Chapter 230
Chapter 230
Standing at the door was ady. She was wearing ck 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 ck-framed
sses, her eyebrows slightly furrowed as she stared at the crowd at the door.
“Who are you guys looking for?” thedy asked.
Dn nced behind her. “Isn’t Bruce here?”
“You’ve got the wrong room,” thedy 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.
Thedy nced 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 Dn a look.
Dn 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?” Thedy named Lisa politely nodded at Kieran.Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org.
Suddenly, a maic voice came from inside the room, “What’s going on, Lisa?”
Before Lisa could answer, a man wearing a ck shirt and light-colored gold-rimmed sses 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 nced 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-inw rarely visited
Kieran’s house. He only heard about Kyle asionally 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 nning 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 dyed 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.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door Kyle furrowed his brows, gave Kieran a slight smile and said,
“Maybe it’s the person you were supposed to do business
with
With that, Kyle stood up and opened the door.
Standing at the door were a few men in casual clothes. They showed their IDs, “National Security
Agency.”
The people at the doorpletely ignored Kyle, entering the room to start their search. They didn’t find
the person they were looking for, only saw Kieran and Julie sitting on the sofa.
Kieran stood up, arm around Julie’s waist, smiling at Kyle, “Seems like he won’t being back. Sorry
for the disturbance. We’ll visit another time.”
Kyle smiled at Julie and Kieran, nodding his head.
Kieran, with Julie in his arms, stepped into the elevator, then pulled out his phone to call Dn, “The
folks from the National Security Agency are here.”
“I’ve already got the surveince footage. I’m waiting for you guys downstairs,” Dn answered.
Once Julie and Kieran were in the elevator, Kyle in the room turned his gaze to the few agents from the
National Security Agency, “Anything I can help with?”
“Sorry, we got the wrong room.” After searching the room, the lead agent apologized to Kyle before
leaving.
“Go get the hotel’s surveince footage, see how Lucian left.”
The agent’s voice came through the closed door.
Kyle’s eyes were slightly narrowed. He removed his gold-rimmed sses from the bridge of his nose,
and his eyes became sharper, like those of a vulture… In the
car.
“Have you checked the surveince footage?” asked Kieran to Dn.
Dn nodded, “I nced through it just now. The footage hasn’t been tampered with. Someone did
enter room 1423. It was a stranger who brought Lucian upstairs, and he was also the one who checked
in. He’s probably Bruce. Looks like they’re not nning to keep things on the down-low. The car
ident tonight probably wasn’t a coincidence.”
The car was filled with only Dn’s voice, creating a certain silence.
Julie’s attention was fully on Kyle’s sudden appearance.
She suddenly pulled out her phone and started browsing the inte.
“What’s up?” Kieran asked.
As Julie typed ‘President of S&J International Law Firm overseas visit’ into the search bar, she
answered Kieran’s question, “I have a feeling that Kyle has a special reason foring back this time,
but I can’t figure out what it is. I’m trying to search online to see if he came back for work or personal
reasons.”
While driving, Dn asked casually, “Kyle?”
“I once thought he would be my brother-inw,” Julie replied.
Kieran exined to Dn, “Kyle, the founder of S&J International Law Firm.”
“Kyle almost became your brother-inw?” Dn suddenly seemed a bit excited.
With a puzzled look, Julie raised her head and asked, “What’s wrong?”
“Kyle’s back?” Dn asked again.
Julie nodded.
“In a way, I can be considered Kyle’s schoolmate,” Dn said, “We went to the same high school. In
university, I chose to be a forensic scientist, while he chosew. He was pretty well-known in our
school. He had a girlfriend named Jessica back then. Kyle was brilliant. Some said he was a rich
second generation, others said his parents were government officials, but we didn’t know any details
about his family. All we knew was that he was a good guy. Later we heard that because of his rigorous
thinking, meticulous writing, and solid legal foundation, he finished all his major courses ahead of time
and became a foreign affairswyer right after graduation. Of course, I heard all this from Kelly, my
ssmate and a big fan of Kyle.”
Julie found the most important information, “You said he had a girlfriend named Jessica? Did they
break up after he became a foreign affairswyer?”
“I don’t know. I wasn’t interested in his personal life,” Dn thought for a moment, “But I can ask Kelly.”
With that, he immediately pulled his phone out of his pocket, dialed Kelly’s international number, and
asked straightforwardly, “Kyle used to have a girlfriend named Jessica, right? Are they still together?”
“Jessicamitted suicide a long time ago due to depression, didn’t you know?” Kelly on the other end
of the phone was obviously surprised that Dn didn’t know about this.
Dn, who had the phone on speaker, was also a bit surprised, “Jessicamitted suicide?”
“Jessica’sst wish was to set up aw firm that would help poor people who couldn’t afford to go to
court while making money. That’s why Stefan founded S&J International Law Firm. Stefan and Jessica,
the initials of their names. Don’t you get it?” Kelly asked.
Dn’s brow furrowed even more. He made brief small talk, then hung up the phone.
Julie looked a bit perplexed. She turned her head to look at Kieran, “If the woman Kyle has always
been deeply in love with is Jessica, then what does my sister
mean to him?”