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.

Julien asked, “What’s going on?”

which Julien replied, “I thought

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

Julie completed her task, so she had to take the risk.

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

to Julie’s insistence.

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alert. The task seemed simple enough: leave the black box at the

enough, the door was locked, there must be someone inside. Julie took the black box out and

was a bit too quiet compared with the bustle of

was so easy!” Julie

the box down, 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 suddenly looked down, showing a face that made Julie

hotel, Zenith and Bruce watched through binoculars.

room 2404, just in

his head, “Wait.”

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

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

stopping at a safe

a streak of bad luck. She wondered if she should press the button, but she

asked, “Are you

gun daily,” he

black box tightly, hoping he wouldn’t

hunch and asked cautiously, “Do… do you

was referring to

at her, a bit of tension in his gaze, and asked, “What are

it out of sight, how did he

it up. Zenith, unable to text Julie at the moment, could only watch the standoff from a

stood up, not pressing further about the black box in her possession. His voice was cold and

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

particularly his associate, Kleist. Thankfully, Kleist was not here