Seeing that Julien agreed with Hunter, she secretly resented Hunter.She knew that Hunter was deliberately digging a trap for her. Since she did not want to hike, he would insist on making her do so.Most importantly, she had to fall into the trap, or she would really be taken as a hypocrite. At that thought, Lyra cursed Hunter several times in her heart. However, on her face, she smiled and said, “You must be joking, Mr. Cohen. I only said that the mountain was too high. I didn’t say that I wouldn’t hike."“Oh? So you still want to hike?” Hunter raised his brows to look at her.Lyra nodded. “Of course.”“Is that so?” Hunter laughed and said nothing more.Julien looked at Lyra. “Lyra, you don’t have to care about what Hunter said. If you don’t want to hike, you can–”“It’s okay, Julien. I can do it.” Lyra raised her hand and put it in front of his lips, stopping him from talking.Julien could only give up at her insistence.“Gross.” Sharon looked at the two and could not hel
“Not long. About half an hour ago.” Luke took out a handkerchief and wiped her sweat in distress.Sydney blinked. “Half an hour? I thought you guys would’ve arrived much earlier.”“Uh...” Luke smiled awkwardly. “We could have arrived at the top much earlier, but it’s that brat, Jayden’s fault. He ran the wrong way, so–”“What do you mean it’s my fault? You couldn’t outrun me so you cheated and pointed me the wrong way.” Jayden came over to hear Luke bad-mouthing him and retorted in a huff.Luke snorted smugly. “Even if I deliberately tricked you by pointing you the wrong way, you still followed. How dumb are you?”“You...” Jayden clenched his fists in anger.Sydney held her forehead with her hand. “Enough, you two. Stop yelling. You’re giving me a headache.”“I’ll massage your head for you, darling. It won’t hurt anymore.” Luke walked behind her and pressed her temples.When Jayden saw that, he muttered softly, “Sycophant.”Luke heard him and replied in a similarly soft voice,
When Lyra saw that, she secretly gnashed her teeth and wanted to throw away the lunch box in her hand.However, she knew those people would start snubbing her again if she did that.At that thought, Lyra closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and forcefully suppressed the anger in her.With that, everyone began to eat.Julien also opened his lunch box, and the smell of food instantly wafted out.He took a bite. The taste was delicious.However, he did not think it was as good as the bowl of noodles last night.He did not know why he felt that way. The chef’s cooking was obviously better than Sydney's.Yet, when he ate it, the taste was just slightly inferior. It felt like something was missing.As for what it was, he could not say.“Lyra, why aren’t you eating?” Julien raised his eyes and could not help but question when he saw that Lyra was not eating. She had not even opened the lid of the lunch box.Lyra’s eyes flickered, and she smiled. “I’m not hungry now, so I don’t feel
"Enough, Jayden. Hurry up and apologize to Lyra." Julien furrowed his brows and urged impatiently.Jayden bowed his head, knowing he was in the wrong. "Sorry."He sounded reluctant.The air around Julien turned cold. "Jayden Flint, where's your sincerity?"Jayden pouted and raised his voice. "Sorry, Lyra. Is this enough?""Yes, yes." Lyra hurriedly smiled and waved her hand, indicating that she forgave him.Jayden snorted, turned, and walked away, sulking.Julien's eyes darkened as he stared at Jayden's back. Then, he looked at Lyra beside him. "Sorry, Lyra. Jayden isn't a sensible boy. You–”"It's okay. I didn't take it to heart." Lyra smiled.Julien's brow relaxed. "By the way, are you hurt?""No." Lyra shook her head.Julien lifted his chin. "That's good.""Hey, darling. Where are you going?" As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Luke's loud voice.Julien subconsciously turned his head to look at Sydney.Sydney was walking towards the creek not far away. "I'm going
Julien's pupils shrank as he tightened his grip on Lyra.Hunter touched his chin and said, "The blood isn't turning back, so it doesn't seem like a venomous snake. However, we can't be sure about that either. Julien, you should take her down the mountain and get an antivenin shot."Without further ado, Julien picked Lyra up and dashed to the cable car.Watching as the cable car gradually disappeared into the clouds, Sydney and her group found a place to sit down, waiting for the cable car to come back."Darling, how on earth did you encounter a snake?" Luke handed Sydney a bottle of water.Sydney took it and cupped it in her hand without unscrewing it. She shook her head and replied, "I don't know either."She had not expected a snake to appear at all.She did not even know what happened before Lyra got bitten."I'll tell you." Sharon raised her hands.The others looked at her.She opened her mouth and said, "It's like this. I was also about to go to the creek to wash my face
At that moment, the cable car arrived.The group ended their conversation and took the cable car down the mountain.As soon as they returned to the villa, Sydney saw the chef send the doctor away."It looks like Lyra is fine," Sharon said, crossing her arms.The corner of Luke's lips tugged. "Scourges stay for a millennium. She won't be that easy to get rid of.""Alright, stop saying that. Let's go in first." Sydney looked away and entered the villa.Luke and the others followed her.Julien was making a phone call in the living room. His eyes flickered when he saw them enter."Julien, is Ms. Madden all right?" Although Hunter already figured that Lyra was fine, he still asked politely, lest he was called callous."She's fine. The snake wasn't venomous." Julien put down his phone and responded."What a pity," Sharon suddenly said.Julien frowned, and the temperature around him dropped.He gave Sharon a cold look before shifting his gaze to Hunter and saying with a voice devo
Lyra was bitten by a snake during the day. However, since she woke up, he had not asked her about how she was doing, and he did not even look at her.How could she take it?"No." Julien sipped his soup and replied in an indifferent voice.Lyra listened to his somewhat cold voice, and deep down, she started to feel distressed.She bit her lower lip and forced a smile. "Are you really not in a good mood? You seem–""Enough. Just eat." Julien interrupted her somewhat impatiently.Lyra's eyes instantly reddened.The people at the next table snickered softly when they saw the scene.Knowing that they were laughing at her, Lyra’s face twisted in anger, but she could not act out. The feeling was horrible.Soon, Julien finished his meal. He wiped his mouth gracefully, got up, and left the dining hall.Lyra had only eaten half of the meal. However, when she saw him leave without waiting for her, she also lost her appetite, put down her fork, and went after him."Julien." Lyra panted
"No need!" Julien replied indifferently. He put down the tongs, took the plate, and prepared to leave.Luke called out to him when he saw this. "Wait, President Flint."Julien stopped and looked at him expressionlessly. "What else do you want?""During the day, you said that you'd give us an explanation. Don't tell me you forgot about it? Now that Ms. Madden is awake, you should honor your words, right?"Luke crossed his arms and said with a vague smile, "We don't want much. Just get Ms. Madden to come over, grovel to my darling, and apologize. What do you think? It's not too much, right?"If not for the lack of concrete evidence, he would not have let Lyra off so easily by simply apologizing.Instead, he would call the police and send Lyra straight to jail.Julien frowned. "Grovel and apologize?""Yep." Luke nodded.Julien sneered and looked at Sydney. "Do you also want Lyra to grovel and apologize to you?"Sydney put down the juice in her hand and smiled. "Ms. Madden harmed