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?”

Julien replied, “I thought it

at a small black button, “If you’re in danger, press this. We’ll

once Julie completed her task, so she had to take the risk. With the backing

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

agreed to Julie’s insistence.

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alert. The task seemed simple enough: leave the black box at the doorstep of the locked

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

bit too quiet compared with

task was so easy!” Julie

her line of sight. Looking up, she saw a well-tailored black

binoculars. Upon seeing Julie startled, Bruce asked,

stationed around room 2404,

his head, “Wait.”

once pointed a gun at her head, Julie was terrified.

closer. Julie’s hand hovered over the black button on the

said, stopping

felt like she was having a streak of bad luck. She wondered if she

quickly asked, “Are you carrying a

gun daily,” he replied, stepping

the black box tightly,

asked cautiously, “Do…

was referring to

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

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

it up. Zenith, unable to text Julie

alive, lucky you.” The man stood up, not pressing further about the black box in her possession. His voice was cold and detached.

man dared to venture, full of with unknown and potentially

associate, Kleist. Thankfully, Kleist was not here today. After all, he was the

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