Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 276

Inside a villa located in Whispering Pines, a suburb in the south, a woman dressed in a white T-shirt and high-waisted denim shorts sat on a bed in the bedroom. The room was spacious with only a solitary bed, devoid of any other furniture. The windows were designed with burglar bars, making escape impossible.

The bed was adorned with two pillows and a grey blanket, while a dark blue coat lay next to it. A pair of white canvas shoes were placed by the bedside.

The bedroom door swung open, and a tall man, nearing six-foot-three, pushed a food cart into the room.

The woman turned swiftly at the sound. Her blonde hair fell over her shoulders, her blue eyes pure and clear, and her skin was fair and smooth. Her doll-like eyes glanced at the food cart before sweeping over the bodyguard outside the door.

“Hey!” she said in a slightly accented English, addressing the man pushing the food cart. “How many of you guys are there?”

“You won’t be able to escape, so don’t even try,” the man said.

She chuckled, “So, how long do you plan on keeping me here?”

“That depends on my boss. Just sit tight, we won’t mistreat you,” the man replied.

“But I’m so bored, there’s no one to talk to all day,” she complained, looking at the man. “Can you tell me who your boss is? Do you know why you guys kidnapped

me?”

The man evaded her questions, placing the food on the table and gesturing to it. “Please eat.”

Reluctantly, she sat on the edge of the bed and started eating.

“I’ve been kidnapped for quite some time now. Even if you don’t tell me who your boss is, can you request him to give me a tablet to play with? I won’t go online, I just want to play some offline games…”

She kept bringing up this matter while eating. Eventually, the man, seemingly annoyed, made a call, presumably to his superior. He switched off the room’s Wi-Fi and handed her a tablet pre-loaded with games.

She immediately grabbed the tablet and started playing, obediently sitting on the bed.

The man exited the room, locking the door behind him.

Suddenly, there was a loud crash from downstairs.

The two bodyguards at the door exchanged glances. The tall one spoke into the walkie-talkie, “Scar, what’s happening?”

The walkie-talkie emitted a buzzing sound, but there was no reply from Scar.

“Stay here, I’ll go check it out,” the tall man told the other bodyguard. He pulled out a gun from behind him and made his way downstairs.

At the front door, he found Scar and another colleague writhing on the floor, a woman standing between them, her foot on their hands.

gun at the woman in black,

then warned,

Raines, who had come up from behind with a vase.

me for?” Raines said, meaning that Julien could have taken care of

cold glance, “I thought you wanted to come.”

young master had asked him to come…

the ground, Raines remarked, “Is it so easy to

phone

asked Julien, “Aren’t we here to rescue someone? What are you doing?”

guns in some illegal ways. I’m calling the cops.” Julien quickly reported

wiped off his fingerprints from the gun with his coat and put it back

upstairs.” Julien handcuffed the unconscious man to a nearby iron railing.

what about you carrying handcuffs?” Raines asked as he made his way upstairs.

there a law against using

young master saw

top of the stairs, he found another man in black already unconscious on the floor, clearly taken out by

the sight. The man in black was looking towards the bedroom, his face contorted with pain. Raines gestured to Julien downstairs, then crept towards

door opening, a woman’s scream echoed through the

been cut open somehow. Raines sprinted towards the window. A

from the front to the back window

the man, but didn’t pull

police sirens

chased after the man. However, he was too late.

van didn’t start.

the driver’s seat, greeting the panting Emily and the man in black who had just hopped into

he didn’t expect even Julien to take matters into her own

open the car door, and jumped into the surrounding

casually tossing the car

chased after

shock, opened the car door and ran

back, frowning at her,

felt that the man standing in front of her, who wore a hostile expression,

had misunderstood, Raines patiently explained, “I’m a good

Moore?” Emily asked, her eyes full of suspicion as she glanced towards the woods

Raines frowned, “What?”

Emily maintained her scepticism, but didn’t answer his question. Instead, she stepped back and asked, “And

guy Fred sent to rescue

Emily finally relaxed. However, she looked back towards the woods,