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

the situation, to which Julien replied, “I thought it was something

a small black button, “If you’re

the risk. With the

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

Kieran agreed to

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

box out and put it on the floor, where someone should see it as soon as he opened

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

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

sight. Looking up, she saw a well-tailored black suit,

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

men were stationed around room 2404, just

his head, “Wait.”

at her head, Julie

hovered over the black button on the watch, but she

stopping at a safe distance.

of bad luck. She wondered if she should press the button, but she wasn’t sure if she had completed her task.

“Are you carrying a

gun daily,” he replied, stepping back.

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

had a daring hunch and asked

to room 2404.

bit of

carefully tucked it out of sight, how did he still see it?

nail before giving it up. Zenith, unable to text Julie at the moment, could only

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

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 survival and escape from that island were thanks to

Thankfully, Kleist was not