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 cooperation, then warned, “There’s someone behind

by Raines, who had come up from behind

these amateurs here, what did you bring me for?” Raines said, meaning that Julien could have taken care of these guys in

a cold glance, “I thought you wanted

couldn’t admit that the young master had

Raines remarked, “Is

took out her phone to make

was inspecting the gun, he asked Julien, “Aren’t we here

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

down Raines’ forehead. He wiped off his fingerprints from the gun with his coat and put it back into the tall

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

handcuffs?” Raines asked as he

and smirked, “Is there a law against using

master saw in

top of the stairs, he found another man in black

with pain. Raines gestured to Julien downstairs, then crept towards the bedroom door. He put on gloves, took the gun from the unconscious man, and kicked the

door opening, a woman’s

been cut open somehow. Raines sprinted towards the

the front to the back window in just a few seconds. As Raines predicted,

his gun at the man, but didn’t

the sound of police sirens

the man. However, he was too late. He could only watch as the man jumped into a black

the van

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

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

car door,

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

that, she chased

and

pulled Emily back, frowning at her, “Are you out

hostile expression,

Raines patiently explained, “I’m

Emily asked, her eyes full of suspicion as she glanced

Raines frowned, “What?”

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

sent to rescue you,” Raines replied.

hearing her father’s name, Emily finally relaxed. However, she looked back towards