Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 179

Karl had brought a batch of documents from Davina’s desk to Kieran’s office.

Dylan picked up one of them, his expression turning dangerous. “This is against Simpo Co.! How

audacious.”

Payne, intrigued, took the paper from Dylan. His eyes widened as he read.

“What’s this?” Payne handed the document to Julien, “Does it mean this woman wants Kerry to transfer

all his shares to her?”

Just as Julien was about to lean in, Hayden grabbed the paper from Payne. After a quick glance, he

passed it to Kieran, “If she’s after your company shares, wouldn’t kidnapping your son be more

effective than snatching Julie?”

Dylan nodded in agreement, “Kerry has already made Ivan’s identity public, and rumors say Julie

gained her status because of her son. This indicates that Julie isn’t highly regarded by Kerry in the

eyes of the public, so if they want to blackmail you, kidnapping Ivan would be more useful than taking

Julie.

“Unless… Julie was their real target all along!” Julien suggested, pulling Payne’s hand and shoving him

onto a chair.

“Check this woman’s background!” Julien ordered.

Payne quickly pulled up Davina’s file. “Kerry, take a look. It’s quite surprising!”

The screen displayed all of Davina’s records.

It clearly stated that Davina’s father, Latham Field, was once a partner of the Abraham Group.

Payne continued, “Padgett Abraham, Julie’s father, had a bad relationship with his adulterous wife,

Darcey Abraham. Padgett planned to make some money behind Darcey’s back through some illegal

transactions with Latham, which included smuggling. However, Darcey ran away with her lover and the

money. Most people who dare to be involved in smuggling are fearless. Knowing the deal might fall

through, and he could be silenced by the smugglers, Latham had to embezzle money from the

company to cover the shortfall…”

Dylan went on, “But then Darcey died in a car crash, and Padgett suffered a stroke. That escalated

things. The police eventually caught Latham.”

Payne pulled up Latham’s records. “Latham’s company got shut down. His wife, Gevena, sent Davina

to Veridia National University to keep her, unaffected. Latham couldn’t afford a lawyer. Multiple charges

and severe criminal behavior got him a life sentence. He’s still in prison.”

Dylan was staring at the computer screen, his brows furrowing, “But that’s not the point. The key is…

The man in Veridia was violent towards Gevena and Davina. If this led to Davina’s twisted mentality…”

“Davina would blame everything on Julie.” Julien’s eyes hardened as she turned to Payne, “Do you

have Elliot’s number? Call and check on him!”

To sum

up, Julie’s life was in danger!

Dylan had already dialed Elliot’s number before Payne.

Meanwhile, Kieran was opening the three-part contract with a pen from the table.

“Are you crazy?!” Payne slapped his hand on the contract, staring at Kieran in disbelief.

Theoretically, shareholders transferring shares to non-shareholders should gain the consent of more

than half of the other shareholders. If they don’t agree, they should buy the shares themselves. So

even if Kieran signed the contract, it would still be void.

But Kieran owned more than 50% of the company’s shares, he was the controlling shareholder. Once

he signed the contract and got it notarized, it would take effect!

Payne pressed his hand on the contract firmly, “It’s clear she planned this all along. Once you sign, her

next demand would be for you to get it notarized. Although this isn’t Simvar Co., although you founded

this group…”

“Hayden.” Kieran glanced at Hayden.

Just a look was all it took for them to understand each other.

Hayden stepped forward, lifting Payne’s hand off the contract and tossing him aside. Julien reacted

faster, drawing a dagger and pointing it at Payne’s

throat.

Her voice was cold, “I don’t care who owns this group. But if Julie dies because of you, you’re going

down with her.”

Payne realized he had been misunderstood…

He wasn’t asking Kieran not to sign. Of course, he wanted to save Julie too.

Payne’s neck was now against the dagger. He had seen Julien’s decisiveness and had just witnessed

confrontation between Julien and Hayden. So, he didn’t dare to move, but he still insisted to Kieran,

“You can’t sign this contract!”

Before Julien could stab him with a dagger, Dylan quickly explained, “The reason Davina hasn’t killed

Julie yet is because she hasn’t gotten Simpo Co. yet! If you sign and notarize, you increase the chance

of Davina harming the hostage!”

Since Payne thought of it, wouldn’t Kieran think of this too?

Since Davina dared to kidnap Julie, it showed that she was ready to risk everything, and she must have

prepared for the worst. That means, there must be people watching them right now. If he didn’t sign the

contract, even if Davina didn’t kill Julie, she would definitely torture her.

In other words, every extra minute they waste, Julie would suffer for an extra minute. Only by

cooperating with Davina could they quickly move on to the next step set by Davina.

So, Kieran signed his name on the contract without hesitation.

Payne felt as if he had lost all his strength…

After hanging up with Elliot, Dylan told Kieran, “There are three places left to search, and they’re all a

bit away from the city. The police have sent three teams…”

Before he could finish, Kieran’s phone suddenly received a message.

It was a picture of Julie hanging in the air. She looked like she was on her last breath… There were

bloodstains on her body, terrifying to see.

The phone rang again. Kieran answered.

It was Davina’s familiar voice, “Mr. Hernandez, please have someone put the contract in the black car

parked at the back door of the company. You have five minutes, or… this rope might break.”

Davina hung up again.

Seeing this terrifying picture, everyone knew what would happen to Julie if the rope broke.

Kieran’s face was as gloomy as it could be. He handed the contract to Julien, “Do you know what to

do?”

“I want to tear that woman apart myself!” Julien didn’t take the contract. Clearly, she wanted to be part

of the rescue mission to give Davina a taste of hell.

However, Hayden took the contract from Kieran and handed it to Julien, “Deliver the contract or stay by

my side. Your choice.”

If it came to a fight, Julien knew she was no match for Hayden.

Hayden glanced at his watch and reminded Julien, “You have four minutes and twelve seconds left.”

In the end, Julien took the contract and strode out of the CEO’s office. She kicked the door open,

startling the employees outside.

Then, Hayden followed her out.

“The contract is signed. The next step is notarization, but Julie’s whereabouts are still unknown. Kerry,

what do we do next?” Payne asked. It felt good not to be threatened with a knife…

Just as Payne was worrying, Kieran’s phone rang again.

Payne thought it was another message from Davina, so he quickly moved towards Kieran.

However, what they saw was an address sent from a strange number, with a message, “Hurry up!”

Kieran gripped his car keys a bit tighter and said to Karl while walking towards the door, “Tell Elliot, the

kidnapper is in the old factory in Enchanted Pathway.”

“I’m going there with you!” Dylan caught up with Kieran.

As Kieran moved toward the elevator, he said to Dylan, “Notify the medical team to Enchanted

Pathway. Have them bring their best doctors!”

With that, Kieran headed to the parking lot alone.

After starting the car, Kieran received a call from Davina, “You can only go to the old factory in

Enchanted Pathway alone. If I see anyone else, I guarantee your beloved woman will die!”

Davina hung up without giving Kieran a chance to respond.

She looked up at Julie smugly, “You’re really lucky. That man actually comes for you… He signed the

transfer paper of all the shares for you. Aren’t you happy? There’s a man who’s willing to give up

wealth and power, give up the position of Simpo Co.’s CEO for you!”

Julie remained silent.

Davina burst into laughter, “Once my people have notarized it, your beloved man will be penniless,

haha… He probably doesn’t know, once he’s penniless, you’ll abandon him just like you abandoned

Rankin, right? You and your mom are the same; you can abandon your loved ones for money. All you

have in your heart is greed!”

Davina is insane…

Julie’s eyebrows furrowed at the sight of Davina’s twisted face. She managed to say, “Yes, I will

abandon him. Let him see what kind of woman I am. Are you satisfied now?”

“Satisfied?” Davina laughed madly, staring maliciously at Julie, “I want you to wish you were dead! I

want all of you to wish you were dead!”