Chapter 551 Sydney''s Conversation With Luke''s Mother


    Sydney curled her mouth with a hint of indifference. "No!"


    "Why?" rice''s face stiffened.


    Sydney looked at her with cold eyes, "I won’t work with you. You may excuse yourself."


    "Why?" rice was confused, "Lyra is your enemy. She will definitely take revenge on you. It will be


    easier to deal with her if we work together."


    "You''re right, but I don''t necessarily have to work with you." Sydney snickered, "Do you think you


    have any power? Even if you did, I wouldn’t work with you. You betrayed me once. Do you think I''ll


    trust you a second time?"


    rice choked for a moment. She had an ugly look on her face.


    rice knew as she had betrayed Sydney once, Sydney would never trust her again.


    But this time, she really wanted to work with Sydney because it was too difficult for her to find Lyra


    on her own.


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    As Sydney said, rice didn''t have any power or a lot of money. If she was going to find Lyra, she


    had to work with someone.


    And Sydney was the best choice, because she held a huge grudge against Lyra.


    But Sydney wouldn''t work with her.


    "Ms. Raines, I''m really sorry about thest time. But that''s another thing. We can put the past aside


    and talk about itter. Now the most important thing for us is to find Lyra as soon as possible.


    Leaving Lyra out there is more dangerous for us. So..."


    "Save your crap." Sydney raised her hand and interrupted rice impatiently, "I''ve already told you


    I won''t work with you. I''ll find Lyra on my own. Don''t worry about me. My friend is here. You''re taking


    her seat. Get out of here. Don''t make me call the waiter to ask you out!"


    "You...” rice red angrily at Sydney.


    Sydney parted her red lips and spat out in disgust, "Go away! "


    "Sydney! You''re going to regret this!" rice couldn’t stand Sydney’s contempt, but she resisted the


    urge to spill her guts. She grabbed her handbag and stormed away.


    When she reached the door, she almost bumped into Mrs. Chase who had juste in.


    Luckily, Mrs. Chase stepped to the side just in time so she didn''t get hit by rice.


    Watching rice storm away as if she hadn''t even noticed she''d almost hit someone, Mrs. Chase


    frowned and her face showed disgust.


    "Aunt," Sydney waved at Mrs. Chase, "Here."


    Mrs. Chase heard Sydney''s voice. She removed the disgust from her face, turned her head, and


    walked over with a smile," Sydney, sorry to keep you waiting. I was stuck in the traffic."


    "That''s okay. I just arrived." Sydney got up and pulled out a chair for Mrs. Chase.


    Mrs. Chase patted the back of Sydney''s hand affectionately. Then she sat down.


    Sydney returned to her seat. She then handed Mrs. Chase a cup of coffee, "Aunt, try this coffee.


    You''ll love it."


    "Thank you, Sydney," Mrs. Chase said, happily taking a sip of her coffee.


    Sydney picked up the spoon and stirred her coffee.


    Suddenly, Mrs. Chase asked, "Sydney, who was that girl that just went out? When I got out of the


    car, I saw you guys talking. Do you know her?"


    Sydney nodded, "Sort of. She''s the oldest daughter that Brandon and his wife got back recently."


    "Brandon''s daughter?" Mrs. Chase understood, "No wonder she''s so rude! She indeed is Brandon''s


    daughter.”


    Sydney nodded her head in agreement.


    "Well, let’s not talk about her. Sydney, do you know what I want to talk to you about?" Mrs. Chase


    put down her coffee cup and looked at Sydney.


    Sydney stopped stirring her coffee. "I''m not sure. Do you want to talk about Luke?"


    Mrs. Chase nodded, "Yes, Luke’s been down these days. When he came back the day before


    yesterday, he smelled like alcohol."


    "He''s been drinking?" Sydney’s voice rose in surprise.


    Mrs. Chase replied, "Yes, he drank quite a lot. He was drunk when he came back. He fell on his way


    upstairs."


    "Is he okay?" Sydney asked concernedly.


    Mrs. Chase reassured her, "Don''t worry, Luke is fine. He just cracked his forehead.


    It''s nothing serious." "Oh..." Sydney tightened her mouth. She felt guilty.


    She didn''t expect that what she''d talked to Luke about the day before would make Luke so


    depressed that he''d get himself drunk.


    "Sydney," Mrs. Chase continued, "Did you know that Luke was in love with you?"


    Sydney bit her lower lip and muttered," Yeah, I guessed it from what Luke said earlier."


    "It scared you, didn''t it? " Mrs. Chaseughed.


    Sydney lowered her eyes, "A little bit. I''ve always thought of Luke as a friend. And other than Luke


    calling me darling, which sounds a little too intimate, there was never anything special between us. I


    never knew that Luke had feelings for me." "Yeah. I always knew how you guys got along. If you


    hadn''t gotten married six years ago and Luke got drunk on the night of your wedding and cried


    about how he loved you, I wouldn''t have known he had feelings for you. He hid it so well." Mrs.


    Chase took a sip of her coffee.


    "Six years ago?" Sydney was stunned," Luke had feelings for me six years ago?"


    "No." Mrs. Chase shook her head, "Luke was in love with you when you were teenagers."


    Sydney''s mouth dropped open.


    ''When we were teenagers? Luke was in love with me for over ten years?''


    At that moment, Sydney had mixed feelings inside, surprise, emotion, guilt, but not love.


    She didn''t love Luke, and she was sure of it


    Even if Luke had loved her with all his heart for more than ten years and she was touched, she


    could not love him back.


    Mrs. Chase had been watching the expression on Sydney''s face.


    She hade especially to tell Sydney since when Luke had fallen in love with her, to see if


    Sydney would be touched when she learned about it.


    But now it seemed that Mrs. Chase''s expectations had failed.


    "Sydney, have you rejected Luke?" Mrs. Chase asked.


    Sydney shook her head and nodded again," Sort of. Luke didn''t confess his love to me. I just


    guessed it from his words, so I didn''t reject him outright, but I let him know that he and I were not


    going to work out. I wanted him to forget about me and find the right girl."


    "No wonder Luke got so frustrated and got himself wasted." Mrs. Chase sighed.


    Sydney held her coffee cup tighter, "I''m sorry, Aunt. I didn''t mean to hurt Luke''s..."


    Mrs. Chase smiled, "There''s no need to apologize. I don''t me you. Since you don''t like Luke, it’s


    good to reject him. You didn''t do anything wrong or hurt him. It is Luke''s own problem. He is too


    fragile. How can he not handle a woman’s rejection?"


    Mrs. Chase was honest. She didn''t think it was Sydney''s fault.


    Sydney was right to reject the man she didn''t love.


    If she was worried that Luke would be heartbroken and didn''t reject himpletely, she left a


    chance to and kept him on the hook.


    In the end, things became ugly, and that was what really hurt.