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…”

glanced at his watch. It

somewhere,” he handed the ring box to

back in the box and asked him with a puzzled

just took her hand and led

this ring!” Julie tried

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

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

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

to skip this topic and managed a

going on foot. Where on earth was he taking her?

was safe, but Kieran didn’t strike her as the type who’d

for a walk. He led her to a villa and rang the bell.

Kieran ringing a bell, Julie wisely chose to stay

the door was pushed open from inside.

Kieran with a warm smile,

he home?” Kieran asked bluntly.

‘he’ referred to and nodded, “Yes, he’s home. But he’s been

here to see him?”

nodded, “I’ll go up.”

he led Julie

didn’t know who lived here, nor who ‘he’ Kieran was referring to.

in front of a closed door.

a man was typing rapidly on a keyboard, surrounded by four computers, each running different programs, screens filled with codes that Julie couldn’t

beat this

Julie was speechless.

brilliant hacker. Even the National Security Agency had tried to recruit him. But he loved his freedom and didn’t like constraints,

to assist a comic artist named Mister L, learning 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 that they were actually in love. But when Mister L got married and had kids, those rumors came

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

course, most of the gossip was heard from Daphne.

bought off almost everyone around him, but for Payne, this legendary figure, she only heard the

him, she

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

her

the basics, stop envying my past,” Kieran took out the emerald

speak when Julie shook Kieran’s arm and seriously asked Kieran, “Your cousin doesn’t even