Chapter 243 Cayden''s Inferiority Complex
"Sydney? Sydney?" Layden raised his hand and waved it in front of Sydney when he saw that she
was lost in thought.
Sydney''s eyes flickered for a moment before she snapped back to her senses and pursed her
mouth. " What''s wrong?"
"What were you thinking about?" Layden asked her.
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Sydney opened her mouth and then smiled, saying," It''s nothing. Let''s go in. I''m a little hungry now."
"Okay.” Layden nodded.
With that, Sydney lifted her feet and walked forward.
"Wait," he called out to her.
She blinked in confusion. "What''s wrong?"
"Grab on." Layden bent his arm toward her.
Sydney was amused at that action. "Okay, my little handsome man."
Two blotches of red appeared on Cayden''s cheeks as he led her into the restaurant.
Under the guidance of the waiter, the two were taken to their reserved seats.
Right after Sydney sat down, she heard a fuming female voice from the side. "Sydney Raines!"
Sydney raised her brows and twisted her head over to see Lyra ring at her with a resentful look
on her face. She could not help but sigh. ''This world is really small.''
"Let''s go to another restaurant, Sydney," Layden said with a cold face. He also did not expect Lyra
to be here in the restaurant.
Sydney shook her head. "No need. We''ll stay. Why should we leave just because we saw someone
we don''t like?"
"But I''m worried that it''ll affect your appetite." Layden sighed.
Sheughed. "It won''t. The person who will have her appetite affected won''t be me."
Then, she nced at Lyra.
Lyra was holding the knife and fork with both hands, making them screech against the te. It was
as if she was treating the te as Sydney and venting all her anger on it, not in the mood to eat at
all.
Layden understood that Sydney did not leave because she wanted to annoy Lyra. Thus, he no
longer insisted on leaving and sat back down again.
At that moment, Julien came back. When he saw Layden and Sydney at the next table, he was also
stunned.
Sydney was here!
Furthermore, there was a new man beside her.
It was Hunter thest time, and this time it was Cayden. Would the next time be Luke?
She really did notck thepany of men!
Julien''s handsome face darkened as he pulled out the chair across Lyra.
"Julien, are you done with your phone call?" Lyra put down her utensils and got up, about to help
him to his seat.
However, Julien refused her by cing his cane to the side and supporting himself against the edge
of the table to sit down.
Lyra''s outstretched hand froze in the air. She also looked a little embarrassed.
However, she soon pretended that nothing had happened and calmly put her hand down before
returning to her seat.
Julien was so cold to her.
She thought that since he agreed toe, he must be willing to make up with her. Unexpectedly, it
was just her wishful thinking.
To the side, Sydney was not that surprised to see Julien.
After all, Lyra was here. It was not strange that Julien was here too.
She did not n to greet him, so she drank the water on the table silently.
On the other hand, Layden nced at Julien a few times. The bottom of his eyes held jealousy and
an inferiorityplex that was not easily detectable.
Yes, it was jealousy and an inferiorityplex.
He was a model, who was both famous and rich, so even if Julien was much richer than him, there
was no need for him to be jealous of Julien.
However, he could not help it because Julien was the only person that Sydney had ever loved.
As for his inferiorityplex...
"Hah..." Layden turned the cup in his hand, and he looked down to cover the darkness in his eyes.
Everyone said that he had a good character and was very gentle. However, no one knew that was
not his real character. His real personality was dark, apathetic, and not gentle at all.
His gentleness was an imitation of Julien!
It was because when he was a teenager, Sydney often told him about how gentle and good-
tempered the boy she liked was. He got jealous of the boy she liked and also envied the boy at the
same time, so he deliberately changed his personality to imitate the boy she mentioned. All he
hoped was to get some of the attention she paid to that boy.
However, he failed. That boy was the only one she had in her eyes and heart. Even if Layden
imitated him very well, he still could notpare to the boy she loved.
Yes, that gentle and good-tempered boy was Julien Flint.
Layden did not know why Julien''s character had changed so much that there was no trace of the
gentleness Sydney mentioned before. However, he still had an inferiorityplex standing before
Julien. He felt like a counterfeit beside the genuine article because no matter what, he could not
deny that he was imitating Julien.
"Cay." Sydney''s voice suddenly rang out, interrupting Layden''s thoughts.
Layden smiled gently. "What''s wrong?"
"That should be my line. The food has been served, but you didn''t respond despite me calling you
several times. What were you thinking so deeply about?" Sydney poured him a ss of juice.
Layden took it. "I was just thinking about my future work."
"By the way, I heard you mentioned the day before yesterday that you have a runway show at South
Lake soon, right?" Sydney asked while eating.
Layden nodded. "Yeah. Are you interested in attending? I''ll get you a ticket."
"I am. I haven''t seen you walk on the runway in person yet, but I''ll have to see if I have time," she
responded.
At the next table, Julien watched the two people chatting happily from his peripheral vision. His
expression darkened, and the aura around him also turned gloomy.
Across him, Lyra noticed why he was like that and gnashed her mrs until they almost broke.
She stole a nce at Sydney and then immediately opened her mouth to draw Julien''s attention
over. '' Julien, it''s been five days. Are you still angry?"
Julien lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "I''m not angry."
"But my dad said you were angry because of what I did that day at the party, so-"
"That''s just his spection." Julien sipped his water and interrupted her.
Lyra froze for a moment.
She could not believe he was not angry at her because she framed Sydney at the banquet. In that
case, why was he suddenly so cold to her?
Could it be that he discovered the other things she did?
However, that could not be either. If he had found out, he would have settled ounts with her long
ago.
Why would he hold back until now?
Lyra bit her lower lip, feeling uneasy. "In that case, tell me, Julien. What exactly did I do wrong? You
not talking to me scares me."
Her eyes suddenly reddened as she spoke.
Julien''s heart seized violently. Then, he felt an uncontroble heartache and wanted tofort her.
However, he knew very well that he did not feel sorry for her, nor did he want tofort her. Despite
that, a voice in his head was urging him to hurry up and do as he was told.
Julien clenched his fists tightly, refusing to do so.
Never did he imagine that his heart would actually start to ache physically. It was as if needles were
piercing him, causing him so much pain that his breathing became short, and his face paled.
The next second, he suddenly fell on the table. A cup of water was knocked over and rolled on the
table before falling to the ground and shattering.
The crisp shattering sound attracted the attention of the whole restaurant.
Sydney frowned and looked at Julien suspiciously.
What was wrong with him?
"Julien, what''s wrong?" Lyra hurriedly got up and went behind Julien to check up on him.
The restaurant manager also came over quickly."
What''s the matter?"
"I don''t know. My fiance suddenly copsed." The tears in Lyra''s eyes were about to overflow.
Layden propped his head up and said, "Sydney, do you think Julien is suffering from some sort of
illness?"