Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 277

“Safe travels, come back alive, so you can die by my hand,” Hayden ended the call.

Julien was about to approach Hayden to discuss the mysterious man in black, when he suddenly turned around and asked, “Do you like flowers?”

Taken aback, Julien hesitated at the entrance of the room before turning around to leave.

“Stop!” Hayden’s commanding voice echoed from behind.

Julien stopped in her tracks and turned to him, “I don’t answer personal questions.”

“What do you want to say?” The topic of flowers was seemingly closed between them.

“I found Simon, the first in line to inherit the Fitzgerald family fortune, his private jet took off twenty- three hours ago, on a domestic flight path, but lost contact midway. I can’t locate the specific landing spot,” Julien reported.

Hayden’s eyes hardened, “Did you find out his purpose?”

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“Vacation,” Julien replied. “I figured out the charitable donation. Simon initiated it, intended for global special cases, specifically for typical difficult diseases and targeted cancer patients. However, due to an error in verifying the list, the funds were donated to Sansa, who shares the same name. It was purely coincidental.”

“Do you believe that?” Hayden asked Julien with a meaningful look.

Julien scoffed, “No.”

At some point, Hayden had moved in front of Julien. He gently stroked her hair, “I don’t believe it either. Keep investigating.”

With that, he calmly left the study, leaving Julien standing alone.

After a while, Raines returned to the study to look for Hayden, but finding only Julien, he casually asked, “Where’s the young master…?”

“Get out!”

Taken aback by Julien’s outburst, Raines was surprised. However, he knew better than to argue and promptly left.

“Wait,” Julien called out to Raines before he could leave.

Raines stopped reflexively.

“Where’s the nearest salon?”

“Huh?”

Julien stared at Raines.

“Do you want to cut your hair?” Raines asked incredulously.

“Yep, I want to shave it all off.”

Raines managed a strained smile, only to see Hayden reappear at the door. Feeling like he had been saved, be quickly handed Hayden the tablet he had been holding, “Emily asked me to give this to you.”

With that, Raines rushed away.

Julien, not bothering to look at him, walked out, only to be stopped by Hayden.

Julien was no match for Hayden’s strength and ended up being pulled back into his arms. Instead of struggling, she calmly said, “If you have something to say, just say it. I will definitely obey your command to stay still, so you don’t need to go through the trouble of grabbing me.”

“Obey my command?” Hayden’s hawk-like eyes locked onto Julien’s face.

They were close to each other, Julien could clearly feel Hayden’s warm breath. She remained silent in response to his question.

“Do you remember what I told you when I left years ago?” He tightened his grip on her waist.

Julien didn’t respond. In her memory, he had left without a word.

But he kept staring at her, his gaze so deep as if he was expecting an answer.

In the end, Julien pushed him away with all her strength, saying, “The past is the past. The man I remember is dead in my memory. What are you trying to say by bringing up past events?”

After a pause, she added, “I obey my superior’s commands because I owe him. But I’m not responsible for reminiscing about the past with him.”

“I asked you to wait for me,” Hayden suddenly said to Julien.

Julien was initially indifferent, but upon hearing his words, she fell silent, her face stiffening.

“After I left, I sent you a text. It was a rush, and in the message, I told you to wait for me, to wait for me to take responsibility for you,” he explained.

Julien only recalled her reckless, one-sided love for him back then. She had never expected anything from him, nor had she ever asked him to take responsibility. She had even considered that her

impulsive actions would lead to a major fight and their eventual separation.

But among all the possible outcomes, him leaving without a word was not one of them. And she had never received the text he mentioned.

Julien looked at Hayden, “I think you misunderstood. I never thought you were wrong

With that, she turned to leave. The highly intelligent Hayden probably realized she never received the text, but he did not understand what she meant by her words.

“Stop,” he said to Julien.

But the stubborn woman by the door continued to leave, as if she hadn’t heard him.

“The person who just said she would obey my commands is now refusing very straightforwardly,” he said from behind her.

Julien took a deep breath, stopped, and turned around, “What are your orders?”

“Explain the meaning of your words just now,” he stood there, telling her, “Unless you want me to follow you right now.”

“I don’t think you’ve done anything wrong. You’re an adult, and you have every right to make your own plans. And back then, I was an adult too. I had the courage to take responsibility for everything I did… just don’t come any closer. Stay right there and let me finish!” Julien pointed at the man who was stepping towards him. “The things I didn’t understand back then… Time has given me the answers. I… um…

Before she could finish her sentence, she was pinned against the door behind her. The man had one hand on the door and the other around her waist, pressing her firmly against the door.

The kisses came down like a storm, fast and furious. Every time she tried to speak, he took advantage of her breathlessness.

This went on until she was out of breath and sense, her body completely weak. Only then did he finally have the mercy to release her lips.

Taking advantage of his height, he looked down at her, his rough fingers gently brushing over her burning lips. His body pressed against hers, his deep, ocean-like eyes staring at her unblinkingly. His attractive, thin lips parted slightly, “Speak. I’m listening.”·

“Bastard!” Julien, tightly controlled by the man, couldn’t even lift her leg to kick him. So while she cursed him, she headbutted him.

But his reaction was much faster than hers. Before her forehead could hit his, he had already reached out his hand and covered her head. In the end, her pale forehead hit his soft palm, and she didn’t feel any pain at all.

“Let go of me!” She tried to pry his fingers off her forehead, hoping to force him to let go.

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The man laughed, a rare laugh. His gaze was unusually tender, with a hint of indulgence. His tone was soft, like a father dealing with his mischievous daughter, “If I let go of you, what are you going to do? Hit me?”

“You’ll know when you let go.” She replied with a sarcastic smirk on her face.

Hayden rarely saw Julien blush. Most of the time, her face was pale and her expression was serious, even more stern than his.

At this moment, however, she was blushing. Was it because of the lack of oxygen just now, or was it because of sudden shyness? Her cheeks were suspiciously pink.

For some reason, Hayden let go of her. Then he took a step back, opened his arms, and waited for her next move as if he was expecting her to do something shocking.

But Julien opened the door behind her, took a long stride, and ran…

Hayden was speechless.

He didn’t expect Julien to flee. After all, he had seen many sides of her growing up, but he had never seen her resort to flight as a strategy.

At that moment, if Julien had pulled out a knife and stabbed him in the heart, it probably wouldn’t have surprised him as much as her running away.

So he stood there for a while, until his phone rang and snapped him out of his daze.

He slowly pulled out his phone and answered the call.

On the other end of the line was Kieran’s voice, sounding a bit anxious, “Send Squad Six to Sycamore Village, now!”

Without asking why, Hayden could tell from Kieran’s voice that he was in a hurry. He arranged for Squad Six to rush to Sycamore Village immediately. Then he picked up his phone and asked Kieran, “What happened?”

“Joyce disappeared.” Kieran’s tone was heavy.

“What do you mean Joyce disappeared?” Hayden frowned. He remembered that Kieran had mentioned planning a surprise with a bouquet for Julie before the last

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Kieran had woken up early and gone for a run by the sea. After that, he had picked up some flowers and was about to wake Julie up when he realized there was no one in the bedroom.

He searched around the town with the help of Karl, but they couldn’t find Julie anywhere. They later learned that the only two boats in town were missing at the same time. Kieran had no choice but to think in the direction of disappearance and called Hayden for help immediately.