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.

Julien asked, “What’s going on?”

Julien replied, “I thought it was something

took off her wristwatch and put it around Julie’s wrist, pointing at a small black

she had to take the risk. With the backing of Julien and Hayden, and

to Zenith, we’re not supposed to leave, but we can still watch the

Kieran agreed to Julie’s

**

alert. The task seemed simple enough: leave the black box at the doorstep of the locked room. Julie took

Julie took the black box out and

was a bit too quiet compared

the task was

in her line of sight. Looking up, she saw a well-tailored black

Zenith and Bruce watched through binoculars. Upon seeing Julie startled, Bruce

room 2404, just

his

pointed a gun at her head,

black button on the watch,

He said, stopping at

wondered if she should press the button, but she wasn’t sure if

asked, “Are you carrying a

gun daily,” he replied, stepping

box

asked cautiously,

to room

respond right away, instead, he looked at her, a bit of tension in his gaze, and asked,

tucked it out of sight,

the box in her hand, prepared to fight tooth and nail before giving it up. Zenith, unable to text Julie

the black box in her possession. His voice was cold and detached.

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

associate, Kleist. Thankfully, Kleist was not here today. After all, he was the one who

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