Chapter 214 Dispute in the Washroom
Hunter held his stomach and could not stopughing.
Julien was a middle-aged, balding, and greasy man in his forties.
When he thought of Julien with that kind of image, he could not help butugh.
Sydney looked at Hunter, who wasughing his head off, in confusion. "Why are youughing so
much? Am I wrong?"
"No no no." Hunter quickly waved his hand. "You''re not wrong. You''repletely right. He''s in his
forties, has a receding hairline, his stomach is quite big, and his eyes are small and beady. In short,
he''s as ugly as you can imagine."
Sydney could not help but shiver at his description and hurriedly stopped him. "Okay, that''s enough.
I can''t stand it any longer."
Everyone loved beauty in their hearts. She admitted that she was also amon person who
valued appearances.
In short, she could not ept that she slept with a man like that before. Even if it was a long time
ago, she still felt sick to her stomach.
"Okay, okay, I''ll stop. I won''t talk about it anymore."
Hunter rubbed his cheeks that went sore fromughing and nodded repeatedly.
Sydney pursed her red lips. "I can''t figure out how you made friends with such a person. Your
images arepletely different."
"I told you, didn''t I? I''m not good friends with him. We''re just casual acquaintances," Hunter
shrugged and replied.
At that moment, Luke came back after answering the phone.
Sydney looked at him. "What did Cay say?"
"He said he''s already back and will be attending the auction tonight, so he''ll see us at the banquet
after the auction," Luke put his phone in his pocket and answered.
Sydney nodded. "That''s good, but didn''t he agree to call us before he came back so we could pick
him up at the airport? Why didn''t he call?"
"His ne was dyed and he only touched down half an hour ago. We''d bete if we went to pick
him up, so he''lle straight here. Come on, Darling, let''s go in first," Luke said.
Sydney hummed.
The three of them walked toward the hotel entrance and entered the auction site smoothly.
Sydney and Luke''s positions were in the back rows, and Hunter''s seat was in the front rows. Thus,
they separated after entering the auction site.
Sydney found her own seat ording to the invitation. As soon as she sat down, she felt eyes
staring at her.
Her body stiffened for a moment and she looked around, trying to find out who was staring at her.
However, even after looking around, the gaze disappeared before she could find out where it was
from. She had no choice but to give up.
In a room on the second floor of the auction site, after Zach pushed the door in, Julien left the
windowsill and returned to the sofa with his crutch and sat down.
"Something wrong?" Julien picked up a booklet of auction items and read it.
Zach stood behind him and replied, "President Flint, the Madden family is here. They want toe
to the room to say hello to you."
"No need. We''ll meet at the banquet after the auction," Julien flipped the page and said indifferently.
Zach nodded. "Understood. I''ll convey your words to them."
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''Heh, don''t think I don''t know that the Madden family just wants toe and sit in the room. They
don''t want to sit in the hall with the others.
''After all, the private rooms represented one''s status. Although the Madden family''s influence isn''t
small, they''re nowhere near prestigious enough to sit in a private room for the auction. That''s why
they want to sit in President Flint''s room.''
After Zach went out, Julien went to the windowsill again.
He closed the auction catalog and was just about to put it back on the shelf.
However, he did not ce it firmly, and the booklet fell to the ground. It flipped open to a page
because of the impact.
Julien frowned and bent down to pick it up.
As soon as he did, his eyes suddenly widened. "This is..."
Julien looked at the familiar ring on the page. It was Sydney and his wedding ring!
The bride''s version was a little different than the groom’s version, but the difference was not too big.
Furthermore, it was a one-of-a-kind ring, so he recognized it at a nce.
Julian hurriedly looked at the information of the donor below. Sure enough, he saw the name
Sydney Raines. His expression instantly turned gloomy.
She donated the wedding ring and participated in the auction!
For a moment, a wave of anger rose in Julien''s heart.
He did not even throw away his wedding ring. It was still in the drawer of his room.
However, she took hers out for sale.
Julien instantly felt as if he was betrayed. He stood up, walked toward the window, and looked down
at Sydney below with gloomy and dark eyes.
Sydney once again felt a gaze on her. This time, she also clearly perceived that the owner of that
gaze had a problem with her. It did not seem like the person was very happy.
"What''s wrong, Darling?" Luke hurriedly asked from a few seats away when he saw the restless
Sydney.
Sydney wanted to tell him that someone was staring at her again, but then she thought that it was
useless to tell him anyway. Since they might not be able to find that person, she simply shook her
head and said,'' I''m fine. I''m going to thedies."
She finished reading the auction catalog. She was not interested in any of the auction items, so she
naturally did not care that she would miss something good if she left her seat.
"Okay. Come back quickly." Luke told her.
Sydney nodded and got up to leave her seat.
In the washroom, Sydney came out of the cubicle after finishing her business and went to the sink
to wash her hands.
At that moment, she heard a flushing sound.
Immediately after that, she saw through the mirror the door of a cubicle behind her opening up.
Lyra came out from inside and just so happened to meet Sydney''s eyes in the mirror.
She did not expect to see Sydney here. After she got over her surprise, she smiled and nodded.
"Ms. Raines, what a coincidence."
"Indeed," Sydney nodded slightly and replied.
Lyra was very dissatisfied with her attitude. Her eyes grew cold as she also walked to the basin to
wash her hands.
Sydney finished washing her hands and took a hand towel from the box to the side to wipe her
hands.
Lyra saw that the hand wash on her side was empty and felt anger burn in her heart. Then, she
looked at Sydney. "Ms. Raines, could you hand me the hand wash on your side?"
"No." Sydney wiped her fingers and refused without hesitation.
They were enemies. Why should she hand Lyra anything?
Lyra did not expect Sydney to refuse so bluntly and not even bother to put on pretenses. She bit her
lip in anger.
Then, she thought of something and the corners of her mouth curled up coldly. She took a step to
the side, knocking Sydney to the side, and upied the washstand that Sydney had just been
using.
Sydney did not expect Lyra to do that and stumbled slightly. However, she managed to hold the
edge of the washstand in time, so she avoided the tragedy of falling.
"Sorry, Ms. Raines. I didn''t do it on purpose. You won''t take it personally, right?" Lyra rubbed her
hands and said sarcastically, but her eyes were filled with a malicious smile.
Sydney looked at her with icy eyes, causing her to feel ufortable with her stare. When her
expression stiffened, Sydney suddenly lifted the bag in her hand and smashed it against Lyra''s
head.
Lyra was caught off guard and was smashed by the bag, causing her hair to mess up. The makeup
on her face smudged, and more importantly, there was a throbbing pain in her head.
"Sydney Raines, how dare you hit me?!" Lyra trembled as she gnashed her teeth and red at
Sydney.
Sydney drew another hand towel and slowly wiped the cosmetic residue on her bag. She said in a
clear and cold voice, "Sorry, Ms. Madden. I didn''t do it on purpose. You won''t take it personally,
right?"
The familiar words caused Lyra''s face to burst in red and white, making her look extremely
ridiculous.
Those were the words that she just said to Sydney, but Sydney returned those exact same words to
her.
It was clearly a p in her face!