Chapter 197 Push-ups
In any case, it was not the first time Julien and her kissed by mistake anyway.
The other time was in the kitchen of Mr. rke''s equestrian park vi.
Thus, there was no need for her to be concerned. She would just think of it as getting bitten by a
dog.
At that thought, Sydney took a deep breath and looked at the man beside her.
He already had the ying card on his lips and was waiting for her.
She clenched her fists, telling herself several times in her mind not to make a mistake again, before
leaning over to press her lips against the card.
Julien''s eyes darkened when he felt the warmth from the other side of the card.
However, in less than two seconds, the temperature disappeared along with the card.
Julien''s eyes lowered as a feeling of loss suddenly rose from the bottom of his heart.
Soon, the time was up.
The manager announced the top three families, Team One, Team Three, and Team Five.
Sydney''s team was Team Five.
Davey pped his hands happily. "Mom, we got into the next round."
"Yeah." Sydney nodded in disbelief.
She thought that since they made a mistake and dyed some time, they would definitely be
eliminated.
However, she could not believe that they were moving on to the next round.
When Julien saw Sydney''s dumbfounded look, he found it a little cute, and a smile shed in his
eyes.'' Besides Team One and Team Three, Teams Two and Four also made mistakes. They made
more mistakes than us, so we’re in third ce."
"How do you know?" Sydney looked at him in confusion.
Julien lowered his eyes and looked at her. "I paid attention to the progress of the other families
during the game, so I saw."
So that was it.
Sydney could not help but give him a thumbs up." That''s amazing."
Just the fact that he could pay attention to other opponents in such a short time was far beyond her
skill.
It was no wonder that Flint Corporation came to be Port City''s leading enterprise under his
guidance.
"It''s nothing. It''s just a habit of mine." Julien''s lips curled into a smile at Sydney''s admiration.
Sydney thought that he was being smug when she saw him smile, and her lips tugged as she
turned her head to the side.
Julien raised his brows.
What was up with her?
Did he say something wrong?
Julien frowned and thought about it. However, he could not figure out what he did to offend Sydney.
Just as he was about to ask her, the manager''s voice sounded again. "Congrattions to the top
three families for entering the second round of thepetition. The second round is push-ups. May
the three families pleasee to this open space."
"Let''s go, Mom." Davey dropped the poker card in his hand, jumped off the sofa, and ran to the
open space while pulling Sydney''s hand.
As for Julien, he did not care about that bad uncle at all.
Julien would go over by himself anyway.
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Sydney did not call Julien over either. Her entire focus was trying to get Davey to run slower.
Seeing the duo run away from him without calling him, Julien''s handsome face fell.
''That brat must have done it on purpose.
''He''s still holding a grudge for me pinching his face earlier.''
Julien snorted, stood up with his hands in his pockets, and prepared to go over.
Suddenly, he saw something and stopped.
At the spot Davey sat earlier was a small ying card.
It was the card they used in the game earlier.
Narrowing his eyes, Julien took his hand out of his pocket and reached over to pick up the card.
A very distinct mark of Sydney''s lipstick was still on it.
Julien also did not know what he was thinking, but he suddenly shoved the card into his suit pocket.
Right after he did that, he heard Davey shout, "Dad, hurry up. The game is about to start."
Julien turned around with a satisfied hum.
''So what if the kid held a grudge?
''He still has to call me Dad and beg me toe over.''
"I''ming." Julien was in a good mood again, and he slowly walked over with his long legs.
The game for the second round was called push-ups. The father had to do twenty push-ups, but the
catch was that the mother had to sit on the dad''s back to add weight for him.
Meanwhile, the little one would stand by the side, keeping count for his father.
However, the audience and guests in the restaurant could already guess the final result before the
game officially started. They knew which two families would be promoted and which would be
eliminated.
That was because the mother of Team Three was very fat and the father was very thin. There was
no way he would be able to finish twenty push-ups with the mother on his back.
Thus, the results were evident.
"Why is this game so crafty?" Sydney''s beautiful brows furrowed into a knot.
She thought that the push-ups were for all three of them.
Unexpectedly, it was only for the father.
She and Julien had already experienced one cliche in thest round, and for this round, she was
asked to sit on his back.
There was no way he would agree.
While she was deep in her thoughts, Julien suddenly spoke, "It''s a little crafty, but it''s still
eptable. Come, get on."
He leaned over and got into a nking position.
Sydney thought she had heard wrong, so she looked at him in disbelief. "What did you say? Did you
just tell me to get on?"
"Yeah." Julien hummed.
Sydney''s mouth fell open.
She had guessed wrongly.
He actually agreed!
Seeing Sydney standing there in a daze, Julien said again, "Hurry up. Everyone else is already
ready."
Sydney looked around and saw that the mothers of the families to her left and right were already on
the fathers'' backs. Thus, she stopped hesitating and stepped forward to sit on Julien''s back as well.
That was her first time treating a proud man like Julien as a steed.
It felt... pretty cool!
Sydney''s eyes shed with excitement, but on her face, she pretended as if nothing happened and
looked down at the man below her. She asked, "Am I heavy? If you think-"
"You’re not," Julien answered before she could even finish her question.
Feeling that it was not enough, he added, "You''re very light."
He was not just saying it.
She was really light, even lighter than Lyra.
However, she was half a head taller than Lyra, which showed that her weight was clearly not up to
standard. More importantly, she was pregnant.
"You should eat more and gain more weight." Julien turned to look at Sydney, his tone quite serious.
Sydney heard his tone, and her expression grew cold." That''s my business, so you don''t have to be
concerned about it, President Flint. You should just stick to caring about Ms. Madden. Focus on the
game."
It was ridiculous. He had never cared about her before.
If he started caring about her now, she would only find it fake.
Seeing that Sydney was unwilling to ept his advice, Julien frowned and turned his head back
without saying anything.
The game officially began.
After Julien told Sydney to sit steady, he began to do the push-ups.
Davey kept count beside them.
Although Julien was busy with work, he always spared some time every week for training and
swimming. Needless to say, his physical fitness was much better than that of the dads from Teams
One and Three.
The dads of Teams One and Three were typical men who did not exercise regrly, especially
Team One''s dad who had a beer belly the size of a woman several months pregnant.
Although Team Three''s dad was slightly better, he had a wife who weighed 260 pounds on his back.
Sydney looked at Julien''s struggling red face and his trembling arms and was worried that his arms
would snap.
Thus,pared to those two fathers, Julien''s pushups looked effortless. His movements were also
precise and beautiful, which were very pleasing to the eye.
The female guests in the restaurant could not tear their eyes off him.
Julien did not care about those gazes. His attention had always been on Sydney.
When he caught a glimpse of the woman on his back, he saw her staring at the dads of the other
two families. Instantly, his expression sank. "Be serious."
"Huh?" Sydney was dumbfounded.
She did not understand. She was not the one doing push-ups.
All she had to do was sit on his back. Why did she have to be serious too?