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.

asked, “What’s going

situation, to which Julien replied,

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

once Julie completed her task, so she had to take the risk. With the backing of Julien and Hayden, and the

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

to Julie’s

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leave the black box at the doorstep of the locked room. Julie took a deep breath and

door was locked, there must be someone inside. Julie took the black box out and put it on the floor, where someone should see it as

but the place was a bit too quiet compared with the bustle of

didn’t realize the task was so easy!” Julie

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 Julie

Bruce watched through binoculars. Upon seeing Julie startled, Bruce asked, “Sir, should

were stationed around room

shook his

the man who once pointed a gun at her head, Julie was terrified.

over the black button on the watch,

you.” He said, stopping at

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

quickly asked, “Are you

daily,” he replied,

Julie held onto the black box tightly, hoping he wouldn’t notice.

a daring hunch and asked cautiously, “Do… do you live here?”

to room

her, a bit of tension in his

tucked it out of sight, how did

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

about the black box in her possession. His

and scared, got up from the ground. She was indeed lucky. This man had left her on a deserted island, a place where no man dared to venture, full of with unknown and potentially harmful creatures. All he had left her with was a gun with a few remaining bullets. Her

Kleist was not here today. After all, he