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…”

watch. It

handed the

box and asked him with a puzzled

took her hand and led

to find a place to hide this ring!” Julie tried to break free from

the ring. Now she felt like holding 9 million dollars in cash, feeling anxious, hoping to deposit it in a bank vault as soon as possible.

finally understood why her mother had slapped her for

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

this topic and managed a forced smile, “Where are you taking me this late?”

foot. Where on

didn’t strike her as the type who’d patiently

enough, he wasn’t just taking her for a walk. He led

ringing a bell, Julie wisely chose

the door was pushed open from inside.

Kieran with a warm smile, “What brings you here this

Kieran

he’s home. But he’s been busy, didn’t even have dinner yet. He told-us-not-te

here to see

“I’ll

led

nor who ‘he’ Kieran was referring to. But

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

man was typing rapidly on a keyboard, surrounded by four computers, each running different programs, screens filled with codes that Julie

lost! I’m busy! I refuse to believe I can’t beat this jerk trying to

Julie was speechless.

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, so he publicly rejected their offer.

about comic creation. Later it was confirmed that the so-called Mister L was actually the eldest son of the Lamont

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

gossip was heard

bought off almost everyone around him, but for Payne, this legendary figure, she only heard the name, never met

saw him, she was kinda disappointed.

finally hit the enter key to deal with the “bastard” he was talking about, he turned to: Kieran

first time Julie heard someone refer to her as a bygone,

took out the emerald ring from Julie’s pocket and put it

speak when Julie shook Kieran’s arm and seriously asked Kieran, “Your cousin doesn’t even know anything about this ring, are you sure he can tell if this is real or fake?”