Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 299

Kieran saw Julie’s text message, his expression morphing into a tight frown.

Flavia, noticing their troubled expressions, voiced her concern, “Can I be of any help?”

Julie looked up at Flavia, a small smile playing on her lips, “No, thank you.”

Flavia chuckled, “Well, you’re a friend of my sister, so that makes you a friend of mine.”

At this, Kenton, notorious famous wife-protector, nodded in agreement, “My wife’s got a point there.”

He then turned to Hayden, “Are you going to say anything or just continue being mute?”

“No.” Hayden replied, his tone cold and distant.

Flavia tugged at Kenton’s sleeve, a look that screamed ‘why are you provoking him?’ on her face.

Julien seemed to be oblivious to all the commotion.

Soon, another text message buzzed on Julie’s phone, this time from Zenith, “Julie, go alone. Leave the black box at room 2404. I promise you’ll be safe.”

“I’ll go,” Kieran offered, reaching for Julie’s phone, but she held onto it tightly, not handing over the black box.

Her phone rang again, another text from Zenith, “Ker, Trust me.”

Only Lucian called Kieran by that nickname, not even Amanda used it. Julie’s phone had been delivered just before the banquet by Zenith’s people.

She pried Kieran’s fingers off her phone, looking at him with a determined gaze, “If Zenith is Lucian, we have to trust him. We must trust him.”

The black box contained a USB drive, and if it were as safe as Zenith claimed, he could have delivered it himself or sent someone else. But he insisted Julie do it, indicating the importance and safety of her doing so, and the risk involved if anyone else did.

Kieran understood this.

Their argument over the text messages left the others confused.

“What’s going

explained the situation, to which Julien replied, “I

off her wristwatch and put it around Julie’s wrist, pointing at a small black button, “If you’re in danger, press this. We’ll be

completed her task, so she had to take the risk. With the backing of Julien and Hayden, and the promise from Zenith, she

of this floor? According to Zenith, we’re not supposed to leave, but we

agreed to

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she was careful and alert. The task seemed simple enough: leave the black box at the doorstep of the locked room. Julie took a

someone inside. Julie took the black box out and put it on the floor, where someone should see

was a bit too quiet compared with the bustle of the

realize the task was

shoes in her line of sight. Looking up, she saw a well-tailored black suit, and chin of a man. The man suddenly looked down, showing a face that made

building across the hotel, Zenith and Bruce watched through binoculars. Upon seeing Julie startled, Bruce asked, “Sir, should we

were stationed around room

his

a gun at her head,

black button on the watch, but she didn’t press

He said, stopping at a safe

wondered if she should

asked, “Are you

a gun daily,” he replied, stepping

black box tightly,

and asked cautiously, “Do… do

to room

away, instead, he looked at her, a bit of tension

tucked it out of sight, how did he still see it?

to fight tooth and nail before giving it up. Zenith, unable to text Julie at the moment, could only watch the

about the

to venture, full of with unknown and potentially harmful creatures. All he had left her with was a gun with a few

that never mess with this man, and particularly his associate, Kleist. Thankfully, Kleist was not here today. After all, he was the one who had nearly ended