Chapter 502 Their Secret Base


    "Sorry, I don''t know.” The receptionist shook her head. "Ms. Raines, you may call Mr. Chase."


    Sydney gave a smile. "Okay, thank you."


    Then she turned around and walked out of thepany.


    When Sydney got into her car, she took out her phone and dialed Luke’s number.


    However, what came from the phone was not Luke''s voice, but a cold mechanical female voice.


    "Sorry! The subscriber you''ve dialed is power off. Please try againter..."


    Sydney frowned and put down her phone.


    ''It''s strange.''


    ■Why does Luke turn off his phone?''


    ■What the hell is wrong with him?’


    Biting her lower lip, Sydney stretched out her finger to tap the screen. This time she called Mrs.


    Chase.


    Mrs. Chase didn''t turn off her phone and answered Sydney''s call quickly.


    Her soft voice came from the phone. "Hey, Syd. What''s up?"


    Sydney smiled and replied, "Hi, Auntie. I want to ask you something."


    "What do you want to ask?" Sitting on the sofa, Mrs. Chase was sipping her coffee gracefully.All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org.


    Sydney leaned back on the seat. "Is Luke at home?" "Luke?" Mrs. Chase shook her head. "He''s not


    at home. He should be in thepany now." "But he''s not in thepany," Sydney rubbed her


    temple and said.


    Mrs. Chase put down her coffee. "He is not at thepany?"


    "No.-


    Mrs. Chase thought for a while. "Perhaps he has gone out to socialize or inspect the factory. You


    may give him a call."


    "I called him, but his phone has been turned off," Sydney said helplessly, holding her forehead.


    Mrs. Chase shrugged her shoulders. "Well, I don’t know where he is. Luke is very stubborn


    sometimes. If he wants to hide, no one can find him. By the way, do you mean that he suddenly


    disappears and that you can''t find him? Did you quarrel?" Sydney replied nkly, "No, we didn''t


    quarrel. He called me, and we chatted happily. But somehow, he became upset, and then I couldn''t


    contact him. So, I''m very confused."


    "What did you talk about? Can you tell me? I can help you analyze it," Mrs. Chase suggested.


    Sydney nodded in agreement, and then she roughly told Mrs. Chase what she had talked about


    with Luke


    After listening to her words, Mrs. Chase fell silent suddenly.


    Sydney had a sinking feeling. "Why don''t you speak? Did I really offend Luke?"


    "No." Mrs. Chase smiled, but she felt helpless. "You didn''t offend him. It’s his own problem."


    "His own problem?" Sydney tilted her head, feeling more and more confused. She asked, "You


    know why he became upset, right?"


    "Well, he knew that he missed something he wanted again." Mrs. Chase sighed." Actually, I have


    asked him to be brave and not to conceal his feelings. But he doesn''t listen to me. Now, he


    bes hopeless again. It''s all his own problem."


    "Mrs. Chase..." Hearing Mrs. Chase''s words, Sydney felt a little shocked. She seemed to have


    guessed something, but she wasn''t very sure.


    Mrs. Chase added, "Well, Syd, don''t worry about Luke. Leave him alone. He wille back after a


    while. I''ll hang up. I have an appointment with my friends to go out for beauty treatment. It’s almost


    time."


    "Okay, bye." Sydney nodded.


    After hanging up, she threw her phone onto the co-pilot seat and raised her hand to rub the bridge


    of her nose.


    ''Don''t worry about Luke?''


    ''How could it be possible?''


    ''Luke and I grew up together and have been friends for more than 20 years. It seems that he


    became upset due to me. If I leave him alone, I''ll feel guilty. I cannot pretend that nothing has


    happened.’


    ‘No matter what has happened, I must find him.''


    Sydney tapped on her temple lightly, thinking about where Luke might go.


    After thinking for a while, she suddenly widened her eyes and sat up straight.


    She had thought of a ce where Luke might go.


    It was the park that they used to go to.


    She remembered that when she was eight years old, she was pped across the face by Kaylie.


    Then she ran out of the house sadly and happened to meet Luke who came to y with her.


    After Luke learned that she had been pped, he scolded Kaylie. Before Kaylie could get a broom


    to beat Luke, he had pulled Sydney to run away, and then he took her to a park.


    The park was abandoned, but it was Luke''s secret base. Sydney could talk andugh happily there.


    She didn''t have to be scolded by Kaylie for being noisy, let alone feel Kaylie''s hatred towards her.


    So, in the end, the park also became her secret base.


    Every time Luke asked her to y with him, they would meet at the secret base.


    It could be said that the secret base witnessed all the happy days in her and Luke''s childhood and


    adolescence.


    But when did she not go to their secret base?


    It seemed to be six years ago.


    Since she married Julien six years ago, she had never gone there.


    If Luke hadn''t disappeared suddenly this time, she might not even remember that they had a secret


    base.


    Taking a deep breath, Sydney felt a little guilty. Then she put the gear on and started the car.


    About forty minutester, the car stopped at an abandoned park.


    Sydney opened the door and got out of the car. Looking up at the rusted park sign with two words


    missing, she smiled, and a sh of nostalgia shed in her eyes.


    After six years, she finally came to this ce, which was once full ofughter and happiness.


    Then Sydney stepped into the park.


    As she walked, she looked around the park to see if it was different from the past.


    When she reached the innermost part of the park, she saw the person she was looking for on an old


    swing.


    She stood behind Luke, who lowered his head slightly and gripped the iron chains on both sides of


    the swing. He moved his feet on the ground back and forth to shake the swing.


    Sydney walked over on high heels.


    When Luke heard the sound of high heels hitting the ground, he stopped moving his feet, and the


    swing stopped swinging gradually.


    He loosened his grip on the iron chains, sat up straight and then turned his head.


    He thought that a stranger came into the park out of curiosity.


    But he didn''t expect to see Sydney.


    He immediately stood up from the swing, looking at her in surprise. "Darling, why are you here?"


    "Are you surprised?" Sydney asked without answering his question.


    Luke nodded and asked, "Of course. You haven''t been here for many years. I thought you had


    forgotten this ce. Why do youe here?"


    Sydney moved her red lips and answered," I couldn''t find you, so I started thinking about where you


    would go. And then I recalled this ce, but I didn''t expect that you were really here."


    Luke felt very excited. "So, you came here to look for me?"


    "Yeah." Sydney nodded. "You suddenly hung up in a bad mood, and I worried about you. When I


    went to yourpany to look for you, the receptionist of yourpany said that you were not in the


    company, and she also didn''t know where you had gone. Then I called you, but your phone was


    turned down. I had no choice but to contact your mother and ask if you were at home, but you were


    not at home. So, I came here."