Chapter 484 A Substitute


    When Sydney got out of the car just then, she looked very different from usual. It was easy to tell


    that something was wrong with her.


    Julien was worried that something had happened to her.


    Hearing Julien''s words, Luke stopped stretching his arms. He said to Julien with a sneer on his


    face, "Julien, I heard from Sydney that you''ve given up on her and that you’ve been distancing


    yourself from her recently. So why are you asking now? What''s going on? You don''t want to give up


    on her anymore?"


    Julien''s eyes darkened. "It''s none of your business. Just tell me what’s wrong with


    Sydney."


    "Why should I answer you? Since you''ve decided to give her up, anything about her is none of your


    business and you''re in no position to ask." Luke crossed his arms around his chest. It looked like he


    wasn''t going to tell Julien because he didn''t think there was anything Julien could do to him anyway.


    Julien''s eyes narrowed slightly, and a chill glimmer shed across his eyes. "Luke, do you think I


    can’t find it out if you don''t tell me?"


    Luke was confused, "What do you mean?"


    "1 know Sydney went to your home tonight, so..."


    Julien picked up his phone and dialed a number.


    Soon, the call came through. A voice familiar to Luke came from the other end of the line, "Mr. Flint."


    "Mom?" Luke was stunned to hear his mother''s voice on the other end of the line. He looked at


    Julien incredulously and asked, "How do you have my mom''s number? Do you know each other?"


    Zach pushed his sses upward and answered with a smile, "Mr. Chase, didn''t you know that your


    mother and Mrs. Flint went to college together?"


    "My mother and Julien''s mother went to college together?" Luke was so surprised," How is that


    possible?"


    "It is." Zach shrugged his shoulders, "Not only did they go to college together, but they were also


    very good friends. Your mother''s beauty salon was a joint venture with Mrs. Flint. But after Mrs. Flint


    died, her shares were inherited by Mr. Flint, so Mr. Flint and your mother were business partners. Of


    course, they knew each other."


    The corner of Luke''s mouth twitched after Zach exined it. "What the hell? How could I don''t know


    it?"


    Luke didn''t have a clue about it.


    Julien was sitting in his car. After hearing Luke''s mother''s answer, his face changed color, "What?


    You told Sydney about her origin?"


    Luke was standing outside the car. When he heard Julien''s words, he immediately stepped to the


    door and grabbed the window frame. He stared at Julien and hastily asked, "Julien, you know


    Sydney wasn''t the Raines'' daughter?"


    Julien ignored him. He said to the phone, "I see. Thank you."


    Then Julien put the phone down.


    Luke gritted his teeth and asked again, " Julien, you knew all along that Sydney wasn''t her parents''


    real daughter, didn''t you?"


    "It''s none of your business." Then he turned to Zach, "Let''s go."


    "Okay." Zach responded. He then asked Luke to step away from the car.


    Julien closed the car window.


    Luke tapped on the window angrily." Julien, don''t go! Open the window and exin clearly! How did


    you know Sydney wasn''t the Raines'' daughter? And when did you know it? Julien, tell me!"


    Julien heard Luke''s shout, but he ignored him. He closed his eyes and fell into deep thought.


    Zach pulled open the car door and got in. Then he started the car and drove away as Luke red at


    them angrily.


    The car exhaust sprayed on Luke. He was so furious that he stomped angrily.


    Zach looked in the rearview mirror and saw Luke''s furious look. Zach had a smirk. But it soon


    disappeared, as he saw Julien sitting in the back seat. "Mr. Flint, this is so unbelievable! Mrs. Chase


    also knew that Ms. Raines was not the Raines'' daughter, and she had told Ms. Raines.”


    Julien nodded, "I''m surprised, too."


    Julien thought only the Raines couple knew that Sydney was not their real daughter.


    But the couple had been dead for years, so Julien thought the secret was buried forever and that no


    one would ever find out about it.


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    However, he was surprised that Luke''s mother also knew the secret and that she had told Sydney.


    Julien wondered why Luke''s mother told Sydney about it.


    Seeing Julien’s furrowed brows and the gloomy expression on his face, Zach spoke again, "Mr.


    Flint, do you think Mrs. Chase told Ms. Raines that she was actually Brandon''s daughter?"


    "I don''t think she did.” Julien shook his head, "I just tested her, and she told me that Harry adopted


    Sydney from the orphanage, so I''m guessing that Luke''s mother didn''t know that Sydney was not


    adopted from the orphanage but was taken from Brandon''s house. Maybe even Sydney''s mother


    didn’t know it either." "Then Mr. Raines had been keeping the secret so well. He didn''t even tell his


    wife." Zach eximed.


    Julien curled his lips, "I wonder why Harry brought Sydney up as his own daughter."


    Zach nodded hastily, "Yes. I don''t understand it either. Brandon not only stole Skylight''s technical


    data, which nearly bankrupted Skylight, but was also responsible for Harry''s technician''s death, so


    Harry stole Brandon''s baby and tried to kill her to get revenge on Brandon.


    However, instead of killing Brandon''s daughter, he raised her. It''s hard to understand."


    Julien tapped his fingers on his knee and didn''t say anything.


    Zach suddenly asked, "By the way, Mr.


    Flint, Ms. Raines must be devastated when she suddenly learned that she is not the Raines''


    biological daughter. Is it appropriate for us to just leave? Shouldn''t we go see her?" "I know Sydney


    well. She is devastated at the moment, but she doesn''t need anyone tofort her. She wants to


    be alone. She wants to handle it on her own. She doesn''t want to beforted by others. Other


    people''sfort is pale after all. She won''t rely on others. She needs to sort it out and ept it


    herself, so she can be relieved. I''m sure she''ll be able to sort it out and ept it soon." Julien


    replied with a slight curl of his lips and a faint smile. His eyes were firm, showing that he had faith in


    Sydney.


    Since Julien had such confidence in Sydney, Zach shrugged his shoulders and didn’t say anything


    else.


    At Shallow Bay, Sydney returned to her apartment. She threw herself on the couch. Her eyes stared


    nkly at the ceiling, not blinking for a long time. A rare blink proved that she was alive and not a


    mannequin.


    What she had learned tonight at Luke''s house had hit her too hard.


    She was not her parents’ real daughter, but a substitute.


    She was a substitute. The love she enjoyed from her parents should have belonged to another girl.


    And her name, too, also should have belonged to another girl.


    She never knew she was actually a substitute.


    Everything she had should have belonged to the real Sydney.


    Sydney''s eyes welled up with tears. The tears trickled down the corners of her eyes and dripped


    onto the couch, wetting it.


    Then, suddenly, she caught a glimpse of the box she had left on the coffee table out of the corner of


    her eye. She remembered that her mother left it to her. She sat up in a hurry, grabbed the box, and


    opened it.


    She wanted to know what was in the box.


    Why had her mother left this box for her?


    Soon, the box was opened. Surprisingly, it wasn''t a picture or a paternity test certificate or anything


    like Sydney was expecting, but a CD.