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 was

take you somewhere,” he handed the ring box to Julie.

box and asked him with a puzzled look, “Where are we

hand and led her out.

place to hide 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 as

mother had slapped her for merely

in close, “My face is worth 9 million dollars too, but that doesn’t stop you from hitting me,

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

were going on foot. Where

strike her as the type who’d patiently take her for a walk to bond.

sure enough, he wasn’t just taking her for a walk. He led her to a villa and rang the

a

the door was pushed open from

with a warm smile, “What brings you

he home?” Kieran asked

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

Are you here to see him?”

nodded, “I’ll go up.”

that, he led Julie inside.

been here before, didn’t know who lived here, nor who ‘he’ Kieran was referring to. But judging from Kieran’s tone and

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

surrounded by four computers, each running

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

Julie was speechless.

brilliant hacker. Even the National

the eldest son of the Lamont

a kid, Payne quit his job as a comic assistant. She recalls people saying

the gossip was

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

when she saw him, she was kinda disappointed.

he was talking about, he turned to: Kieran and said, “Kieran, people say let

Julie heard someone refer to her as a bygone, a past

past,” Kieran took out the emerald

doesn’t even know anything about this ring, are you sure he