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?”

to which Julien replied,

wristwatch and put it around Julie’s wrist, pointing at a small black button, “If you’re in

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

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

Kieran agreed to

**

Julie approached room 2404, she was careful and alert. The task seemed simple enough: leave the black box at the doorstep of the locked room. Julie took a deep breath and finally reached the

Julie took the black box out and put it on the floor, where someone should see

no one around, but the place was a bit too

task was so easy!” Julie thought.

line of sight. Looking up, she saw a well-tailored black suit, and chin of a man. The man suddenly looked down, showing

through binoculars. Upon seeing Julie startled, Bruce asked, “Sir, should we send someone?”

around room 2404, just in

shook his head, “Wait.”

head, Julie

Julie’s hand hovered over the black button on the watch, but she

stopping at

of bad luck. She wondered if she should press the button, but she wasn’t

you carrying

carries a gun daily,” he

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

a daring hunch and asked cautiously, “Do… do you

referring to room

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

carefully tucked it out of sight, how did he still

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

up, not pressing further about the black

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

his associate, Kleist. Thankfully, Kleist was not