Chapter 152 Defect


    What else could he do? He could only spoil his beloved person!


    Afterughing for a while, Sydney took a long breath and finally stopped.


    Then, she took out a handkerchief from her pocket. '' Here, wipe it off."


    "My hand is too dirty after changing the tire. You wipe it for me, Darling," Luke said with eyes full of


    expectation.


    Sydney rolled her eyes at him but raised her hand to wipe his face.


    Luke closed his eyes in enjoyment. "You''re the best, Darling."


    "Enough already." Sydney was caught betweenughter and tears at his appearance.


    Not far away, Julien saw this scene and his fists clenched at his sides. His expression became even


    more gloomy.


    Lyra sensed his strange reaction, and her eyes shed full of jealousy and hatred.


    "Julien, the rtionship between Ms. Raines and Mr. Chase is really good," Lyra said with a smile.


    Julien withdrew his eyes and lowered them to cover the coldness in his eyes. Then, he said ndly,


    "Let''s go."


    He was afraid that if he did not leave, he would not be able to resist the urge to go up and tear Luke


    apart.


    However, he did not know why he felt this way.


    Lyra nodded. "Okay."


    The group of seven divided into three cars and left the ce.


    Sydney and Luke went to the Chase residence.


    As soon as they entered, Mrs. Chase took Sydney''s hand affectionately. "Syd, did you have fun


    these two days?"


    "Quite," Sydney took the fruit handed by Mrs. Chase and answered with a smile.


    Mrs. Chase also smiled. "That''s great. Did anything special happen?"


    "Anything special?" Sydney blinked in confusion." What do you mean?"


    Mrs. Chase''s smile gradually stiffened. "For example, falling into a hole, or being locked in a room,


    stuff like that. Did nothing happen to Luke and you?"


    "No." Sydney shook her head. "Aunty, why do you think that something like that would happen to


    us?"


    Mrs. Chase''s eyes shed guiltily before she waved her hand with augh. "I was just saying. I was


    watching TV a few days ago where the hero and heroine went on a vacation. They were very prone


    to encountering such things. That''s why I asked if you encountered that too."


    Sydney nodded in realization andughed. "Don''t worry, Aunty. TV is TV, and reality is reality.


    Reality won''t y out like how it’s on TV."


    "That''s true." Mrs. Chase''s lips twitched and she stood up. "Syd, have a seat first. I''ll go upstairs to


    get something."


    "Sure," Sydney responded.


    Mrs. Chase went to Luke''s room upstairs.


    Luke had just taken a shower and came out of the bathroom after changing his clothes, once again


    looking like his usual handsome and charming appearance. However, before he could appreciate


    himself, Mrs. Chase suddenly pushed open the door and barged in.


    Luke hurriedly lowered his posing hands and stared at Mrs. Chase. "Mom, what are you doing


    here?"


    "I need to ask you a question. Did your date with Syd the past two days improve your rtionship?"


    Mrs. Chase asked.


    Luke''s eyes dimmed for a moment before he pouted." Nothing improved. It wasn''t a date at all."


    There were seven people together. It was more like a group tour.


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    "It wasn''t a date?" Mrs. Chase gave him a side nce."


    Mr. rke''s equestrian park has so many facilities. It''s a great ce for a date. What do you mean


    it wasn''t a date? I even had someone set up some scenes there for your rtionship to improve, but


    you didn''t use them at all. How could you be so useless?"


    "You set up some scenes? Mom, what did you set up?" Luke looked at Mrs. Chase in shock.


    Mrs. Chase rolled her eyes and said, "I had people dig a hole at the golf course, thinking that you


    could fall in while ying ande in close contact or something. I also got someone to break the


    door lock of the master bedroom on the third floor and take the opportunity to lock you in. After all,


    the feelings of a man and woman alone in the same room are the easiest to heat up, but you


    guys..."


    Mrs. Chase trembled with anger. "You didn''t get caught in any of those tricks. What a waste of my


    efforts."


    Luke waspletely exasperated. "You did all that?"


    "It''s to set you up with Syd. How can I not worry about it?" Mrs. Chase sighed and sat down beside


    his bed.


    Luke scratched his hair. "Why didn''t you tell me earlier? We didn''t y golf at all, and we didn''t stay


    in the master bedroom on the third floor. We stayed in the guest rooms instead. Your little tricks


    naturally remained untouched."


    "How could I tell you? I know you best. If I told you, you would''ve spilled the beans and let Syd find


    out.


    Wouldn''t my efforts be wasted then, too?" Mrs. Chase grumbled.


    Luke shrugged.


    Mrs. Chase stood up. "Forget it. It seems like I''ll just have to find another opportunity to close the


    distance between Sydney and you. Alright, hurry up and dry your hair. It''s time to eat."


    "Got it." Luke nodded.


    Mrs. Chase left the room and went downstairs.


    After eating lunch, Sydney left and went back to Shallow Bay.


    After noting back for two days, the apartment was already covered in a thinyer of dust.


    Sydney tied her hair, put on an apron, and cleaned the apartment briefly. Then, she went to the


    study and prepared to perfect the proposal for the new energy technology since it was due


    tomorrow.


    After she wrote the proposal, she sent it to the mailboxes of professors in several famous


    universities, who read it, revised it, and evenplimented it.


    Thus, she was very confident about submitting it tomorrow.


    Sydney worked till the evening and only stopped when the study grew dark and her stomach


    became hungry.


    "It''s almost 8 PM." Sydney looked at her phone and stretched. She pulled open the drawer,


    preparing to put the proposal away.


    Suddenly, she saw the key in the drawer. It was the one that Grandma handed to her at the hospital


    last time, saying that there was a very important item in the old Raines residence so she had to find


    it.


    It was because that item was connected to a huge secret.


    It seemed that she had to find some time to go back.


    Sydney put the key back and pondered with aplex expression.


    The next day, she went to Skylight.


    Sophie walked behind her and reported, "President Raines, in your absence these days, President


    Dayton won over some of the people who originally supported you."


    Sydney was not surprised to hear that.


    Stephen was bent on driving her out of Skylight''s management and wanted her to be an idle major


    shareholder. So, he would naturally take advantage of her absence to turn her people against her.


    She would find it weird if Stephen did not do that.


    "If he won them over, then so be it. It''s good for people who aren''t loyal to defect now, lest they


    betray me at a critical time in the future. However, since they


    defected to Stephen, they aren''t allowed to continue enjoying the benefits I gave before."


    Sydney sneered then said in a cold voice, "Go and arrange for a few mistakes for them and kick


    them out of the original positions, and reassign others to take their spots."


    "But what if President Dayton protects them?" Sophie asked worriedly.


    Sydney''s lips curled. "Just tell Stephen directly that if he dares to protect them, I''ll sell a portion of


    the shares in my hand and give him another rival. That way, he''ll have yet another enemy fighting


    for the management rights."


    "Understood. I''ll get right to it." Sophie nodded excitedly.


    Sydney pushed open the door of her office and entered, and began to deal with the stack of


    documents that had been piling up for the past two days.


    Halfway through processing them, Sophie notified her of a meeting.


    Sydney closed the file in front of her, got up and left the office, and walked to the conference room.


    Outside the conference room, she met Stephen who came from the other side.


    Stephen''s expression was hideous. "I didn''t expect you to be so bold. You''re even willing to sell your


    shares to hold me down."


    He originally thought that after winning over some of Sydney''s people, she would not be able to do


    anything except get angry after she returned. Even if she wanted to dismiss those executives, she


    could only resign herself since he was around to protect them.


    Unexpectedly, she did not do as he expected at all. Instead, she used such a strong-arm tactic to


    stop him from taking action. He could not do anything and could only watch as the executives he


    went through so much trouble to win over were chased out of thepany. It really pissed him off.