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 on?”

to which Julien replied,

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

was to reveal all truths once Julie completed her task, so she had to take the risk. With the backing of Julien and Hayden, and the promise from Zenith, she was

about we check the surveillance of this floor? According to Zenith, we’re not supposed to leave, but we can still watch the entrance to

agreed to

**

the black box at the doorstep of

and put it on the floor, where someone

place was a bit too quiet compared with the bustle of

realize the task was

she noticed a pair of shiny leather shoes in her line of sight. Looking up, she saw a well-tailored black suit, and chin

binoculars. Upon seeing Julie startled, Bruce asked,

were stationed around room

shook his head, “Wait.”

gun at her head, Julie was terrified. “You…you…” This man was

down, moving closer. Julie’s hand hovered over the black button on the

you.” He said, stopping

she was having a streak of bad luck. She wondered if she should press the

you carrying a gun today?”

daily,” he replied, stepping

the black box tightly,

asked cautiously, “Do… do you

to room 2404.

instead, he looked at her, a bit of tension in his gaze, and asked, “What are you hiding?”

out of sight, how did he still see

clutched the box in her hand, prepared to fight tooth and nail before giving it up. Zenith, unable to text Julie at the moment, could only watch the standoff from

The man stood up, not pressing further about the black box in her possession. His voice

venture, full of with unknown and potentially harmful creatures.

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 her life