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 on?”

quickly explained the situation, to which Julien replied, “I thought it

wrist, pointing at a small black button, “If you’re in danger, press this. We’ll be there in

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

about we check the surveillance of this floor? According to Zenith, we’re not supposed to

to

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was careful and 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 put it

was a bit too quiet compared with the bustle of the banquet hall downstairs.

realize the task was so easy!” Julie thought.

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

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

men were stationed around room 2404, just in case.

shook his

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

moving closer. Julie’s hand hovered over the black button on the watch, but she didn’t press it.

stopping at

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

quickly asked, “Are you carrying a gun

a gun daily,” he replied,

box tightly, hoping he wouldn’t notice.

asked cautiously,

was referring to room 2404.

didn’t respond right away, instead, he looked at her, a bit of tension

sight, how

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

pressing further about the black box in her possession. His voice

where no man dared to venture, full of with unknown and potentially harmful creatures. All he

man, and particularly his associate, Kleist. Thankfully, Kleist was not here today. After all, he was the one who had nearly ended her life