Sydney pondered for a few seconds. "Alright. You go and negotiate with the presidents of these banks again. See if you can change their minds. Along the way, try to find out whether it's Brandon Madden behind this whole thing.""Okay," Sophie answered and then thought of something. "Should I tell President Chase about this?""No." Sydney shook her head. "Luke has to look after his own company recently. I don't want to trouble him.""Understood."Shortly after Sophie left, Sharon came in from the finance department."President Raines, what the hell is going on? I just received calls from several banks asking us to pay off the loan right away. It hasn't been long since we took the loan, and it's not time to pay it back yet. Why are they making us pay it back now?" Sharon walked up to Sydney's desk and asked.Sydney pinched the bridge of her nose. "Can't you tell? We're being targeted.""By who?" Sharon slammed her hands on the desk.A cold glint flashed in Sydney's eyes. "The only suspec
Sydney straightened up with a smile. “Thank you, Sharon. If it wasn’t for you helping me this time, I really wouldn’t know what to do.”Skylight Corporation needed 150 million dollars to operate normally. If those banks insisted on wanting the money back, she did not know where she would get the 150 million from.Now, Sharon solved the problem for her, so she naturally had to thank Sharon.Sharon waved her hand. “You don’t have to thank me, President Raines. I’m just doing my job as a subordinate.”Sydney chuckled, feeling her heart warm.Sharon’s lips moved as if she wanted to say something, but her phone suddenly rang.She looked at the screen and her expression turned serious as she answered it, “Hello?”“Sharon, we found another place the young master stayed at before. Do you want to take a look?”“Alright, I’ll go buy a ticket now.”Hanging up the phone, Sharon looked at Sydney. “President Raines, I have to ask for leave from you again. There’s a very important matter…”
Sydney and Julien both looked up as Hunter walked over, spinning a car key on his finger.Julien’s eyes narrowed. He looked at Hunter and then at the woman beside him, furrowing his brows.Why did she ask Hunter to pick her up?Since when did their relationship become so close?Hunter was also a little surprised to see Julien. “Julien, why are you here? You’re sitting with President Raines too. Are you two on a date?”He pointed at the two playfully.Sydney put the ice pack to the side and rolled her eyes at him. “What nonsense are you talking about? I came here to talk about business and met President Flint by chance.”“Is that so?” Hunter rubbed his chin with an expression of disbelief.Julien did not say anything but did not deny it either.Hunter believed it when he saw Julien’s expression and pouted his lips in slight disappointment. Then, he saw Sydney’s swollen ankle and was stunned. “President Raines, what happened to your foot?”“Sprained it.” Sydney put her shoes ba
Lyra’s eyes widened slightly in disbelief.He admitted it.He was pursuing Sydney?Besides Lyra, Macy and Kate were equally shocked.Macy looked at Hunter like he was a fool.They were both from powerful and noble families, but Hunter set his eyes on a divorced woman. Macy disdained Hunter in her heart.This was simply a disgrace to the sons of noble families like theirs!“Mr. Chase, isn’t it inappropriate for you to do that? Ms. Raines is…” Lyra looked at Sydney and bit her lip as if she could not speak her words out of embarrassment.Sydney laughed in anger. “Finish your sentence, Ms. Madden. What’s wrong with me? If you trail off like that, it’ll seem as if I did something unseemly. Is that what you want to tell Hunter?”Lyra’s heart panicked. She did not expect Sydney to voice her motive directly and was caught off guard.She hurriedly shook her head to explain. “No, that’s not what I mean. I just wanted to say that Ms. Raines is Julien’s ex-wife, and Mr. Cohen is Julien’
How would she know what to do? If she knew, she would not be so nervous in her heart now.How did Sydney know that something would happen to the Graham family?Lyra bit her lip. Her eyes were dark and uncertain as she looked in the direction that Sydney left.Sydney was helped to the surgical department by Hunter.The doctor was quite surprised to see her. “Didn’t you just change your medicine last night? Why are you here again today?”Sydney did not expect the doctor to recognize her and coughed a little awkwardly. “Um, I’m here for my foot this time.”“Your foot?” The doctor bent down and looked around the corner of the table at her feet.Seeing her swollen ankle, he shook his head sympathetically. “Miss, you’re hazard-prone. The injury on your head hasn’t healed yet, and you twisted your foot like this. I advise you to pray at a church later.”“Pfft!” Hunter did not hold back and burst out in laughter.Sydney was already blushing from the doctor’s words and became even more
Hunter chuckled while buckling his seatbelt. "It's nothing. I just told her a horror story.""Do I look that gullible to you?" Sydney looked at him speechlessly.Hunter started the car with a helpless expression on his face. "I'm telling the truth. What can I do if you don't believe me?""Boring!" Sydney rolled her eyes and withdrew her gaze.Hunter suddenly whirled around and gave her a glance. "President Raines, I just suddenly realized that you and Mrs. Madden look a little alike.""Huh?" Sydney was dumbfounded. "I look like her?""Yep.""That's impossible!" Sydney shook her head. "Don't be ridiculous.""I'm not joking. I'm serious. Your facial contour and eyes really look like hers." Hunter nodded seriously.Then, he added, "It's almost identical. I'd believe it if someone said you two were mother and daughter."Sydney was now sure that Hunter was indeed not joking and froze for a moment.However, she soon regained her composure and waved her hand. "So, what if we look a
This was the first time she called him since the divorce!He wondered what it was about."Jayden is at my place. Please take him back, President Flint." Sydney looked at the teenager sitting on her doorstep and felt a headache.Julien's eyebrows knitted. "Jayden is at your place again?""Yes. I can't get rid of him.""Alright, I'm coming over," Julien replied.Sydney had nothing more to say to him and simply hung up the phone.Julien looked at the screen that had jumped back to the menu and pursed his lips. Then, he got up and walked toward the office door.About half an hour later, he arrived at the door of Sydney's apartment."Julien!" Jayden was like a mouse seeing a cat when he saw Julien. He hurriedly stood up from the ground. "Why are you here?""I'm here to take you back," Julien glanced at the door of the apartment behind Jayden and said in a low voice.Jayden did not dare to disobey him and drooped his head. "How did you know I was here?"Julien did not answer him
Lyra lowered her eyelids to cover the dark look in her eyes, but her mouth replied in a panic, "I didn't. You've misunderstood me, Ms. Graham. I...""You don't have to say it!" Macy interrupted with a sneer. "Lyra Madden, listen closely. We're done. I'll never let you off. Just wait and see!"Macy hung up the phone right after she spoke.Lyra looked at the phone screen and pursed her pale lips.She had already seen the news of the Graham family's incident in the morning and had long prepared for Macy to blame her.However, she did not expect Macy's hatred for her to be so deep that she threatened not to let Lyra go.Lyra's palms shook and her heart began to get a little nervous.Although the Graham family had lost power and influence, they were still government officials, so they could still deal with her or the Madden family. Lyra had to do something about it.Thinking about this, Lyra bit her lower lip and pinched her arm hard, causing tears to flow immediately. She took her
Chapter 1200 A Great Pair of Teacher and StudentThat was for sure.But those students wouldn't be Sydney.Sydney would always be special to Julien.He would always be a gentleman to Sydney.Even now that he was acting as Sydney's teacher, he was gentle and patient with her.Sydney had feared that Julien would lose patience and think her stupid when she couldn't understand what he was saying.She knew Julien was never a patient man.So she had been nervous. She was afraid that Julien would give up on her if she couldn't understand what he was talking about.She would be embarrassed in that situation. And she needed to find herself a new teacher.However, it turned out that Sydney was overly concerned.Julien was very patient with her. When Sydney didn't understand him, he didn't become impatient or think she was stupid. He patiently explained to her until she understood it. He was so patient with her. Nothing made him agitated.Gradually, Sydney learned that he wouldn't be
Chapter 1199 Teacher and StudentSydney's face and tone were both serious.Julien knew that if he was still unwilling to do as he was told, she would definitely do what she had said.Sydney was such a person.Even though their current relationship was close, she was not willing to take much advantage of him."Alas." Julien shook his head resignedly, pulling over her office chair and sitting down. "Is it okay now?"Sydney nodded in satisfaction. "Yes."With that, she also sat down on another chair that was slightly worse and then added, "Julien, don't think that I'm stubborn and unwilling to accept your goodness to me. I know that you want to do more for me, and you also want to let me sit more comfortably. I'm touched, and I accept it too, but if I really accept all of your kindness, especially when you're already helping me, it will only make me more and more greedy. "In the end, I will take all of your goodness to me as a matter of course, and over time, I will even forget t
Chapter 1198 Julien Was Going to Teach SydneySydney's eyes reveal a look of surprise.Julien noticed it, but deliberately teased her, "Why? Can't I come up?""Why not?" Sydney walked up to him and took his hand, smiling. "You're more popular at Skylight than I am. Even if I forbid letting you in, the staff will let you in. What can I do about that?""Nothing." Julien shook his head honestly."That's it!" Sydney pulled him inside. "I didn't think you'd be here this early, though. You usually get here around almost six. It's only a little after five now."So when Sydney saw him, she was surprised."I finished things, so I came over early. Are you done with your work?" Julien followed Sydney. He asked as he glanced at her desk.Sydney's desk was piled high with papers. Julien frowned at the sight. He liked to keep things neat and organized. "You've had a busy day, haven't you?"Otherwise, Sydney's desk wouldn't be this cluttered.Sydney didn't release Julien's hand until she le
Chapter 1197 It Was Good to LeaveYuri was one of Luke's best friends, so he knew very well what kind of person Yuri was.Such a slowcoach did something so quickly. It was conceivable that Luke was very important in Yuri's heart.Otherwise, he wouldn't have taken Luke's request so seriously.So how could Luke not be surprised and happy?As for Sydney, she didn't know Yuri. Nor did she know what kind of person he was.Now, after hearing Luke's words, she realized that Yuri was a person who worked very slowly.However, it was such an inefficient person who did her a favor so quickly. Sydney felt very touched."Maybe it was because you approached him that he did it so quickly, and of course, it was also possible that after being the boss all these years, he became much more efficient." Sydney guessed with a smile.Luke rubbed his chin and nodded. "It makes sense, but whatever the reason, it's good that Yuri got things done quickly.""Yeah, I called you mainly because I wanted yo
Chapter 1196 Strange LukeYet Sean was panicking at the moment.Why?Of course, because she didn't want her lie to be exposed.It was not like she was really leaving the country, so how could she possibly let Sydney see her off? Her lie would be exposed if Sydney went there. Sean held the cell phone with both hands and hurriedly explained, "Because I bought a ticket for an 11 PM flight. It's late, so I don't want to let you go back and forth. It's too troublesome. Besides, if you go to see me off so late at night, Mr. Flint will definitely not feel at ease."That was true.Sydney rubbed her chin. "But why did you choose such a late flight?"Sean continued to lie. "To catch up on my sleep on the plane so that when I get abroad, I can immediately go to work.""I see. Alright, then I won't see you off, but send me a message to let me know you board the plane smoothly. Otherwise, I won't be relieved," Sydney said.Knowing that Sydney had given up on the idea of going to see her
Chapter 1195 Reason for ResignationSydney sighed, "It wasn't the HR department that told me. Gianna went there for something and overheard it by accident, so she told me.""I see." Sean understood.'I can't believe Gianna said it. 'I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence. 'It looked like God didn't want her to hide it from Ms. Raines either. Otherwise, how would Gianna have happened to show up at the HR department at that time?'"So it's true that you are quitting?" Sydney asked, pursing her lips.Sean nodded. "Yes."Sydney's heart sank after she got a definite answer from Sean, the person in question. "Why? There has to be a reason, right? I don't believe you have considered resignation for a long time. Gianna and I didn't hear about you quitting or feel you had the intention before you took a leave of absence and suddenly offered to resign. I never want to believe that nothing has happened to you. At the very beginning, Gianna and I guessed that you had a problem with
Chapter 1194 Sean Had Decided to Gave Birth to the BabyLuke wanted to ask, 'Can't you see I'm not happy?'The words were on his tongue, but he couldn't say them.Upset, Luke took a packet of cigarettes out of his pocket, pulled one out of it, and put it in his mouth. He then took out his lighter and was about to light the cigarette.However, just as the flame neared the cigarette, he suddenly paused. He glanced at the bed on which Sean was drinking the medicine, not paying attention to him. Then he put the lighter away and put the cigarette back in the packet.'I’m not going to smoke it. It's not a good cigarette. I'm going to change cigarettes next time. I didn't quit smoking for that woman.' Luke compressed his lips and thought to himself.Just then, Sean's cell phone rang, which broke the silence of the room.Sean finished her medicine. Her mouth was full of bitterness. She put the bowl back on the bedside table and hurriedly picked up a glass of water and took a sip of wate
Chapter 1193Gianna trusted Luke, so she didn't tell Sydney that Luke also knew Sean had been pregnant.She didn't feel the need to tell Sydney. "Mr. Chase will keep Sean's secret anyway."Convinced of this idea, Gianna had no worries at all. She looked at Sydney and asked, "Ms. Raines, do you think Sean quit the job because the miscarriage hurt her health?""I don't know, but it's possible." Sydney responded, giving a worried look.Sydney didn't have many female friends. Sean and Sharon were her only friends.Sharon followed Cayden to Jackal City. They had very little contact after that.Sydney called Sharon a couple of times, but the phone was never answered. Sydney guessed that Sharon must be busy or Cayden had assigned Sharon some tasks, so Sharon could not answer her calls.Last time when Sydney contacted Sharon, Sharon told her that Cayden didn't trust her and that he wouldn't allow her to follow him around as his bodyguard.Syndey hadn't talked to Sharon in a long time,
Chapter 1192 Sean Wants to Resign"Okay, I'll do it right away." The secretary nodded in response and picked up the file. "Then Ms. Raines, I'll take my leave."Sydney waved her hand. "Go ahead. Thank you.""You're welcome," Gianna smiled faintly and turned to head for the door.But after taking a few steps, she suddenly thought of something, stopped, and turned around. "By the way, Ms. Raines, there's something I don't know if I should say or not.""Just say it." Sydney lifted her chin slightly, signaling Gianna to continue.Seeing this, Gianna no longer hesitated. Standing upright, she said, "Here is the thing. This morning I went to HR Department. Secretarial Department recently needs to recruit a new assistant, so I went over there to ask if there were any suitable candidates.""Well, I know about this." Sydney nodded. "Go on."She knew that what her secretary wanted to say couldn't be this matter.Sure enough, Gianna took a breath and continued, "Then I heard them talking