Chapter 697 Sydney Acted Innocent
Seeing Velma’s hostility towards Sydney, the Old Madam’s face was overcast with more discontent
and anger.
The Old Madam pped hard on the nket and asked coldly, “Velma, why are you looking at Syd
like that? You want to kill her?”
Facing the Old Madam’s reproach, Velma shivered with fear. She shrunk her neck right away and
had no guts to re at Sydney with hostility anymore. “Mom, what are you talking about? Why
would I kill her?” she asked, with a forced smile.
“Humph, you were glowering at Syd like you would almost rush to kill her,” the Old Madam sneered.
Velma bowed her head and kept silent.
She understood that the more she spoke, the more mistakes she would make, so it was best that
she said nothing.
Sydney couldn’t resist smirking at Velma, who had to zip her mouth and act weak before the Old
Madam, with her eyes gleaming with pleasure as well.
Velma caught sight of this and swelled with rage. "Sydney Raines, why are you..."
“What are you doing?” The old Madam pped the nket again to stop Velma from firing insults at
Sydney again.
Velma suddenly became much less aggressive. “Mom, sheughed at me,” sheined
instead, pointing at Sydney.
“Humph, don’t you think you’re funny?” the Old Madam looked at her, sizing her up, “You’re indeed
a pathetic joke.”
“Mom, how could you say this?” Velma, her eyes bulging,ined, “I’m your daughter-inw.”
“But Syd is my granddaughter-inw. If you dare to bully her, I’ll punish you for that. You have to be
clear that she has a bigger ce in my heart,” the Old Madam responded, staring at her
threateningly and coldly.
Velma felt so sick with jealousy that she fixed her red eyes on Sydney and said, “Granddaughter-in-
law? Mom, you’ve got a bad memory. She’s divorced your grandson for some time. Why are you
still treating her as your granddaughter-inw? And you even give that bracelet to her. You’re
really...”
“You’re just reminding me,” the Old Madam suddenly interrupted her, squinting her eyes.
When seeing this, Velma got a sudden sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach. “W-what’s that?”
“Syd, sit here.” The Old Madam patted the bedside and asked Sydney to sit down there.
Putting the prescribed medicine aside, Sydney took her seat obediently. “Grandma,” she called.
“Syd, tell me about it. Did she n to rob you of your bracelet just now?” the Old Madam pulled
over her hand with the bracelet and asked.
“I...” Sydney dropped her eyes with an embarrassed look and said, “Grandma, I can’tin
about it. Anyway, she’s Julien’s mother, I...”
“Don’t worry. She’s just a stepmother. You don’t have to be afraid of her. Just do as I say. I’ll back
you up even if Julien mes you for this. Be brave,” the Old Madamforted her.
“Since you put it that way, I’ll say it,” Sydney nodded in agreement and then allowed herself a wry
smile while hiding the cunning in her lowered eyelids, “Just now, in the elevator, when Velma
noticed the bracelet around my wrist, she said I had stolen it from you and even nned to snatch
it. No matter how hard I tried to exin that you’d given it to me, she didn’t believe me. She even
asserted that I must’ve cajoled you into giving me this when you weren’t thinking clearly. Grandma,
please exin to her for me that I’ve never done what she said.”
What a poor girl! You could tell how wronged she felt. No one would doubt her. Instead, one would
subconsciously feel the desire to protect her.
Sydney herself, however, was feeling sick about her own behavior.
Acting innocent was so disgusting, which was beyond her imagination.
“OK, as you like,” the Old Madam said while smoothing Sydney’s hair with a kindly and gentle face.
When she turned to Velma, the mild expression dramatically faded away and a look of impatience
took the ce of it. “Well, you dared to snatch the bracelet I have given to Syd,” she snapped.
“No, that’s not the truth. Mom, don’t listen to her.” Velma pointed at Sydney confusedly and argued,
“I didn’t snatch it. I was just trying to get back the stuff of the Flints from an outsider. It’s ridiculous
that she’s wearing the bracelet of our family. Mom, you really did it wrong. How could you give our
bracelet to others without thinking carefully? This bracelet is for the daughter-inw of the Flints, but
she’s not...”
“If I can’t give it to Syd, then who do you want me to give it to? To you?” the Old Madam gave Velma
a contemptuous look and interrupted her again.
Velma, her eyes gleaming, hesitated, “I...I...”
Seeing this, Sydney rolled her eyes and urged with an uncertain smile, “Velma, what do you want to
say? Just tell us.”
Velma bit her lip and glowered at Sydney.
‘Tell you? Tell you what? Tell you that I want to own the bracelet? Come on, I know what will happen
when I say that. Mom will definitely get irritated and have stuff thrown at me.’
Velma took a deep breath, managing topose herself. Then she forced a smile on her fat face
and exined, “Mom, I didn’t mean that at all. I mean since the bracelet is for the daughter-inw of
the Flint family, we must give it to one of the daughters-inw of the Flint family. Again, I don’t mean
myself. You can give it to Julien’s wife or Jayden’s, but Sydney isn’t one of us. Why did you give it to
her? It’s against our family instructions.”
“Humph!” the Old Madam sneered after a nce at her.
‘Velma, do you think I don’t know what you’re thinking? You’re suggesting that I should take the
bracelet back and give it to you instead. Oh, dream on! You’ll never own the bracelet.’
“Who told you Syd wasn’t one of us? Don’t you know she’s got back together with Julien? In that
case, it won’t take long for them to get remarried. I’ve done the proper thing. I just did it earlier,” the
Old Madam said, shrugging her shoulders.
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“What? They’ve got back together?” blurted Velma.
Sydney answered with a smile, “Yes, Velma. I’m so sorry for not remembering to tell you that.”
“W-wh...” her lips trembling, Velma took a while to say it out, “When?”
“Well, yesterday.” Sydney kept smiling.
The Old Madam amiably held Sydney’s hand and coldly looked at Velma. “Velma, they’re together
again. Syd wille back to this family sooner orter. So you’d better behave yourself. Remember
what I said. Don’t you ever bully Syd as before, or you’ll be sorry.”
When she heard the Old Madam warn her like this, Velma’s face turned pale for an instant. “I see... I
promise, Mom, I won’t.”
How could she forget the warning?
The Old Madam had made it clear that she would be kicked out of the Flints if she still bullied
Sydney as before.
She didn’t want to end up like that, not only because she couldn’t give up everything here, but
because she was not willing to leave her son as well as this ce, which was suffused with
memories of her husband, Alexander.
Not only the Old Madam, but even Julien had also told her that he would never give up Sydney.
All in all, she really should stop making an enemy of Sydney.
“Easier said than done,” the Old Madam continued, “I hope you can keep your word, or you’ll regret
it. And do yourself a favor. Don’t covet the bracelet on Syd’s wrist, or you’ll still suffer for it.”
“Yes.” Velma lowered her head and replied, upset and angry.
The Old Madam snorted and ignored her.
At that moment, Sydney, enduring her sickness, started to act innocent again. She smiled at Velma
apologetically and said, “I’m so sorry, Velma. It’s all my fault that grandma scolded you. Please
forgive me.”
“Who am I to say no?” Velma spoke sarcastically, her eyes red with rage.
The Old Madam furrowed her brows in dissatisfaction and was about to say something.
Sydney went on speaking, still holding the Old Madam’s hand and smiling at Velma, “I’m happy to
hear you say so. Since grandma’s here and has witnessed everything, I don’t need to worry that
you’ll get even with me for this in private.”