Love’s Cunning Ruse ( Mr.Kieran And Julie )

Chapter 167

Since it was Julie’s request, Noah didn’t hesitate a bit to rip open the courier package, revealing a beautifully wrapped purple box inside. “Keep going,” Julie urged.

Noah opened the purple wrapping, revealing a delicate black velvet box that looked pretty fancy.

It reminded him of a ring box.

Julie glanced at Kieran, as if asking if he had anything to do with the package. After all, apart from Kieran and Elliot, no one else had ever presented her with a ring. And her name was clearly written on the box.

But Kieran just shrugged and said, “Anonymity ain’t my style.”

Well, figures…

A guy like Kieran, confident and unapologetic, when he gave her a ring, he’d put it directly on her finger, leaving no room for refusal.

While Julie and Kieran were talking, Noah had already opened the box.

Inside, there was a stunning ring.

The very emerald they had seen at the auction earlier that day.

After being stunned for a moment, Julie laughed and said, “Who’s so boring to send a fake over.”

“There’s a certificate of authenticity,” Noah held up the gem certificate to the camera.

Julie glanced at it and chuckled, “They’ve done a good job, even prepared a fake certificate.”

She casually teased, looking at Kieran with a playful smile, but his expression was serious. Her smile froze…

Kieran was usually confident, rarely showing such a serious look. Did this mean…

“What is it?” Julie asked hesitantly, “Wasn’t the ring bought at the auction? That can’t be the real one, right?”

She was partly asking Kieran’s opinion, partly comforting herself that it must be a fake. After all, who would spend 9 million dollars on an emerald ring for her…

But Kieran’s expression seemed to suggest the ring wasn’t a fake.

Instead of answering, he dialed a number on his phone.

to their villa. Julie took a good look at the ring, then turned to Kieran with a serious look, “It looks

at his watch. It was 9:30 PM.

take you somewhere,” he handed the ring

ring back in the box and asked him with a puzzled look, “Where are

hand and led

this ring!” Julie tried to break free from Kieran’s grip.

9 million dollars in cash,

her mother had slapped her for merely

worth 9 million dollars too, but that doesn’t stop

skip this topic and managed a forced smile,

on foot. Where on earth was he taking her?

neighborhood was safe, but Kieran didn’t strike her as the type who’d patiently take her

sure enough, he wasn’t just taking her for a walk. He led her to

the previous experience with Kieran ringing a bell, Julie wisely chose to stay

was pushed open from inside.

in her fifties greeted Kieran with a warm smile, “What

he home?” Kieran asked bluntly.

knew who ‘he’ referred to and nodded, “Yes, he’s home. But he’s been busy, didn’t even have dinner yet.

Are you here

nodded, “I’ll go

that, he led

Kieran was

of a closed door. Without knocking, he pushed the door

rapidly on a keyboard, surrounded by four computers, each running different programs, screens filled with codes that Julie couldn’t decipher.

busy! I refuse to believe I can’t beat

Julie was speechless.

who the man was. She’d heard about Kieran’s cousin, Payne Hernandez, a brilliant hacker. Even the National Security Agency had tried to recruit him. But he loved his freedom and didn’t like constraints, so he publicly

eldest son of the Lamont family. Because they were so close, there were rumors that they were actually in

recalls people saying that Payne quit because he felt betrayed by Mister L, unable to accept that

the gossip was heard from Daphne.

Julie had bought off almost everyone around him, but for Payne, this legendary figure, she only heard the

him, she was kinda disappointed.

he turned to: Kieran and said, “Kieran, people say