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.

the nearest

“Huh?”

at

want to cut your hair?” Raines asked

want to shave it all off.”

the door. Feeling like he had been saved, be quickly handed Hayden the tablet he had been holding, “Emily

that, Raines

at him, walked out, only to be stopped by

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

my command?” Hayden’s hawk-like eyes locked onto Julien’s

each other, Julien could clearly feel Hayden’s warm breath. She

when I left

he had

her, his gaze so deep as if he was expecting

him away with all her strength, saying, “The past is the past. The man I remember is dead in my memory. What are you trying to say by bringing up past

because I owe

to wait for me,” Hayden suddenly said

initially indifferent, but upon hearing his words,

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

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 eventual

leaving without a word was not one of them. And she had never received the text

“I think you misunderstood. I never thought

to leave. The highly intelligent Hayden probably realized she never received the text, but he

he said to Julien.

continued to leave, as if she

just said she would obey my commands is

deep breath, stopped, and turned around, “What are

stood there, telling her, “Unless you want

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

could finish her sentence, she was pinned against the door behind her. The man had one hand on the door and the other

Every time

completely

down at her, his rough fingers gently brushing over her burning lips. His body pressed against hers, his

tightly controlled by the man, couldn’t even lift her leg to kick him. So while she