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 going

Julien replied, “I thought it

put it around Julie’s wrist, pointing at a small black button, “If you’re in danger, press this. We’ll be

her task, so she had to take the risk. With the backing of Julien and Hayden,

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

to Julie’s

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enough: leave the black box at the doorstep of the locked

was locked, there must be someone inside. Julie took the black box out and put it on the floor, where someone should see it as soon as he opened the

one around, but the place was a bit too quiet compared with the bustle of the

realize the task was so easy!” Julie

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

building across the hotel, Zenith and Bruce watched through binoculars. Upon

were stationed around room 2404,

his head, “Wait.”

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

hand hovered over the black button on

stopping

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

you

daily,” he replied, stepping back.

black box tightly,

daring hunch and asked cautiously,

was referring to room 2404.

he looked at her, a bit of tension in his gaze, and asked, “What are you

sight, how did he still

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

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

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 Kieran’s timely arrival.

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