"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
Jayden responded and hurriedly went to the first-floor lounge to open the door.After the door was opened, the group sneaked out while carrying Lyra.When they arrived at the equestrian park, Hunter and Luke tossed the sack to the ground.Sydney then went forward, unscrewed the water bottle, and poured the water on the sack.Inside the sack, Lyra felt the ice-cold water dripping from her head, and she shivered from the cold. It instantly woke her up.Only then did she realize she was in an extremely tiny space and could not see anything.She groped around, and when she felt the texture of the rough fabric on her body, she understood what was happening.She was stuffed into a sack!At that moment, Lyra was furious and struggled to get out of the sack. She gnashed her teeth and roared, "Jayden Flint, how dare you team up with Sydney and the others to mess with me?"She was not stupid. There were only a few people in the villa. Who else besides Sydney's group would put her in a s
While Julien could not tell whether Lyra's voice was reality or a dream, her voice rang out again. "Julien, open the door..."Upon hearing Lyra's cries, Julien came to his senses and confirmed that it was not a dream.He lifted the quilt and got out of bed. After turning on the light, he walked toward the door.As soon as Julien opened the door, he saw the woman with messy hair and clothes outside his room. For a moment, he was stunned. With a frown, he said, "Lyra?""Julien..." Lyra looked up at him with tears in her eyes.Julien's expression sank when he realized she had injuries on her face. "What happened?"When Lyra heard his question, her lips quivered in grievance, and she cried even louder. She was just about to jump into his arms, but Julien subconsciously took a step back to avoid her.Lyra pounced in on a space and stopped crying for a moment. Then, she looked at him begrudgingly. "Julien, did you just avoid me?""Ahem." Julien knew that his reaction just now hurt he
"Why not?" Lyra frowned.Sydney smiled. "First of all, Ms. Madden, you said that we beat you up, but did anyone see it?"Lyra froze and bit her lip. "No."There were only seven of them in the villa.Julien was sleeping in his room, and the chef and employees of the park did not live here. Sydney and the other four beat her up, so there was naturally no one else that saw it."Secondly, what did we use to hit you and where did we hit you?" Sydney continued to ask.Lyra clenched her fists. "You guys knocked me out and used a sack to bring me to the park. You punched and kicked me.""Oh? So what did we use to knock you out? Where's the sack now?" Sydney smiled at her.Lyra gritted her teeth. "It must be in your rooms. If it's not there, then it must be that you destroyed it.""In the end, you can't say how we knocked you out and where the sack is, right?" Sydney's eyes flickered. "Since you can't be sure, and no one saw us beating you up, that means we're being falsely accused by