Love's Cunning Ruse novel Chapter 230

Standing at the door was a lady. She was wearing black seven-inch stilettos, a white shirt paired with a formal skirt suit. Her long hair hung straight from her head to her waist. She wore black-framed glasses, her eyebrows slightly furrowed as she stared at the crowd at the door.

"Who are you guys looking for?" the lady asked.

Dylan glanced behind her. "Isn't Bruce here?"

"You've got the wrong room," the lady responded coldly, but still managed a polite smile.

"But our check-in record shows that the guest is Bruce. Are you his..." the manager queried her.

The lady glanced at the manager's badge, "Does your hotel always disturb guests like this? Tracy, could you double-check with the front desk? We just checked in ten minutes ago."

"This..." The manager was somewhat taken aback, turning to look at Kieran.

"Go check," Kieran told the manager, then gave Dylan a look.

Dylan got the message and left with the manager. As soon as they entered the elevator, he immediately called the general manager of the hotel, instructing him to lock down the entire hotel and monitor everything.

After Tracy called the front desk and confirmed, she turned to Kieran apologetically, "Mr. Hernandez, Bruce was indeed staying here earlier, but he checked out half an hour ago. Miss Lisa checked in ten minutes ago."

"Do you guys have any other business?" The lady named Lisa politely nodded at Kieran.

Suddenly, a magnetic voice came from inside the room, "What's going on, Lisa?"

Before Lisa could answer, a man wearing a black shirt and light-colored gold-rimmed glasses came out of the room. He was wearing white cloth slippers, his short hair looking neat and tidy.

He walked up to Julie and Kieran, then stopped.

Julie's eyes darkened. She looked at the man, asking in disbelief, "Kyle?"

Kyle also appeared taken aback that Julie was at the door. He narrowed his eyes slightly, then a look of joy appeared on his face, "Joyce?"

"It's me. Kyle, what are you doing here?" Julie looked inside the room, as if searching for something.

Kyle glanced at Lisa, "You can go back in."

Lisa gave Julie and Kieran a look before turning to leave.

Kyle grinned at Kieran, "I'm guessing you're Mr. Hernandez? We met years ago. Do you remember me?"

Kyle was now in his thirties. He looked mature and cultured, each word he uttered carried the air of a gentleman. The way he looked at Kieran and Julie was kind.

Kieran did remember this man named Kyle. In his second year of high school, the school organized a trip. Julie insisted on dragging him to the supermarket to buy some necessities for the trip. It was in that supermarket that Kieran and Kyle first met. It was also their only encounter.

Even though Julie and Kieran were neighbors back then, Julie's so-called brother-in-law rarely visited Kieran's house. He only heard about Kyle occasionally from Julie. In Julie's eyes back then, Kyle was the typical good boyfriend. From the details Julie used to tell him, he could tell that Kyle spoiled Sansa Abraham rotten.

He didn't understand why they suddenly broke up, even canceling their engagement.

Kyle extended his hand to Kieran, indicating he wanted to shake hands.

Kieran put on a formal smile. He shook hands with Kyle, saying, "I was young then, can't remember much."

"Speaking of which, you and Julie were in high school then! Those were the wildest years," Kyle opened the door, smiling at Julie and Kieran, "Come in and have a seat?"

Julie nodded, then hooked her arm in Kieran's, chuckling as they walked towards the room, "Why do you sound so mature now? You were only a few years older than us when you just graduated from college."

"Apparently, there's a generation gap every three years. We can be considered people from different generations," Kyle set his phone on the coffee table, then pointed to the sofa across, "Please, sit. I just arrived at Whispering Pines. I was planning to contact you guys after settling down. What happened just now?"

Julie looked at Kieran, who responded with a smile, "We had an appointment with someone to discuss business here in this room. We got a bit delayed on the way here, so he might have left because he couldn't wait. We didn't expect you to be staying here as well."

"What a coincidence," Kyle looked at Julie and Kieran, starting to chat with them. After a while, he turned to look out the window. The lights outside were bright.

"Whispering Pines has changed a lot," he said somewhat nostalgically.

Julie smiled and calmly responded, "You've changed quite a bit too."

Hearing Julie's voice, Kyle turned his head, his gaze sharp.

Kieran watched Kyle intently. Those familiar with Kieran knew he was sizing up Kyle and the surroundings.