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.

tall man quickly pointed his gun at

her hands in cooperation, then warned, “There’s someone

Raines, who had come up from behind with

amateurs here, what did you bring me for?” Raines said, meaning that Julien could have taken care of these guys in no

cold glance, “I thought you wanted

that the young master

ground, Raines remarked, “Is it so

her phone to

Julien, “Aren’t we

I’m calling the cops.” Julien quickly reported the villa’s address, making the call with

forehead. He wiped off his fingerprints from the gun with his coat and put it back into the tall man’s hand

handled things upstairs.” Julien handcuffed

Raines asked

“Is there

master saw

in

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

the sound of the door opening, a woman’s scream echoed through the

towards the window. A man

if Julien was quick, she wouldn’t be able to make it from the front to the back window in just a few seconds. As

the man, but didn’t pull

police sirens was

the gun away, jumped out the window, and chased after the man. However, he was too late.

van

Julien sat in the driver’s seat, greeting the panting Emily and the man

to send someone, but he didn’t expect even Julien to take matters into her own hands,

door, and jumped

her door, casually tossing the car keys to Raines. “Take her home.”

that, she chased after

in shock, opened the car door and ran after Julien. “Don’t

pulled Emily back, frowning at her, “Are you out of your mind,

wore a hostile expression, should be

patiently explained, “I’m a good guy. I’m here

you with Moore?” Emily asked, her eyes full of suspicion as

Raines frowned, “What?”

Emily maintained her scepticism, but didn’t answer his

to rescue you,”

back towards the woods,