes, he’s home. But he’s been busy,

here to

nodded, “I’ll

led

who lived here, nor who ‘he’ Kieran was

led her upstairs and stopped in front of a closed door. Without knocking, he pushed the door open.

computers, each

I refuse to believe I can’t beat this

Julie was speechless.

the man was. She’d heard about Kieran’s cousin, Payne Hernandez, a brilliant hacker. Even the National Security Agency had tried to recruit him. But he loved his freedom and didn’t like constraints,

about comic creation. Later it was confirmed that the so-called Mister L was actually the eldest son of the Lamont family. Because they were so close, there were rumors

Mister L got hitched and had a kid, Payne quit his job as a comic assistant. She recalls people saying that Payne quit because he felt betrayed by Mister L, unable to accept that he

course, most of the gossip

everyone around him, but for Payne, this legendary figure, she only heard the name,

him, she was kinda

about, he turned to: Kieran

to her as a bygone, a past that Kieran

doesn’t even know the basics, stop envying my past,” Kieran took out the emerald ring from Julie’s pocket and put it in front of Payne, “Check if this is

Kieran, “Your cousin doesn’t even