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

the box and asked him

hand and led her

ring!”

didn’t realize the value of the ring. Now she felt like holding 9 million dollars in cash, feeling anxious, hoping to deposit it

finally understood why her mother had slapped her for

leaned in close, “My face is worth 9 million dollars too,

and managed a forced smile, “Where

they were going on foot. Where on earth was

but Kieran didn’t strike her as the type who’d patiently take her for a walk to

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

the previous experience with Kieran ringing a bell, Julie wisely

door was pushed open

with a warm smile, “What brings you here this

home?” Kieran

who ‘he’ referred to and nodded, “Yes, he’s home. But he’s been busy, didn’t even have dinner

Are you here to see him?”

“I’ll go up.”

led

lived here, nor who ‘he’ Kieran was referring to. But judging from

her upstairs and stopped in front of a closed door.

a keyboard, surrounded by four computers, each running different

refuse to believe I can’t beat this jerk trying to track

Julie was speechless.

his confident words, she guessed who 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

the eldest son of the Lamont family. Because they were so close, there were rumors that they were actually in love. But when Mister L got married

assistant. She recalls people saying that Payne quit because he felt betrayed by Mister L, unable to

the gossip was

Julie had bought off almost everyone around him, but for Payne,

she saw him, she was

key to deal with the “bastard” he was talking about, he turned to: Kieran and said, “Kieran, people say

first time Julie heard someone refer to her as a bygone, a past that Kieran dug up again…

the emerald ring from Julie’s pocket and put it in front of

and seriously asked Kieran, “Your cousin doesn’t even know anything about this ring, are you sure he can tell if this is real