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

which Julien replied, “I thought it was something big.”

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

task, so she had to take the risk. With the backing of Julien and Hayden, and the promise from Zenith, she was

floor? According to Zenith, we’re not supposed to leave, but we can still watch the

to Julie’s insistence.

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

be someone inside. Julie took the black box out and put it on the

too quiet compared with the

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

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 jump

a building across the hotel, Zenith and Bruce watched through binoculars. Upon seeing Julie startled, Bruce asked, “Sir, should we send someone?”

room

shook his head, “Wait.”

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

over the black button on the watch, but she didn’t press it.

stopping at

if she should press the button, but she wasn’t sure if she had completed her task.

“Are you

gun daily,”

box tightly, hoping he wouldn’t

hunch and asked cautiously, “Do… do

referring to

instead, he looked at her, a bit of tension in his gaze,

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

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

alive, lucky you.” The man stood up, not pressing further about the black

This man had left her on a deserted island, a place where no man dared to venture, full of with

never mess with this man, and particularly his associate, Kleist. Thankfully, Kleist was not here today. After all, he was