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

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

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

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

to Julie’s insistence.

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at the doorstep of the locked room. Julie took a deep breath and finally reached the door of

out and put it on the floor, where someone should see it as

around, but the place was a bit too quiet

task was

she placed 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

watched through binoculars. Upon

room 2404, just

shook his

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

the black button on

you.” He said, stopping at a safe distance.

she was having a streak of bad luck. She wondered if she should press the button, but she wasn’t sure if

quickly asked, “Are you

gun daily,” he replied, stepping

onto the black box

daring hunch and asked cautiously,

to room

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

carefully tucked it out of sight, how did he

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

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

scared, got up from the ground. She 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

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