Chapter 539 Luke's Affection"It's inappropriate in any way." Sydney sighed, "Only lovers can call each other like this to show their intimacy, but we are just friends, so it's a bit too much for you to call me in that way."Luke gave a short, derisive laugh, "How could it be a bit too much? I've been calling you that for over a decade. During those years, you've never said anything or felt anything wrong about it. Why did you change your mind now? Did someone say something that changed your mind?"Sydney opened her eyes a little wider.That explained everything to Luke. He held his fist tight, "I knew it. Someone told you to do that. It's Julien, isn't it?With the flicker of her eyes, Sydney admitted it in silence. "I guessed it!" Luke's face clouded, "You are very much obedient to him. Just because he told you to, you'd rather give up the pet name I'd been used on you for years as he wished."Sydney couldn't help but feel guilt-ridden at how she had treated him. She bit her lip and
Chapter 540 Velma's True Thoughts"It is a high-quality counterfeit?" Julien's face clouded over. He was in a bad mood.Zach felt what Velma had said was ridiculous and didn't know what he could say.'It is a counterfeit of Azure Heart?''It's impossible. She is lying.'Julien and Zach realized that she had lied, but she didn't know that. She thought she had convinced them and nodded. "It's a high-quality counterfeit. I bought it in the mall and spent thousands on it.""Mom, do you think that there is someone who can counterfeit Azure Heart?" Julien looked at her with a poker face.After Velma heard that, her heart did a flop-flip. She panicked. "What... do you mean?"Julien compressed his lips and said coldly, "As soon as Azure Heart was designed, it went up for auction. There are no pictures of Azure Heart in the market. Outsiders only know Azure Heart is invaluable, but they don't know what it looks like. Thus, please tell me how the mall saw Azure Heart and counterfeited it
Chapter 541 The Reason Why I Don’t Like Sydney "What do you mean?" Julien squinted his eyes. ‘What my father experienced? What happened to my father?’ Mentioning Alexander, Velma became sad and lonely. She sat down with her hand on the armrest of the sofa, her eyes were a little dazed, and her face, which had always been snobbish and mean, turned gentle and even looked somewhat guilty. "More than a decade ago, when I married your father, what we got were not blessings but ridicules. No one in your father’s circle accepted me, and your father became a joke in his circle just because he married me, who had no background, no education, and was not good at all aspects." Velma stroked the ring on her ring finger. The ring was a platinum diamond ring, but it was not shiny at all but gray and looked very old. It could be told that it had been worn for many years and had never been taken off to wash it. The ring was a little small for her, dividing her ring finger into two parts and bu
Chapter 542 Pay Julien BackVelma couldn't believe that in Julien's mind she couldn't compare to Sydney.She couldn't believe she had lost to Sydney!Velma collapsed abruptly onto the couch as if she had suffered a huge blow. She fell into a trance, staring fixedly into space.Julien's eyes darkened at his mother's behavior. He then beckoned Zach and asked the assistant to take him upstairs.Zach hurriedly did as he was told.Soon, they were upstairs.Zach opened the door to Julien's room and wheeled him inside. "Mr. Flint, your mother looks sad about what you just said."Julien answered in a nonchalant voice, "There are things that cannot be avoided. It is good to let my mother know how I will treat her and Sydney, so she'll treat Sydney with respect and stop picking on Sydney.""You're right." Zach nodded.Julien then took the Azure Heart out of his pocket and instructed Zach, "Go get a cup of cleaning solution."Julien's mother had worn the necklace, so he couldn't give it
Chapter 543 The Rings Were Bought by the Two of ThemComing to the walk-in closet, Julien went straight to the cabinet where his watches, tie clips, and other luxuries were kept. He put the box into the cabinet.After that, he withdrew his hand and prepared to go out.But the next second, seeming to have remembered something, he pulled open a drawer and took out another black velvet box.The box was palm-sized.Julien opened the box with one hand, revealing two rings inside.The two rings in different sizes were his and Sydney's wedding rings.Julien looked at the two rings. His eyes flashed. He then picked up one of the rings, turned it over, and stared at the Flint family's totem engraved inside with a slight smile.Sydney thought that their wedding rings were bought by her.However, this pair of wedding rings were bought by the two of them, and she did not know about it.That was why these two rings had the Flint family's totems on them.Six years ago, after he agreed to
Chapter 544 Have a Talk with Luke"You..."The faces of Stephen and the others turned red in anger for what Sydney had said, but they could do nothing.After all, what Sydney had said was true. She was the biggest shareholder. Although she was just the vice-president, she had more privileges than them.No matter how disgruntled they were, they had to bear it.Sydney looked at the sullen Stephen and sneered in her heart.'How dare you make things difficult for me? Who do you think you are?'She looked away and glanced at Luke who sat not far away.He lowered his head. She couldn't see his expression.But she could feel that he was absent-minded. She sighed and pulled out the chair. "Alright, let's start the meeting.""OK." The others nodded and opened the documents in front.The meeting lasted for two hours and was finally over.Stephen left with his men first.On the contrary, Sydney sat on the chair motionlessly. It seemed that she didn't plan to pack up her things and le
Chapter 545 You’ve Done the Right ThingHearing that Luke might have an accident, Sean became worried. She didn't say anything and turned around to chase Luke.After Sean left, Sydney sat down again. Feeling tired, she rubbed her brows. Then she picked up her phone and sent a message to Julien. “Do you think what I’ve done is right?”Julien was reading documents with a pen in his hand. When he heard his phone ding, he put down the pen and documents and picked up the phone to check the message.When he found that the message was from Sydney, he smiled and tapped WhatsApp to read it. The moment he read Sydney’s question, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes. He didn’t know what she meant, so he called her immediately.Sydney was waiting for Julien to reply. But unexpectedly, her phone rang. She was so frightened that she almost dropped her phone."Hello?" After calming down, Sydney answered the call and raised her phone to her ear.Julien's deep and caring voice came from the end of
Chapter 547 Finn's TipBut Julien did, actually, take advantage of Sydney on purpose.Also, indeed, he was just about to fall down.But when he saw Sydney reach out her hand towards him, the idea of holding her in his arms suddenly came to his mind.So, the moment Sydney took his hand, he used the opportunity to pull her into his arms, so as to accomplish his goal of getting intimate with her today.Julien planned to get close to Sydney every day, so she would get used to it and accept his intimacy with her afterward.Sydney got out of Julien's embrace, straightened her clothes, looked at Julien, and asked with concern, "Julien, are you okay?"Julien shook his head slightly, "I'm fine. I have you. I'm sure you won't let anything happen to me, just like I won't let anything happen to you, right?"At his question, Sydney nodded without hesitation, "No, I won't let anything happen to you. I will do everything in my power to protect you."Julien had helped her so many times and saved her l