Chapter 494 Intentions of Madeline


    "We discovered that Madeline arrived in Port City the day before yesterday. She''s been staying at


    the Seashore Hotel since then, and she stayed in her room until yesterday afternoon, when she


    went out to check out Skylight Corporation and Twinriver District. She returned to the hotel after


    that, and she hasn''t left since." The detective reported all of his findings to Sydney.


    Sydney''s brows furrowed. "Are you saying she spent most of her time in the hotel? "


    "Yeah." The detective said as he nodded.


    Sydney''s face darkened as she lowered her gaze.


    Sydney thought, "That is unreasonable. That doesn''t sound anything like Madeline.


    Madeline was a lively and outgoing person. To put it in a harsher description, she was a


    troublemaker who couldn''t seem to sit still at home.


    Given Madeline''s personality, Sydney was confident that Madeline would not be able to stay in the


    hotel for such a long time.


    Furthermore, Madeline had recently visited Skylight Corporation and the area where the old Raines


    Residence used to be. Madeline couldn''t possibly return to Port City just to see these two ces.


    Sydney continued to question the detective with narrowed eyes. "Can you look into her hotel room


    and see what she''s up to?" "Unfortunately, no. The Seashore Hotel has many rules in ce to


    protect its customers '' privacy. I won''t be able to tell what she''s doing unless shees out of her


    room." The detective exined as he shook his head.


    Sydney was not surprised by his response because she had figured it out.


    She just wanted to try her luck in case she could know something from the detective.


    So even if she couldn''t know what Madeline was doing, she had nothing to lose.


    "You can''t tell what she’s doing in the room, but I''m sure you can find her checkin details, right?"


    Sydney inquired.


    The detective replied, "Of course."


    "Great. In that case, I''d like to know if she''ll be staying alone or with someone else," said Sydney.


    "She''s by herself. I double-checked her reservation information and discovered that she had


    reserved a single room. Also, no one else has entered her room in thest few days except the


    hotel staff," said the detective.


    Sydney''s gaze flickered with suspicion.


    "What''s the matter? Didn''t Kaylie return with her?"


    Sydney was still confused by the situation as the detective continued speaking, "By the way, Ms.


    Raines, I also discovered that Madeline asked the hotel staff to help her purchase a flight ticket from


    the airport this morning."


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    "A ne ticket?" Sydney leaned forward. " Do you think she’ll leave Port City?"


    "Yes," said the detective. "When the hotel staff returned from the airport, I went to inquire about it.


    Madeline instructed the staff to book a flight to Beautrea for 4 p.m. today."


    "Beautrea..." Before raising her head, Sydney muttered to herself. "I got it. Thank you a lot. In a little


    while, I’ll transfer the final payment to you."


    "Okay, Ms. Raines."


    Sydney tossed her phone on her office desk after the call ended, leaning against her chair and


    looking down at the ground. She lowered her gaze as she started pondering.


    She was wondering what Madeline was going to do.


    Madeline suddenly came back and spent nearly three days in the hotel. And she only left her room


    once. She walked around the Skylight Corporation before heading to the Raines Residence.


    She couldn''t have gone in because she didn''t have the keys. Then she went for a short walk outside


    the area before returning to the hotel. After that, she intended to leave Port City and would take a


    flight to Beautrea.


    It seemed as if Madeline may have returned to take a look because she missed her home.


    However, Sydney knew her too well to believe that.


    Thus, Madeline muste back for some reason.


    Nheless, her actions didn''t seem to indicate what brought her back. And Sydney could not


    figure it out either.


    Regardless of Madeline''s intentions, Sydney must remain vignt.


    Sydney picked up her phone to respond to Luke after collecting her thoughts. "Alright, I got it.


    Please stop sending me updates about Julien. I am not interested. That''s it. I''m going back to work."


    When Luke saw Sydney''s text in the private room, he chuckled. "Alright. Fine. I''ll stop texting you.


    Go ahead and get busy! " He sent his text and then put his phone away to observe the other


    attendees in the private room.


    As he watched Julien and the other well-known figures chit-chat, Luke pursed his lips. As much as


    Luke despised Julien, he had to admit that Julien was a talented and exceptional businessman who


    he could only aspire to be.


    Although Luke and Julien were from the same generation, Julien was clearly at the top of the


    pyramid whenparing pure skills rather than family backgrounds.


    Peers of Julien''s generation grew up frustrated and surprised by his extraordinary abilities and


    talent. The majority of these people grew up in families thatpared them to Julien, and anyone


    who tried topete with Julien would eventually lose and be depressed.


    Apart from Hunter and Finn, this was also one of the reasons why most of these people detested


    Julien.


    They could maintain their distance from Julien while acknowledging his talent.


    And it was exactly what Luke had been doing all along.


    Luke was saddened when he learned of Sydney marrying Julien six years ago, but it didn''t take him


    long to ept it. He liked Sydney, but all he wanted was for her to be happy. Luke thought Julien


    would be a better match for Sydney because he was better in every way.


    Julien, on the other hand, turned out to be a jerk who hadpletely failed Luke.


    Julien was also aplete moron when it came to love. He couldn''t tell the difference between


    good and bad, and he spent six years bullying Sydney. As he considered the situation, Luke


    became enraged and couldn''t help but re at Julien.


    Julien immediately sensed something and turned around to look at Luke, frowning.


    Luke rolled his eyes at Julien. "What exactly are you staring at?"


    Julien pressed his brows together even tighter before averting his gaze from Luke." Please


    continue, "he said to the foreigner. After hearing Julien’s instructions, the foreigner continued with


    their conversation.


    The social gatheringsted about an hour.


    Julien had worked out a few coborative projects with a few important figures from abroad, and


    they were all happy with the results. Then they drank a few bottles of wine to celebrate.


    It was alreadyte in the evening when the dinner party ended.


    Because most of the foreign business partners were staying in the same hotel, Julien, Luke, and


    their partners were the only ones who had to leave.


    As Julien strode toward the hotel’s exit, he paid no attention to Anna. Seeing this scene, Luke


    clicked his tongue and walked behind them with Sean. "Julien seems to be very cold toward his plus


    one." Why did he invite Anna in the first ce if he didn’t want her to be his plus one? ”


    "I don''t know," Sean replied as he shook his head. Anna could hear their conversation. Then she bit


    her lower lip in shame before clutching her pricey handbag and hurriedly following Julien in her high


    heels. "Mr. Flint, please wait for me!”


    Julien continued walking as if he hadn''t heard her at all.


    He only slowed down as he approached the exit through the revolving door.


    He took out his phone to call Zack and ask him to send his car over.


    Anna breathed a sigh of relief when she caught up with him and saw that he hade to a halt at


    the exit. She came to a halt a few feet behind him to straighten her unkempt hair because she


    wanted to look decent when she spoke with him. She had to persuade him not to terminate the


    partnership.


    However, Anna''s back was hit by the revolving door behind her because she had been standing too


    close to it.


    Anna was about to lean forward and fall, and fear was written all over her face.


    However, she realized Julien was standing right in front of her the next moment. She no longer


    looked horrified. Instead, she had an exciting look on her face.