Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 230

Standing at the door was a lady. She was wearing black seven-inch stilettos, a white shirt paired with a formal skirt suit. Her long hair hung straight from her head to her waist. She wore black-framed glasses, her eyebrows slightly furrowed as she stared at the crowd at the door.

“Who are you guys looking for?” the lady asked.

Dylan glanced behind her. “Isn’t Bruce here?”

“You’ve got the wrong room,” the lady responded coldly, but still managed a polite smile.

“But our check-in record shows that the guest is Bruce. Are you his…” the manager queried her.

The lady glanced at the manager’s badge, “Does your hotel always disturb guests like this? Tracy, could you double-check with the front desk? We just checked in ten minutes ago.”

“This…” The manager was somewhat taken aback, turning to look at Kieran.

“Go check,” Kieran told the manager, then gave Dylan a look.

Dylan got the message and left with the manager. As soon as they entered the elevator, he immediately called the general manager of the hotel, instructing him to lock down the entire hotel and monitor everything.

After Tracy called the front desk and confirmed, she turned to Kieran apologetically, “Mr. Hernandez, Bruce was indeed staying here earlier, but he checked out half an hour ago. Miss Lisa checked in ten minutes ago.”

“Do you guys have any other business?” The lady named Lisa politely nodded at Kieran.

Suddenly, a magnetic voice came from inside the room, “What’s going on, Lisa?”

Before Lisa could answer, a man wearing a black shirt and light-colored gold-rimmed glasses came out of the room. He was wearing white cloth slippers, his short hair looking neat and tidy.

He walked up to Julie and Kieran, then stopped.

Julie’s eyes darkened. She looked at the man, asking in disbelief, “Kyle?”

Kyle also appeared taken aback that Julie was at the door. He narrowed his eyes slightly, then a look of joy appeared on his face, “Joyce?”

“It’s me. Kyle, what are you doing here?” Julie looked inside the room, as if searching for something.

Kyle glanced at Lisa, “You can go back in.”

Lisa gave Julie and Kieran a look before turning to leave.

grinned at Kieran, “I’m guessing you’re Mr. Hernandez? We

was now in his thirties. He looked mature and cultured, each word he uttered carried the air of a gentleman. The way he looked at Kieran

man named Kyle. In his second year of high school, the school organized a trip. Julie insisted on dragging him to the supermarket to buy some necessities for the trip. It

Kieran’s house. He only heard about Kyle occasionally from Julie. In Julie’s eyes back then, Kyle was the typical good boyfriend. From the details Julie used to tell him, he could tell that

they suddenly broke up, even canceling their

hand to Kieran, indicating he wanted to shake hands.

smile. He shook hands with Kyle,

Julie were in high school then! Those were the wildest years,” Kyle opened

seat?”

as they walked towards the room, “Why do you sound so mature now?

his phone on the coffee table, then pointed to the sofa across, “Please, sit. I just arrived at Whispering Pines. I was planning to contact you guys after settling

with someone to discuss business here in this room. We got a bit delayed on the way here, so he might have

After a while, he turned to look out the window. The lights outside were

a lot,” he

and calmly responded, “You’ve changed quite

his head, his gaze sharp.

Kieran knew he was, sizing up Kyle and

gave Kieran a slight smile and

with

Kyle stood up and opened the door.

at the door were a few men in casual clothes. They showed their IDs, “National

room to start their search. They didn’t find the person they were looking for, only saw Kieran and Julie

up, arm around Julie’s waist, smiling at Kyle, “Seems like he won’t be coming back. Sorry for

and Kieran, nodding his

then pulled out his phone to call

I’m waiting for you guys downstairs,”

Kyle in the room turned his gaze to the few agents from

the room, the

the hotel’s surveillance footage,

came through the closed

He removed his gold-rimmed glasses from the bridge of his nose,

car.

you checked the surveillance footage?”

tampered with. Someone did enter room 1423. It was a stranger who brought Lucian upstairs, and he was also the one who checked in. He’s probably Bruce. Looks like

with only Dylan’s