Chapter 73 Dispelling Doubts
Julien''s brows furrowed.
Had she deleted his number?
When the person on the phone did not speak, Sydney frowned in confusion and was prepared to
hang up.
Just then, a man''s low and pleasant voice sounded on the phone. "It''s me."
Sydney''s eyes widened, and the pen in her hand stopped moving. She brought the phone from her
ear and looked at the familiar string of numbers on the screen before her red lips pursed.
It really was him!
Even though she had deleted all his contact information after the divorce, she could still recognize
this string of numbers at a nce.
She took a deep breath to suppress the sourness in her heart and asked with an expressionless
face, "Is there something you need, President Flint?"
Julien''s face sank when he heard the indifference in her tone.
When she did not recognize him, she could be so gentle with a stranger.
However, she was so indifferent to him.
Julien suppressed the displeasure in his heart and
pursed his lips, saying, "I''m here to apologize to you.”
Sydney dropped her pen and leaned back. "Apologize? Has President Flint done anything wrong to
me?"
"It was my mother. I''m sorry for the trouble she caused you." Julien lowered his eyes. His voice
carried a hint of apology.
Sydneyughed sarcastically. "So that''s what you''re apologizing for. You''re quite unfortunate,
President Flint. You have to apologize on behalf of your fiancee, and now your mother. Will you be
apologizing for your younger brother next time?"
Julien said coldly, "There won''t be a next time."
"Who knows? The Flint family is very good at causing trouble, especially your mother. I know that
very well." Sydney could not help but roll her eyes when she mentioned Velma. "President Flint, can
I ask you a question? I have kept this question in my heart for a very long time."
Julien pressed the Bluetooth earbud in his ear suspiciously. "What question?"
"Are you really your mother''s child?" Sydney rested her cheek on her palm.
Velma was a typical shrew. Even if she dressed like a noblewoman, she did not look like one at all.
Instead, she exuded an air of vulgarity and uncouthness.
Sydney found it really hard to imagine how a woman like that gave birth to a son like Julien.
Julien''s eyes flickered. "Why do you ask that?"
"Just curious." Sydney shrugged.
Julien turned the steering wheel. "I am."
She really was his biological mother?
Sydney sighed in disappointment.
It seemed to be some kind of gic mutation.
Nevertheless, she picked up her pen again. "Well then, I have nothing else to ask, so let''s leave it at
that. Please keep an eye on your mother from now on, lest shees to my ce screaming like a
banshee again."
Screaming like a banshee?
Julien''s face turned cold. "Sydney Raines, can you not speak so harshly?"
"Harsh?" Sydneyughed. "President Flint, do you still expect me to be polite to you? Why don''t you
think about how you treated me for the past six years? Why should I be nice to you? Who do you
think you are?"
After that, she hung up the call.
Julien heard the beep from the Bluetooth earbud and knew that she had hung up. He freed a hand
from the steering wheel and rubbed his brow.
''Why don''t you think about how you treated me for the past six years.'' Those words kept reying
in his mind, and it felt like there was a boulder pressing
against his heart, weighing on him.
He could not deny that they had, indeed, treated her badly for the past six years.
Amidst his contemtion, he arrived at the hospital.
Julien parked the car and sat in it for a while before getting out and walking toward the inpatient
department.
In the high-end ward, Lyra was watching TV, and Mrs. Madden was sitting by her bed peeling
apples.
Upon hearing a knock at the door, Mrs. Madden looked up and smiled. "Lyra, look who''s here."
Lyra turned her head to look at the door and saw Julien walk in. She was happy at first, but then her
eyes reddened. "Julien..."
She lifted the quilt and threw herself at him.
Julien had just walked to the sickbed. He hugged her and touched her hair. "Why are you crying?"
"I missed you." Lyra buried her head in his chest.
Julien''s eyes softened. "I''m here now, aren''t I?"
Mrs. Madden saw the two so intimate and ced the cut-up apples to the side. She stood up from
the chair with a chuckle. "You''re just in time, Julien. Stay here with Lyra. I''ll go ask the doctor when
she can be discharged." "Okay." Julien nodded.
After Mrs. Madden left, he touched Lyra''s forehead and was relieved to find that her fever had gone
down.
"Are you feeling alright?" Julien pulled his hand back and asked.
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Lyra pouted. "Yeah, but my head is still dizzy."
"Then rest a little longer." Julien straightened the pillow and let her lie down.
Lyra shook her head. "I don''t want to sleep. Just stay with me."
Julien did not object and sat down by the hospital bed.
Lyra hugged his arm and leaned her head on his shoulder. "Julien, Velma came to see me in the
morning. She heard that I was kidnapped and that it was rted to Ms. Raines. She said she was
going to settle the score with Ms. Raines. I couldn''t stop her."
"I know."
"You know?" Lyra looked up at the man''s perfect profile. "Did Velma do anything to Ms. Raines?"
Did she do anything to Sydney?
Julien lowered his eyes.
His mother did want to do something to Sydney, but in the end, she was sent to the police station
instead.
On the contrary, Sydney did not suffer any loss.
Julien''s lips curled into a smile at that thought, and tenderness filled his eyes unconsciously.
Lyra caught it and knew who the tenderness was for. rm bells red in her mind, and her fists
clenched. However, she asked in confusion, "Julien, what are you smiling about?"
She could not believe that he would smile at the mention of Sydney and even reveal such a gentle
expression.
No, she had to get rid of Sydney as soon as possible. Otherwise, if this went on, he would really fall
in love with Sydney. He did not know it himself, but she could see it clearly. Sydney''s shadow was
starting to take root in his heart.
Smiling?
Julien''s eyes darkened before his expression returned to its usual coldness. He turned to look at
Lyra. "It''s nothing. I just thought of something interesting."
"I see." Lyra forced the corners of her lips to lift into a smile, but deep down, her heart was shrouded
in darkness.
Just then, Mrs. Madden came back. "Lyra, the doctor said you can be discharged tomorrow."
"That''s great. I don''t want to stay in the hospital anymore. I''ve been stuck in a hospital for six years.
I''m sick of hospitals," Lyra said happily.
Julien stroked her head dotingly.
Mrs. Madden looked at him and suddenly asked, "By the way, have you found out who the fox man
is,
Julien?"
When Lyra heard the words ''fox man1, her smiling face immediately turned to fear. "Julien..."
Julien held her in his arms, patted her back, and said softly, "Don''t be scared."
Mrs. Madden regretted asking as well. "I''m sorry, Lyra. I didn''t mean to bring it up on purpose. Are
you-"
"I''m fine, Mom." Lyra shook her head with tears in her eyes. "I deserved it. If I hadn''t hurt Ms.
Raines first because I felt insecure, Ms. Raines wouldn''t have told anyone to kidnap me. It''s my own
fault."
"It''s not your fault." Mrs. Madden began to cry. "That woman’s the vicious one. Yes, you hurt her
first, but we alreadypensated her. She took thepensation but still told someone to bully
you?
She''s too despicable!"
Lyra lowered her head and sobbed softly as if she could not understand why Sydney did what she
did.
Julien frowned. "Aunty, Lyra, this matter has nothing to do with Sydney. It was the fox man''s idea to
kidnap Lyra. He wasn''t instructed by Sydney."
"Julien, are you defending Sydney?" Mrs. Madden looked at him in disbelief.