Love's Cunning Ruse novel Chapter 237

Kieran's guess was correct, and although the men he sent follow Kyle's whereabouts, they ended up with no information.

Aside from meetings with company staff and partners, Kyle was holed up in his hotel all the time. Kieran and Julie were left in the dark.

At Opulent Skyline Suites, Kyle was lounging on a big leather couch, legs crossed, cradling a gray laptop. He asked Lisa, "Are Kieran's guys still here?" in a chilly tone.

"They're still downstairs." Lisa answered, "Mr. Kyle, do we need to get rid of them?"

"No, did you get any results on what I asked you to look into?" Kyle asked.

Lisa nodded, "Mr. Hernandez has been in touch with Professor Fred lately."

Fred was a world-renowned neurosurgeon who had focused on comatose cases for nearly 30 years. Ten years ago, he had a grisly car accident, causing him to lose both his legs. The incident hit him hard, and he'd been in therapy ever since. It wasn't until two weeks ago that he got back on the horse. Before the accident, Fred successfully woke up several patients from a vegetative state using modern treatments and some unique methods.

Kieran reaching out to Fred was likely due to Sansa.

"Does Julie know about Kieran contacting Fred?" Kyle asked.

Lisa shook her head, "Mr. Hernandez probably didn't want to give Ms. Abraham false hope, so he didn't tell her until he was sure Fred could help Sansa."

"Get in touch with Fred." Kyle simply said, then got up and left.

Lisa was always good at reading people and understanding their thoughts. Most of the time, she could get what Kyle was driving at, even without a detailed explanation.

But this time Kyle asked her to contact Fred, which made Lisa feel a little confused. "Mr. Kyle, do you mean you want Professor Fred to turn down Mr. Hernandez's request?"

Kyle glanced back at her, his gaze icy.

After a while, he said, "No, we want him to take Kieran's request, but..."

He beckoned Lisa over, then whispered something in her ear.

After hearing him out, Lisa turned and left.

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Not wanting to disturb Kieran's work, Julie went straight to Feliz Gastro House after leaving the hospital.

Once Kieran wrapped up his work and grabbed his coat to head to Feliz Gastro House, Karl knocked on his office door.

"What's up?" Kieran opened the door to see Karl standing there.

"Professor Fred's assistant called. They've agreed to your terms. The Professor will be flying in tonight and wants to meet with you for dinner tomorrow to discuss the details." Karl said.

A week ago, Kieran had reached out to Fred, but there had no response. Kieran even offered to send Sansa to Britain for treatment, but Fred didn't accept the patient.

Yet, a week later, Fred suddenly agreed to treat Sansa and was flying in from Britain. This caught Kieran off guard.

Taking Kieran's coat, Karl followed him into the elevator and said, "I didn't see that coming. Fred flat-out rejected us when we first approached him."

"How did he reject us?" Kieran pressed the elevator button, then turned to Karl.

Karl thought for a moment and said, "He said he wouldn't take on any more comatose patients unless we threatened his daughter. Apparently, Fred lost his legs because of a paper he wrote on comatose patients."

"So, why do you think he suddenly agreed to treat Sansa?" Kieran asked.

"Maybe he had a change of heart?" Karl looked at Kieran uncertainly, confusion written all over his face.

Kieran clearly didn't buy that. Looking at Karl's reflection on the elevator's mirrored walls, he said, "I think it's more likely that someone threatened his daughter."

Karl quickly waved his hands, "I'm a straight shooter. I may feel sorry for what happened to Sansa, but I'd never stoop to kidnapping someone's daughter."

"I wish you were capable of that." The elevator reached the ground floor and Kieran stepped out.

Catching up to Kieran, Karl asked, "What do you mean?"

"We need to counter his move." Kieran took his coat back from Karl, "Find out what time Fred's flight is and pick him up yourself."

Kieran crossed the street and walked straight into Feliz Gastro House.

Julie was in the office, engrossed in the restaurant's financial reports from the past two years, oblivious to Kieran at the door.

"Why not leave this to the finance department?" Kieran approached Julie, dressed in a dark grey suit and a black woolen coat.

Julie looked up at Kieran standing next to her and smiled, "I'm just curious about the restaurant's earnings these past two years."

She glanced at the time on her computer and looked up at him, "You're playing hooky, Mr. Hernandez."

"Yep, might dock my pay."

Julie chuckled, "I can keep it a secret, but I want something in return."

"How about no periods for a year? What about it?" He looked at her fondly and planted a kiss on her forehead, "Let's go, time to pick up our son from school."

He draped her white coat over her shoulders and walked out of the office with his arm around her.