“Yes, today is Clarice’s death anniversary...”When Mrs. Madden thought of her eldest daughter who suffered an early death, her hands holding the Baby’s Breath trembled, and she could not help but cry in pain.Losing her eldest daughter was too hard on her, so she put all her attention on her youngest daughter. Every year on the death anniversary of her eldest daughter, her heart would still tear up and hurt.“Okay, stop crying.” Brandon took his wife into his arms and comforted her. “Today isn’t just Clarice’s death anniversary. It’s also the day of Lyra’s engagement. Clarice will be happy for her sister if she knows that her sister is getting engaged.”Mrs. Maddens cried until her chest ached, and she gnashed her teeth. “It’s all that b*stard Harry Raines’s fault. How could... How could Clarice...”She spoke until she choked and sobbed again.Brandon’s eyes were also gloomy. “The Raines family is gone. Only Sydney is left.”Six years ago, he personally avenged his eldest daugh
Younger brother?Sydney looked at the caller ID and frowned. “I’m Sydney Raines, but I don’t have a younger brother. You have the wrong number.”“No, he said he’s your younger brother. His name is Jayden Flint.”As soon as she heard that name, Jayden’s bad behavior came to mind, and the hairs on her body trembled. “Sorry, I don’t know him.”Then, she hung up the phone.Luke asked curiously, “What younger brother? Was it Cayden?”“No, she got the wrong number.”Sydney left the office with Luke and agreed to talk about the planning for Skylight over Japanese food.However, as soon as she entered the elevator, her phone rang again.Sydney held in her temper and answered. This time, it was Jayden speaking instead of the female officer.“Hey, sister-in-law. Come to the station and bail me out.”In the six years that Sydney had been married to Julien, his younger brother Jayden had never called her ‘sister-in-law’ before and only called her by her full name. That was the first tim
Sydney took a deep breath when she looked at the brat’s bruised face. After that, she stopped wasting her breath on him and pulled open the car door.Jayden did not think of himself as an outsider at all and placed his grubby hands everywhere, touching everything he could see.Sydney’s car was a standard model, but Jayden was tall, so he had to cramp his legs under the seat. He even thought that it was a problem with the car. “What kind of sh*tty car is this? My legs can’t even fit! Hey, don’t you know how to ask my brother for a car when you divorced him?”“If you don’t like it, then get out,” Sydney spoke bluntly, not wanting to indulge the guy at all. “Go sit in your brother’s luxury car!”Jayden was speechless.The car soon arrived at Shallow Bay’s underground garage.As soon as Sydney got out of the car, Jayden pushed the door open and followed at her heels. “I heard the housing price here isn’t cheap. Did you sell the Azure Heart and use the money to buy this house?“Did m
Jayden used his long legs to dig in between the cabinet at the porch, refusing to go out. “Hey, don’t go too far. I’ve washed the dishes for you. Will you die if you let me sleep on your sofa for a night?”Seeing that she could not move him, Sydney went to her phone instead.When Jayden saw her dialing his brother’s number, he immediately jumped over and grabbed the phone from her. “Don’t call him! Hang up!”“If you don’t leave, I’m calling your brother over.” Sydney dodged left and right, not letting him take her phone.“Sister-in-law!”“It’s useless even if you call me that a hundred times. Either you leave or I call your brother.”When Jayden saw that the line was connected, he immediately pounced on it, snatched it from Sydney’s hand, and hung up.Caught off-guard, Sydney fell on the sofa. Although the back of the sofa was soft, her head still hurt slightly at the harsh impact.Jayden hung up the phone and breathed a sigh of relief before noticing Sydney, who had been throw
Julien was looking at the letters in a trance when the bedroom door was knocked on and pushed open.“I saw your bedroom light still on and figured you were still working.” Lyra came in wearing an ink blue robe. The belt was loosely tied around her waist, revealing her collarbone and a track of fair skin. She also sprayed perfume on her body, looking very seductive.She placed the fruit tea on the table and deliberately leaned close to the man. “I made a cup of fruit tea for you. You’ll feel refreshed if you drink it.“I’m done working,” Julien said. He pulled open the drawer and showed her the letters inside. “I was grabbing the ink when I saw these letters. I didn’t expect us to have exchanged so many letters.”Lyra panicked for a moment when she saw the letters, but she soon recovered her composure. “They’re from six to seven years ago. Why are you still keeping them?”“They have sentimental value.” As Julien brushed his fingers over the letters, a smile appeared in his eyes.‘
Lyra’s voice was soft and gentle, but the provocation in her words was clear as day.Sydney simply raised her brows and smiled generously. “Since Ms. Madden spoke up first, sure. You can buy it.”Lyra did not expect Sydney to not argue with her and hand the watch over. For a moment, she did not know how to react.“Lyra, I think Sydney just doesn’t dare to offend you.” The other lady leaned forward and bragged to Lyra. “She has lost her backing after she divorced President Flint, and her company is on the verge of bankruptcy. That is why she doesn’t dare to fight with you over anything.”Yes, the current Sydney had nothing besides a useless company.Lyra felt very satisfied to hear her friend say that. She picked up the watch and handed it over with her bank card. “I’ll pay with a card. Wrap it up for me.”Ginny did not take the card and instead asked carefully, “Miss, are you a VVIP member of our brand?”“No.” Lyra frowned, a little unhappy. “Does your shop not accept cards?”“
“She’s pretty amazing to have made connections with Macy Graham.” Sharon looked at the woman beside Lyra and whispered, “Macy is the granddaughter of South Lake’s retired Master Graham. People who can go out with her will never have to worry about contacts.” Sydney rarely went out before, so she barely knew any people in the business world, much less people from other places. It was no wonder Lyra was acting so humble in front of the women. Before a person like Macy Graham, Lyra’s family background was not enough. “Oh, you’re President Flint’s ex-wife?” Macy glanced at Sydney with slight contempt in her eyes. She did not take Sydney seriously at all. “Since we’ve been brought together by fate, let’s play a few rounds. You’ll oblige, right, Ms. Raines?” Sydney did not want to even talk to Lyra, let alone play cards with her. However, she had put up with Velma for so many years when she was in the Flint family and had learned to read a person’s motive early on. She knew that
Sharon soon returned to the private room.Before she could go to Sydney to see her cards, she saw the ‘gentle’ smile on the corners of Lyra’s smile and already guessed it in her heart.Sydney probably lost very badly during the time she was out.Sharon sat next to Sydney and glanced at her cards. Sure enough, they were horrible. She lowered her voice and said, “Ms. Raines, you’re up against none other than your ex-husband’s first love. Are you really going to let her slap you in the face like that?”“There’s no rush. We’re playing best of three games out of five,” Sydney said. Her face was as calm as ever since she entered the room to play cards.She threw out another card while responding to Sharon.“Game.” Lyra showed her hand, and the smile on her lips became even more obvious.Sharon was speechless.“Sydney, you already lost two rounds to Lyra. I don’t think there’s any need to continue.” The lady beside Lyra huffed arrogantly. “Lyra isn’t a petty person. If you apologize t