Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 277

“Safe travels, come back alive, so you can die by my hand,” Hayden ended the call.

Julien was about to approach Hayden to discuss the mysterious man in black, when he suddenly turned around and asked, “Do you like flowers?”

Taken aback, Julien hesitated at the entrance of the room before turning around to leave.

“Stop!” Hayden’s commanding voice echoed from behind.

Julien stopped in her tracks and turned to him, “I don’t answer personal questions.”

“What do you want to say?” The topic of flowers was seemingly closed between them.

“I found Simon, the first in line to inherit the Fitzgerald family fortune, his private jet took off twenty-three hours ago, on a domestic flight path, but lost contact midway. I can’t locate the specific landing spot,” Julien reported.

Hayden’s eyes hardened, “Did you find out his purpose?”

:

“Vacation,” Julien replied. “I figured out the charitable donation. Simon initiated it, intended for global special cases, specifically for typical difficult diseases and targeted cancer patients. However, due to an error in verifying the list, the funds were donated to Sansa, who shares the same name. It was purely coincidental.”

“Do you believe that?” Hayden asked Julien with a meaningful look.

Julien scoffed, “No.”

At some point, Hayden had moved in front of Julien. He gently stroked her hair, “I don’t believe it either. Keep investigating.”

With that, he calmly left the study, leaving Julien standing alone.

After a while, Raines returned to the study to look for Hayden, but finding only Julien, he casually asked, “Where’s the young master…?”

“Get out!”

Taken aback by Julien’s outburst, Raines was surprised. However, he knew better than to argue and promptly left.

“Wait,” Julien called out to Raines before he could leave.

Raines stopped reflexively.

nearest

“Huh?”

at

to cut your hair?” Raines asked incredulously.

I want to shave

he had been saved, be quickly handed Hayden the tablet he had been holding, “Emily asked me to give this to you.”

Raines

walked out,

no match for Hayden’s strength and ended up being pulled back into his arms. Instead of struggling, she calmly said, “If you have something to say, just say it. I will definitely obey your command to stay still, so you don’t need to go through the trouble of grabbing me.”

Hayden’s hawk-like eyes locked onto

feel Hayden’s warm breath. She remained

when I left years ago?” He tightened his grip on her waist.

memory, he had left

gaze so deep as if he was expecting

strength, saying, “The past is the past. The man I

owe him. But I’m not responsible for reminiscing about the

wait for me,” Hayden

was initially indifferent, but upon hearing his words, she fell silent, her face

the message, I told you to wait for me, to wait for me to take responsibility for

reckless, one-sided love for him back then. She had never expected anything from him, nor had she ever asked him to take responsibility. She had even considered that her impulsive actions would lead to a major fight and their

outcomes, him leaving without a word was not one of them.

misunderstood. I never thought

intelligent Hayden probably realized she never received the text, but he did not

he said to

to leave, as if she hadn’t heard him.

is now refusing very straightforwardly,” he said from behind

deep breath, stopped, and turned around, “What

of your words just now,” he stood there, telling her, “Unless you want

own plans. And back then, I was an adult too. I had the courage to take responsibility for everything I did… just don’t come any closer. Stay right there and let me finish!” Julien pointed at the man who was stepping towards him. “The things

door behind her. The man had one hand on the door and the other around her waist, pressing her firmly against the door.

furious. Every time

on until she was out of breath and sense, her body completely weak. Only then did he finally have the mercy to

at her, his rough fingers gently brushing over her burning lips. His body pressed against hers, his deep, ocean-like

even lift her leg to kick him. So while she cursed