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

to which Julien replied, “I thought it

and put it around Julie’s wrist, pointing at a small black

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

Zenith, we’re not supposed to leave, but we can still watch the entrance to

to Julie’s insistence.

**

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

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

bit too quiet compared with

was so

of shiny leather shoes in her line of sight. Looking up, she saw a well-tailored black suit,

across the hotel, Zenith and Bruce watched through binoculars. Upon seeing Julie startled,

men were stationed around room 2404,

shook his head, “Wait.”

at her head, Julie was

hovered over the black button on the watch,

He said, stopping at a

wondered if she should press the button, but she wasn’t sure if she had completed

quickly asked, “Are you carrying a gun today?”

gun daily,” he replied,

onto the black box tightly,

hunch and asked

to room 2404.

a bit of tension in his

it out of sight, how

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

the black box in her possession. His voice was cold and

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

not here today. After all, he

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