“D*mn. After so much effort, Lyra isn’t related to the Maddens by blood?” Hunter grabbed his hair in irritation. Sydney pursed her lips. “It doesn’t matter to us whether Lyra is related to them by blood or not. What’s more important is that we can’t use her hair at all. We have to find a way to get the hair from Brandon Madden or his wife. Otherwise, we can’t create a DNA profile for Clarice.”Sydney looked at Clarice, who had her head lowered and had been quiet. Hunter touched his chin. “I’ll settle this matter.”“What are you planning to do?” Sydney turned her gaze to him. Hunter smiled and snapped his fingers. “It’s easy. I’ll learn from you and find someone to create a minor accident with Brandon Madden’s car. The person can argue that it was Brandon’s mistake, and we can cause a fight that way.” Hunter blinked at Sydney. Instead of saying something, Sydney gave him a thumbs up. Hunter was like a child who got praised, and his smile was so bright it could light up the
Brandon’s usual arrogance was nowhere to be found. He wiped the spit from the big man off his face and said in a trembling voice, “S-Sir, I didn’t run into you. It was you who ran into me.” The big man glared at Brandon. “I ran into you? What nonsense! You were the one who ran into me, yet you’re denying it and even blaming me for it? I shall give you shameless old hag a good lesson.” Then, he gave Brandon a tight slap. That was the first slap Brandon had received in his entire life, leaving him stunned and in a daze. When Brandon came back to his senses, the big man had already disappeared. He was trembling in rage, and deep down, he also felt embarrassed. He made a mental note of the big man’s face. When he was done with his work, he would come back and ask Julien for the surveillance video. He swore he would catch the big man and torture him to death. Brandon touched his cheek and walked toward his car with a vicious expression. A few minutes after he left, the big m
In fact, she knew then that he did not love her. After all, they had never seen each other again except for the one time she took a candid photo of him. More accurately, he never saw her anymore, but she secretly saw him a few times.She thought she could impress him after the marriage and make him like her. However, she was very wrong. Not only did she not impress him, but she also succeeded in making him hate her even more. Gradually, she also got tired and realized that he was not the gentle young man she loved long ago.As for why she did not divorce him and stayed with the Flint family to waste six years of her life, perhaps it was caused by her reluctance and obsession.After all, she fell in love with Julien in high school, and it had not been easy to marry him. How would she be willing to let him go just like that? She wanted to try. Maybe one day, he would change to the gentle Julien Flint she was familiar with.However, it was not until three months ago when Lyra woke up
Julien hesitated, obviously somewhat tempted by that proposal.Dr. Sullivan added, "Moreover, since your fiancee influences you, you can also try finding the cause from her. Maybe she knows something. After all, she's the only one who benefits from this.""You're right, Doctor. I know what to do. Sorry for the trouble today." Julien extended his hand toward Dr. Sullivan.Dr. Sullivan took his hand. “It's no trouble, President Flint. You can contact me anytime if you have any questions.""Sure." Julien nodded and called Zach in from outside. "Send Dr. Sullivan out.""Of course," Zach responded and swept his hand out in an inviting gesture.He sent Dr. Sullivan to the elevator and waited until the latter went inside before returning to the president's office."President Flint, are you alright?" Zach asked with concern.Julien shook his head. "I'm fine. Call a few more psychologists for me.""What's the matter with you, President Flint?" Zach was startled.One psychologist was n
"Sydney? Sydney?" Cayden raised his hand and waved it in front of Sydney when he saw that she was lost in thought.Sydney's eyes flickered for a moment before she snapped back to her senses and pursed her mouth. "What's wrong?""What were you thinking about?" Cayden asked her.Sydney opened her mouth and then smiled, saying, "It's nothing. Let's go in. I'm a little hungry now.""Okay." Cayden nodded.With that, Sydney lifted her feet and walked forward."Wait," he called out to her.She blinked in confusion. "What's wrong?""Grab on." Cayden bent his arm toward her.Sydney was amused at that action. "Okay, my little handsome man."Two blotches of red appeared on Cayden's cheeks as he led her into the restaurant.Under the guidance of the waiter, the two were taken to their reserved seats.Right after Sydney sat down, she heard a fuming female voice from the side. "Sydney Raines!"Sydney raised her brows and twisted her head over to see Lyra glaring at her with a resentful
Sydney shook her head. "I don't know. He shouldn't have any sudden illnesses."That was at least not to her knowledge.Looking at Julien's increasingly pale face, Lyra only cried, not knowing what to do. Sydney shook her head, utterly speechless."Ms. Madden, if you don't want your fiance to die, I think you should hurry up and call an ambulance. Will crying fix the problem?"When Lyra heard those words, her crying stopped. She was somewhat embarrassed that she had to be reminded by another person to call a doctor."I don't need you to tell me that. I know how to call myself." She looked at Sydney indignantly.Sydney shrugged. "I was too nosy. Go ahead, then. Let's continue eating, Cay.""Sure." Cayden nodded with a smile.The two went back to eating and stopped meddling in other people’s affairs.Lyra scoffed as she took out her phone to dial the emergency number.Suddenly, Julien raised his hand and stopped her. "No. I'll be fine soon. There's no need to call.""But Julien
After saying that, the pain immediately subsided.Julien lowered his head slightly to cover the rage in his eyes.Sure enough, that would not be the last time the situation happened. After this time, he learned that he had to make Lyra happy when she was in a bad mood or satisfy her when she wanted something. If he did not do that, he would be punished by pain, which felt like his heart was being squeezed. It was no different from being a marionette on a string!"Thank you, Julien. You're the best." Lyra did not notice anything strange about Julien and said with an embarrassed smile.Since Julien had returned to the way he was before the car accident, Lyra thought it meant that they had made up.Julien lowered his eyes to suppress the thought of destroying everything and remained silent.At that moment, the manager who just left came back with a doctor."Sirs and Ma'ams, please let the doctor check on you and see where you're hurt." The manager hurriedly said to Sydney and the o
Julien went over and held Lyra in his arms.In the eyes of outsiders, it was because he was heartbroken for her.However, only he himself knew that the hug was devoid of warmth."Manager, how do you plan to handle this matter?" While Cayden took off his jacket and draped it over Sydney, he looked at the manager and asked coldly.The manager’s heart sank, and he sighed before saying, "Sirs and Ma'ams, I'm terribly sorry about what happened. We didn't expect the chandelier to fall so suddenly either. This matter is completely our fault, and we will take full responsibility for it. We'll exempt the four of you from the bill, pay all the medical fees of the two ladies, and also grant you a membership card. What do you think?"The manager cautiously looked at Cayden and then at Julien.In his opinion, the decision was in the hands of those two men.However, Cayden looked at Sydney instead and asked, "Sydney, what do you think?"Sydney rubbed her temples. "Let's just go with what the