Chapter 153


    Chapter 153: Frank’s Sincerity


    Sylvia was taken aback for a moment. The fact that Benjamin knew about her love for tulips was


    something her close friends knew, but she never expected Benjamin to know as well.


    Comparing this, Cyril’s gesture seemed utterly insincere. After all these years of marriage, he


    seemed to know nothing about her, while even someone she hadn’t seen in knew her favorite


    flower


    “It’s really tough on Cyril to hate what you like,” Sylvia mused.


    “Yeah, I really like tulips. It’s just that when my brother gave me tulips, they were artificial I’m allergic


    to pollen, after all,” she exined.


    “I know. Do you remember when you graduated from junior high, someone gave you a jar of tulips?


    That was me. I turned the tulips into dried flowers and put them in a bottle for


    Benjamin nodded. While others thought Sylvia received artificial flowers because her family couldn’t


    afford real ones, he sensed there was a special reason behind it. Buying real flowers wasn’t that


    expensive, after all.


    So, he observed carefully and found out about Sylvia’s pollen allergy. When she graduated, he


    made dried flowers and put them in a bottle as a gift. He just wasn’t sure if Sylvia remembered it


    Sylvia quickly searched her memories and indeed recalled the tulips. She loved them and still kept


    them in her room.


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    “It was you who gave them to me? I thought it was my brother’s doing. But I guess my brother


    wouldn’t have the patience to turn a flower into a dried one. You must have put a lot of effort into it.


    Thank you,” Sylvia said with a smile. The memory seemed to soften her attitude towards Benjamin.


    As these two reminisced, theypletely ignored Cyril


    Cyril felt thoroughly aggrieved at being ignored. He didn’t know what to say. It seemed like Sylvia


    had been subjected to such disregard many times before, whereas he had only experienced a


    fraction of it. What right did he have to feel aggrieved?


    Benjamin and Sylvia foundmon ground in their conversation,pletely ignoring Cyril.


    Juliet was in a good mood and ate a little more. When she noticed Cyrill staring nkly at Sylvia,


    she rolled her eyes in exasperation.


    “Why are you still here, Cyril? Can’t you see they’re having a good time? Why do you keep


    bothering them? Don’t you find yourself annoying?” she scolded.


    “I didn’t mean to.” Cyril’s throat felt dry, struggling to express his emotions.


    Juliet rolled her eyes again. “You didn’t mean to? Then take your roses and leave. It Sylvia has an


    allergic reactionter, she’ll have to find you. Is that your n? Make Sylvia allergic to pollen and


    then get close to her again? You’ve hurt her countless times over the years, and this time is no


    different. You’re disgusting”


    Juller’s words hit Cyril hard. His face flushed with embarrassment as he lett, clutching the roses. It


    wasn’t until he reached the door that he realized how impulsive his actions had been. He finally had


    the chance to see Sylvia, and Juliet had only said a few harsh words; she hadn’t actually hurt him


    Yet, he left like a deserter, carrying the roses.


    Cyril sighed at the door. It was toote to turn back now. He nced back at Sylvia and Benjamin,


    who were chatting happily. The atmosphere was pleasant. His heart ached even more, knowing


    that all this should have been his. Even though he had lost it all


    His phone rang, breaking his reverie. Without looking at the caller ID, Cyril answered.


    “Cyril, it’s me. I called you today..”


    It was Karina. Cyril frowned, surprised that she was calling him.


    Cyril hung up without a word. He didn’t want any contact with Karina now. Her betrayal in the past


    could be disregarded.


    But if Karina continued to pester him, he would have to seriously consider all the times she had


    deceived him over the years.


    Once Cyril left, Benjamin and Sylvia charted for a while before Benjamin left. He had onlye to


    help Sylda drive Cyril away, and now that he’d aplished that, there was no need to linger


    “Thave to say, he handled it quite gracefully. Honestly, you had met Benjamin earlier, maybe things


    wouldn’t have ended up like this. What do you think? pullet remarked. Although Juliet had been


    neglected for a while, she didn’t feel upset. On the contrary, having such a good friend around was


    not a bad thing, and Benjamin was indeed a nice guy. “Don’t talk nonsense. There’s nothing


    between us,” Sylvia replied, feeling a bit helpless. She had talked so much with Benjamin because


    she had recalled some things from junior high. Besides reminiscing about junior high, there wasn’t


    much else they could talk about. Business talk over dinner was rather dull.


    “Okay, okay, you two really have nothing going on. But I have some news to tell you. Do you want


    to hear it?” Juliet pulled out her phone. While they were chatting earber, she had checked her


    company’s emails and saw a message


    Sylwia nodded and took a bite of her food.


    Jullet read the email aloud. As Sylvia listened, her brows furrowed more and more. When Juliet


    finished, she added, “Frank wants to continue working with us and has voluntarily lowered his


    share by three percentage points. What do you think?”


    Their coboration was significant, so Frank was indeed at a disadvantage by conceding so much.


    Sybia couldn’t understand why he suddenly chose to back down.


    “What’s there to not understand? Frank was our best option from the start, and they seemed eager


    to continue working with us. If it weren’t for Cyril, this coboration wouldn’t have been dyed for


    so long. Now that he has conceded, it’s for the sake of coboration. Plus, you know, if we seal the


    deal this time, the subsequent coborations will also go smoothly, right? So, in the long run, his


    move makes sense,” Juliet reasoned