Chapter 728 I Can''t Be Her


    Of course, this was only his guess. He still had to verify it.


    Seeing Julien''s tight frown and serious look, Sydney couldn''t help but get serious. "Julien, what''s


    wrong?"


    Julien raised his eyes to look at her. "Ask the court."


    "Why?" Sydney tilted her head in confusion.


    Julien said, "I have a suspicion that needs to be verified, so I have to know if Brandon has


    contacted the court to check on your adoption approval or to ask about your adoption back then."


    "What?" Sydney was even more puzzled. "Why would Brandon ask that?"


    "You''ll know if you contact the court." Julien didn''t answer her question. He just told her to hurry up


    and contact the court.


    Sydney had no choice but to take out her phone and do as she was told.


    Two minutester, she put down her phone with a serious expression and looked up at Julien. "You


    are right. Brandon sent someone to ask. What exactly are you suspecting?"


    She was curious about it.


    Julien put his hand on the top of her head and patted it gently. "I''m suspecting that Brandon might


    think you''re his daughter."


    "What?" Sydney''s mouth twitched. Then she narrowed her eyes and looked at the man strangely.


    "Julien, do you have a fever?"


    With that, she reached out to touch his forehead. "It''s not hot. You have no fever, but why are you


    talking nonsense?"


    "I''m not talking nonsense." Julien took Sydney''s hand off his forehead and said resignedly.


    Sydney stared at him. "Then why did you say that? How could it be possible?"


    Julien looked her straight in the eye and slowly said, "Because he thinks you are rice."


    Sydney''s pupils twitched slightly, and for a moment, she was in silence as if shocked by the man''s


    words.


    But after a while, she suddenly fell aboutughing as if she had heard a big joke. She couldn''t stop


    it. Her face turned red, and the corners of her eyes even faintly glistened with tears.


    "Hahahaha, too funny. rice. Hahaha..."


    Julien looked at theughing woman on hisp. His eyes darkened. He slightly tightened his grip on


    her waist, his voice slightly hoarse. "Stopughing."


    Sheughed so unrestrainedly that her body was shaking.


    When she shook, her body rubbed against his body inevitably.


    And this was both a good and bad thing for him. Happiness and torture were mixed.


    Julien was now a little regretful that he had just held her in his arms and let her sit on hisp.


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    Otherwise, he wouldn''t be so tortured now.


    Julien looked at the woman who was stillughing in his arms, and then he looked down at her


    breasts that were trembling slightly and gently rubbing against his chest, which ignited his desire.


    He tried hard to restrain himself.


    Julien closed his eyes, tightened his grip on the woman''s waist again, and said, "Stopughing. Do


    you hear me?"


    Sydney did not know that she had inadvertently turned Julien on. She took a deep breath and


    gradually stoppedughing. She was blushing and looking at the man. "You can''t me me for


    laughing. What you said was a little too hrious. You think Brandon suspects that I''m rice. This


    is a fable!"


    With that, she couldn''t help butugh again.


    Seeing this, Julien raised her chin. "No moreughing, or I''ll kiss you."


    Once these words came out, Sydney hurriedly covered her mouth and shook her head repeatedly,


    indicating that she was not going tough.


    She didn''t want to be kissed fiercely by this man. He would make her unable to breathe.


    As Julien saw this, a trace of regret shed in his eyes.


    He suddenly hoped that she would continue tough.


    But he was always a man of his word, and he did what he had promised. After seeing her stop


    laughing, he released her chin, and his expression became serious. "I was not joking when I said


    Brandon might think you were rice. Think about the date your father stole rice, the date he


    threw her into the river, and the date you were adopted. "


    Hearing the man''s words, Sydney lowered her eyes and thought back.


    This made her understand something, and her eyes widened. "You mean..."


    "It seems that you have understood what I mean." Julien said with gleaming eyes, "The dates of


    these three events were almost next to each other. rice was thrown into the river by your father,


    and immediately after that, you were adopted by your father. How could Brandon not suspect that


    you are rice?"


    Sydney''s mouth opened, but she did not speak. Her mind was a mess.


    She thought, ''Yes, rice was stolen by Dad and thrown into the river, and then I appeared in the


    Raines family and was adopted by Dad. The two things happened so closely that people suspect


    that I''m rice. That''s why Brandon sent someone to South Lake Hospital and the court to inquire


    about this. But...''


    "But I can''t be rice!" Sydney looked up at Julien with firm eyes. "Even though the three things


    happened closely, I am not rice. At that time, Dad and Brandon were deadly enemies. So how


    could Dad have raised his enemy''s daughter? Moreover, if I were rice, who would be Denna?"


    Denna?


    An icy light shed in Julien''s eyes.


    Denna was just a shameless thief and an impostor.


    But he would not tell her this.


    Sydney didn''t know what Julien was thinking at the moment, nor did she notice any change in


    Julien''s expression.


    She bit her lip and said, "Denna is the real rice. Last time, when I tried to reveal that Denna was


    the spy that Hunter and I had sent to the Madden family, Denna said that she was the real rice


    and pulled out her hair on the spot. Denna and Brandon took a paternity test, and the results


    showed that they were rtives. You were present at the time, so you also saw it, didn''t you?"


    She took Julien''s arm and shook it eagerly, desperately wanting him to confirm for her that she was


    not rice.


    Julien looked at Sydney and nodded slightly. "Yes, I saw it. Denna is indeed rice."


    Hearing the man''s words, Sydney sighed in relief and smiled. "So Brandon is overthinking. After all,


    the dates are close to each other. It''s normal that he thinks a lot about it, but when he calms down,


    he will surelyugh at how ridiculous his behavior was. He thinks that his enemy''s daughter is his


    biological daughter."


    Julien didn''t say anything. He just stroked the top of her head and said yes.


    He had wanted to ask her indirectly what she would do if she was rice.


    But now, it seemed there was no need.


    Just learning that Brandon suspected Sydney of being rice made her so resistant that she


    constantly tried to prove that she wasn''t rice.


    That was enough to show how much Sydney hated being Brandon''s daughter.


    So if she knew that she was rice, she would break down and do something crazy. Julien dared


    not think about it.


    He suddenly hugged Sydney tightly with mixed feelings. His heart was heavy.


    Seeing Sydney''s reaction just now made him even more determined to conceal her identity. He


    would never let her know that she was rice.


    At least, he would not let her know this until Brandon died.


    Sydney, unaware of Julien''s decision, poked his back with her finger and asked with concern,


    "Julien, what''s wrong?"