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, “I thought it

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

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

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

Kieran agreed to Julie’s

**

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.

out and put it on the floor, where

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

the task was

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

Bruce watched through binoculars. Upon seeing Julie startled, Bruce asked,

room 2404,

his head, “Wait.”

head, Julie was

Julie’s hand hovered over the black button on the watch, but she didn’t press it.

you.” He said, stopping

streak of bad luck. She wondered if she should press the

you

carries a gun daily,” he replied, stepping back.

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

and asked cautiously, “Do… do you live here?”

to

away, instead, he looked at her, a bit of

out of sight, how

clutched the box in her hand, prepared to fight tooth and nail before giving it up. Zenith, unable to text Julie at the moment, could only watch

further about the black box in her possession. His voice was

was indeed lucky. 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 had left her with was a gun with a few remaining

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