Lyra also recognized that the person who offered 150 thousand was Luke and guessed that he wanted to buy the ring back for Sydney.'Hmph, don't even think about it.'"180 thousand!" Lyra raised her card again.To the side, Brandon's eyes twitched and he hurriedly stopped her. "Enough, Lyra. Stop raising the price. This ring isn't worth 180 thousand at all.""I don't care. I can't let Sydney get what she wants," Lyra bit her lip and said with scarlet eyes.Brandon frowned and was just about to say something when another male voice sounded. "230 thousand dollars!"That voice...Sydney's face lit up. "It's Cay. Luke, it's Cayden.""I know it's the kid." Luke nodded and raised his card. "250 thousand!"Lyra hated Luke and the man who shouted 230 thousand.Those two men were out to get her, right?"300 thousand!" Lyra squeezed the placard in her hand and directly increased the price by 50 thousand.The crowd was in an uproar.In the room on the second floor, Julien frowned deep
So, that was it.Julien slightly lifted his chin.He thought that Lyra was deliberately targeting Sydney."I can't help but lecture you, Julien," Brandon looked at Julien with a straight face and said in displeasure, "Although Lyra isn't officially engaged to you, Sydney destroying the last engagement banquet already announced to the whole world that Lyra is your fiancée. Since she's your fiancée, you should at least buy her a ring. People will laugh at Lyra if you don't give her anything.""Don't say that, Dad. Julien has his own ideas. Let's not force him," Lyra pulled Brandon's sleeve and hurriedly advised.At the same time, she did not forget to look at Julien apologetically as if afraid that he would get angry. "Sorry, Julien. Don't mind my dad's words.""It's fine. Your dad is right. I should give you a ring," Julien's cold voice answered.The reason why he had not given Lyra a ring was because he did not want to. That was why he deliberately said that he would give her on
Sydney heard those words and merely smiled faintly, not taking them to heart.She had heard such words countless times already."Sydney, aren't you angry?" Cayden frowned when he saw Sydney's smile.She took a sip of fruit juice. "What's there to be angry about?""They're saying all that about you." Cayden narrowed his eyes and swept his gaze over those people as if he was trying to memorize all their faces.Sydney laughed. "If they want to talk, then let them. I can't seal their mouths. Besides, there are so many people here. How could I get angry?""But I'm angry." A dark light flashed in Cayden's eyes before disappearing just as quickly.'How dare these people insult Sydney? I won't let a single one of them off!'Sydney did not know what was going on in Cayden's mind and patted his shoulder. "All right, I know that you're upset on my behalf, but I'm not angry anymore, so don't take it to heart. Just let them do what they want. It's just a bunch of chatterboxes. There's no ne
Sydney had been wondering how Lyra suddenly fell.When she heard those words, she instantly understood that Lyra had fallen by herself to set her up.Sydney laughed and looked at Lyra with icy eyes. "When did I push you?""If you didn't push me, did I fall on my own?" Lyra raised her head and stared at Sydney angrily.Sydney sneered. "That's very possible. Maybe you did fall by yourself and deliberately accused me of pushing you.""Sydney Raines, you're so shameless!" As soon as Sydney finished speaking, Kate pointed angrily at her. "You pushed Lyra to the ground, but you said that she fell by herself to frame you? Who would risk injury to do such a thing?""That's right." The people who were watching nodded.The corners of Lyra's mouth were curled up with a trace of triumph.'Sydney Raines, I want to see how you get out of this situation.'"Hear that?" Kate planted her hands on her hips and said, "No one believes that Lyra would do something like that. Besides, I saw with my
"I think that we have to look at the evidence about whether these gentlemen slandered Ms. Madden or not, not just by relying on what others say. Don't you agree?" Mrs. Leigh suddenly let go of her husband's arm, stepped forward, and said to the crowd with a meaningful smile.The crowd nodded, feeling that it was justified.Lyra's heart skipped a beat when she looked at the smile on Mrs. Leigh's face. An ominous feeling instantly rose, causing her body to tense.Julien sensed Lyra's strange behavior and lowered his head to ask her, "What's wrong?""I... I'm fine." Lyra forced a smile on her face. "I'm just hurting a little from the fall. Julien, can you take me to the doctor?"Her intuition told her to get out of this place right away.Otherwise, something beyond her control would happen.Julien subconsciously wanted to tell her that he would take her after this matter was resolved.However, when he looked at Lyra's begging eyes, he finally nodded and agreed.He held Lyra's arm
Everyone suddenly turned their attention to Lyra. Naturally, Lyra had become the target of public criticism. She subconsciously hid behind Julien. However, Julien’s hand on her shoulder was firm, and he pushed her forward. “Lyra, you must admit your mistakes and bear the consequences of your own actions.” Lyra’s eyes widened and she stared at Julien in disbelief. She could not believe that he would choose to make her admit her mistakes instead of protecting her. Lyra bit her lip and a flash of hatred appeared in her eyes. Although it was fleeting, Julien noticed it and he was stunned. Lyra hated him? Just because he chose not to help her? “I guess you figure it out, President Flint. I will not beat around the bush then. Mrs. Leigh took a sip of her wine and continued, “I was on the second floor earlier and I saw that it was Ms. Madden herself who ran into Ms. Raines. Ms.Raines did nothing, yet Ms. Lyra fell to the ground all of a sudden.” “Do you mean that Lyra deli
“Me?” Sydney smiled. “Tell me, how did I make you wear that? Did I go to your house with all that and force you?” “You didn’t come to my house. You did it in the boutique!” Lyra clenched her fist as she said. The corners of Sydney’s mouth lifted further. “Really? In the boutique? I don’t remember asking you to wear these in the boutique.” “It was you and Sharon Campbell! You both said that these will go well with the gown, so I…” Sydney burst out laughing. Luke, Hunter, and Cayden could not contain their laughter as well. Mrs. Leigh shook her head in disdain. Among them, only Julien, Brandon, and Kate did not laugh. Kate lowered her head further. Brandon wanted to dig a hole and bury himself in it. How could his daughter be this stupid? “What are you laughing at?” Lyra clenched her fists as she stared at Sydney and the rest in anger. Luke rubbed his cheeks from laughing too hard. “Nothing. It’s just that we’ve never met such a stupid fool like you. You wore thes
Julien wanted to say that he fell in love with Lyra because of her wonderful personality revealed through the letters. Yet the words disappeared as they reached Julien’s mouth. Did Lyra have a wonderful personality? Of course, her alternate personality did not, but Julien realized that even Lyra herself had no good qualities. On the other hand, she had many shortcomings such as pettiness, and was always calculative. The Lyra he knew today was completely different from the one he knew through the letters. The lively, kind, and wonderful pen pal was not found in Lyra at all. Julien suddenly realized that he could not say that he loved her. However, he swore to make her happy for the rest of her life. Even if he did not love her, he would not give up on her. Unless Lyra was not his pen pal. Would that be possible? Self-mockery flashed across Julien’s eyes, but it quickly disappeared. He took a glass of wine from a waiter that walked past them and said, “There’s no reason.