Chapter 38 You Bet, You Pay


    The man wore a ck woolen coat, outlining his handsome figure. However, his cold temperament


    and heavy gaze made it hard for people to get close to him.


    When Sydney’s eyes fixed on the man’s face, her heart could not help but skip a beat, and she


    soon lowered her head naturally.


    She did not expect his influence on her to remain so long after the divorce.


    "You''re here, President Flint?" Kate was angry with Sharon, but she immediately greeted Julien with


    a smile the second she saw him. "I heard from Lyra that you''re very busy with yourpany. Are


    you here now to pick Lyra up?"


    Julien hummed politely in response. When his gaze swept over to Sydney, his eyebrows furrowed.


    Deep down, he felt a little unhappy.


    Did that woman forget her lesson from Red Plum Vi?


    Half an hour ago, Hunter called him and said Lyra and Sydney were ying cards in a private room


    at Club Lunaris. However, he did not believe it. He knew that Sydney was bad at cards and would


    not be so stupid as to dare y at the same table with Lyra.


    Hunter knew he did not believe him, so he took a picture and sent it. Only then did Julien drive to


    the clubhouse.


    Julien went over to Lyra, and his tone softened when he saw her delicate expression. "Didn’t you


    say you were coughing this afternoon? Why are you here ying cards?"


    Lyra smiled. "It was just a small cough. I''m fine. Besides, Macy is in Port City, so I want to entertain


    her."


    Julien knew about South Lake''s Graham family, and he was acquainted with Mr. Graham.


    He took off his scarf and draped it over Lyra. The small action caused the women around to giggle


    like a child.


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    Kate said, "Gome on, President Flint. We all know you love Lyra, but the heating is turned on in the


    room so Lyra won''t get cold. You''re just forcing us to watch your public disy of affection, huh?"


    Lyra''s cheeks flushed from the teasing, and she red at Kate. "Talk nonsense again, and you can


    make your way out."


    "Fine, fine. I won''t say anything."


    Sydney watched as the man draped a scarf over Lyra and took care of her. He even sat down


    beside her and gave her a warm drink.


    Their intimate appearance stung Sydney''s eyes.


    She deliberately entered Lyra’s trap earlier because she wanted to punish Lyra and see her leave


    Julien, never to return to Port City again.


    However, Julien had shown up.


    When she saw the man offer all his tenderness to Lyra, Sydney had no interest in fighting anymore.


    Julien nced at Lyra’s cards and said, "Ms. Raines isn''t good at ying cards, so just finish this


    round and forget about it. It’s not fun for youdies to y with an amateur like her anyway. I’ll y


    with you instead.’’


    The smile on Lyra''s face froze before she agreed gently.


    On the other side of the table, Kate had been looking at Sydney''s cards. Seeing that Sydney was


    close to winning, she became afraid and was just about to tell Lyra when she saw Sydney sabotage


    herself and throw a card out.


    Delighted, Lyra slowly showed her hand. "I win, Ms. Raines.”


    "Wow, you''re amazing, Lyra!” Kate said to Lyra excitedly.


    "Sydney, you lost three rounds, so you have to ept it." Macy sneered. She rang the bell, called


    the waiter toe in, and handed over a stack of bills. “Call a tattoo artist over as soon as


    possible."


    "Certainly. Please wait a moment."


    Julien watched all that with a frown on his face. Then, he asked Lyra, "What''s going on?”


    "Jayden said that Ms. Raines has a tattoo of your initials on her waist..." Lyra bit her lip and said


    softly," It was Ms. Raines who wanted to bet with me. She said that if she lost, she would remove


    the tattoo on her waist."


    Sharon looked at her incredulously. "Ms. Madden, you were the one who met Ms. Raines at the


    entrance, asked if she had a tattoo of the initials ''JF'' on her waist and wanted to bet with her over


    cards. How dare you say now that it was Ms. Raines who wanted to bet with you? You''re really


    unbelievable."


    "Watch your words!" Since Kate had someone backing her, she had no reservations about flying off


    the handle at Sharon. "Lyra just doesn’t want her boyfriend''s name tattooed on another woman’s


    body. What''s wrong with that?"


    "Lyra just asked if Sydney wanted to y cards. Did she put a gun to Sydney''s head and force her


    to agree?"


    "Exactly. No one forced Sydney. She agreed by herself."


    U H


    Besides Sharon, the other three women in the room were Lyra’s friends, so they naturally stood by


    Lyra’s side and echoed Kate''s words.


    The women were still quarreling when the tattoo artist came in with a toolbox.


    "Enough.” Sydney stopped Sharon from arguing with them and looked at Lyra calmly. "Since I lost


    the bet,


    I’m willing to ept the consequences."


    She went to the sofa by the side andy down. When she lifted the hem of her sweater, her white


    waist was revealed along with a striking ''JF'' tattoo.


    The tattoo artist hurried over and helped Sydney remove the tattoo.


    Seeing Sydney lie there calmly to let the tattoo artist fiddle with her and ncing at the tattoo on the


    waist made Julien’s brows furrow even more. He was feeling an indescribable sense of


    restlessness.


    He remembered that when he was still corresponding with ''Maple Leaf, she had told him that when


    the wife of an actor she liked passed away, the actor tattooed his wife''s name and hobbies all over


    his body so that he could see it every day. That way, it was like his wife was still present.


    Maple Leaf said she could not and was afraid of pain, but she could endure it and tattooed the


    name of the person she liked on her body so that he would be with her all the time.


    That was when Julien suddenly asked Lyra, "What did you say your tattoo was during our


    correspondence?"


    "We exchanged too many letters, and it was a long time ago. I don''t remember." Lyra shook her


    head.


    Then, she took his arm and tilted her head, asking, " Julien, am I... wrong for making Ms. Raines


    remove the tattoo from her body?"


    Noticing the suppression in her voice and the corners of her eyes slightly red, Julien could not bear


    to reproach her. Instead, stroked her hair with hisrge palm.


    "You''re not wrong."


    "Mm." Lyra smiled faintly and leaned her head on the man’s arm.


    She rejoiced that after Julien left this morning, she immediately took the letters out of the drawer


    and burned them, driving the pen pal ''Maple Leaf'' out of Julien’s heart.


    Her heart was overjoyed when she saw Sydney frown in pain because of the tattoo removal.


    Sydney still lost to her!


    Kate stood to the side with her arms crossed and could not help but mock Sydney when she saw


    the tattoo being removed. "Lyra gave you a chance, yet you refused and insisted on continuing the


    game. Ms. Raines, if you don''t know how to y, go back and learn. You’re only asking for trouble


    by trying to force it!"


    The other womenughed in low voices and looked at Sydney with gloating eyes.


    Tattoo removals hurt, so Sydney had been enduring it. Her forehead beaded with sweat, and she


    had no strength to pay attention to Kate.


    When the tattoo was almostpletely removed, a club attendant walked in and politely asked,


    "Which


    one of you is Ms. Sydney Raines?"


    "I am." Sydney looked at the attendant. "Do you need something?"


    The attendant handed over the small bag in his hand." A gentleman named Mr. Lowe has asked me


    to hand this to you."


    "Thank you."


    In order to divert her attention to make her tattoo removal less painful, Sydney opened the bag on


    the spot and fished out the small box from inside. When she opened it, she found a ring embedded


    in the blue velvet cloth.


    The ring was oblong shaped, small and delicate, and it dazzled under the light.


    "This is the work of the famous designer ''K''." Sharon recognized the ring the moment she saw it. "I


    heard that ’K’ handcrafted this ring. It sold for more than four million a few months ago in Ind


    Gardens auction house."


    "It''s one of a kind like the Azure Heart. It''s so expensive that barely anyone can afford to buy it."


    "It''s beautiful!"


    The women''s eyes burned as they stared at the ring in Sydney''s hand, wanting nothing more than


    to take it and wear it. They wanted to show it off to their circle of friends.


    Just then, Sydney received two new WhatsApp messages on her phone.


    [CaydenLowe: Luke said that today’s his birthday, so you should celebrate with him. I sent you a


    small gift along with his birthday present.]


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