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 was 9:30

handed the ring box to Julie.

ring back in the box and asked him with a puzzled look,

just took her hand and

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

the value of the ring. Now she felt like holding 9 million

had slapped her for merely touching

worth 9

topic and managed a forced

foot. Where

Kieran didn’t strike her as the

walk. He led her to a

the previous experience with Kieran ringing a bell, Julie wisely chose

door was pushed open from inside.

a warm smile, “What

Kieran

“Yes, he’s home. But he’s

here to see

“I’ll go up.”

that, he led Julie

who ‘he’ Kieran was referring

stopped in front of a closed

a keyboard, surrounded by four computers, each running different programs, screens filled with codes that Julie couldn’t decipher.

believe I can’t beat this jerk trying to track my IP. Just

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 like constraints, so he publicly rejected their offer.

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

as a comic assistant. She recalls people

the gossip

chasing Kieran, Julie had bought off almost everyone around him, but for

him, she was kinda disappointed.

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

refer to her as a bygone, a past that

took out the emerald ring from Julie’s pocket and put it in front of Payne, “Check

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