My Wife Wants a Divorce by Red Little Fruit

Chapter 44 A Self-Directed 'Saving the Damsel in Distress' Plot

The woman's lips were soft, but Julien felt somewhat repulsed.

Just then, the door of the ward opened, and Velma walked in carrying a thermos tupperware. She froze when she saw that scene, but she then immediately grinned. "Oh my, it looks like I came at the wrong time. Sorry I bothered you. I'll go outside and wait."

She took a few steps back to go out.

Lyra's face reddened from Velma's words, and she hurriedly let go of the man. "You're not bothering us, Aunty. Come in." Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

"Well, if you insist.” Velma came in with the thermos tupperware. "I talked to your mother on the phone this morning and heard that you accidentally fell last night, so I immediately made some soup and came over to see you."

She glanced at Julien and said in realization, "No wonder Julien didn't even leave a message saying he wasn't coming home last night. It turns out he was taking care of you in the hospital."

Lyra thought about the messages from Kate last night. She was unhappy, but she concealed her emotions on her face well and said gently, "Don't blame Julien. I was too scared, so I asked him to stay in the hospital to take care of me." "It's okay. It’s his duty to take care of you!" Velma asked with concern, "Where did you fall? Does it hurt?”

"My legs still hurt a little, but the doctor said I'll be fine."

"Geez, you should be more careful. Come and drink some chicken soup. It’s nutritious and also nourishes your body." Velma served her the soup.

Lyra smiled and accepted it. “Thank you, Aunty.”

"If you really want to thank me, work harder to give me a grandchild soon." Velma winked at Lyra.

"Aunty...” Lyra bowed her head, her face flushed.

Not only was Lyra good-looking, but she also spoke warmly and her family background was strong. There would be endless benefits if the Flint and Madden families came together by marriage. 1

She was a gentle and perfect daughter-in-law. Velma could not wait for her to marry into the Flint family.

"I liked you as soon as I saw you. You're just so delightful!” Velma said. However, her expression was full of disgust when she mentioned Sydney. "You're not like that woman, Sydney. She stayed in the Flint residence for six years, but I still can't bring myself to like her.

"I also saw that scandal of hers this morning. Ugh, with a father like that, her character won't be any good either. She even used a video to vilify me!

"If not for the Flint family supporting her these years, she might have lived even worse than beggars!

"Luke’s character isn't good, but he's very good at business. I really don’t know what he sees in Sydney. I'm going to talk to Mrs. Chase. I wouldn't want a daughter-in-law like Sydney even if she was given to me for free!" u n

Julien stood by the side of the hospital bed while he listened to his mother talk about Sydney. His brow wrinkled, and his heart felt very uncomfortable.

The Raines family fell, but Sydney had never asked him for anything after she married him. She had always played the part of a virtuous wife in the six years she stayed in the Flint family. He also heard from the maids that Sydney was always submissive to Velma and never talked back to her.

It was Velma who went to Skylight to make a fuss and was videoed by Skylight's employees. Although he had suppressed the incident, Velma still held a grudge against Sydney.

In those six years of marriage, what kind of life did Sydney live in the Flint residence under Velma?

At that thought, he felt a stifling pain in his chest.

"Mom, I've divorced Sydney. Stop bringing her up." Julien was so annoyed that he interrupted Velma’s ranting.

He picked up the jacket on the chair with a cool expression. "Since you're free, you can stay in the hospital with Lyra. I still have work to do, so I'll go back to the office."

"Sure, sure. Go ahead.” Since Julien spoke up, Velma did not dare to chatter and immediately stopped talking.

Lyra said softly, "Take care on the road, Julien."

"Mm.”

When he left the ward, the smile in Lyra's eyes disappeared a little.

It was not until 3 p.m. that Sydney saw the other party had accepted her money and replied with an 'okay'

She really could not remember how she hooked up with that man last night, but it seemed he was not the kind of guy who would pester her. He even seemed a little cold.

That was good. At least she could rest assured.

However, there was still one thing that made her suspicious. She thought about it and found Hunter's number before dialing it.

Hunter answered it very quickly and said in a lazy tone, "Do you need something, Ms. Raines?"

"I know you're one of the owners of Club Lunaris. I'd like to ask you for a small favor.” Sydney recalled the fragments she could remember and said, "Last night, I came out of the room to go to the washroom and threw up. When I went out, a waiter passed by and gave me a bottle of mineral water."

"Huh?” Hunter's voice raised. "What do you mean?"

"After drinking that bottle of water, I couldn't remember what happened after that." Sydney said, "I know my alcohol tolerance, and I also threw up in the washroom. How could I have blacked out? I think there's something wrong with that bottle of water."

"Hmm..." Hunter raised his brows, feeling like things were getting interesting.

It was only when Julien sent a message five minutes ago did he learn what those two had done upstairs in the club last night, and he wiped the surveillance during that period of time cleanly.

Yet now, Sydney came to ask him about that.

Did Julien tamper with the water in order to get his ex -wife by hook or by crook and self-directed a 'saving the damsel in distress' plot?

Sydney was confused. "What are you 'hmm'-ing about?"

"I just didn’t think that you’d suspect someone paid off the waiter.” Hunter laughed. "Each part of the club is monitored, and the information of all the waiters are strictly reviewed.

"Just ask that waiter and let me know if you have any information." Sydney was worried that he would pry, so he said, "Don't ask anything you shouldn't ask!"

Then, she hung up the phone.

When Sydney put her hand down, she accidentally brushed off the silk scarf around her neck. She bent down to pick it up when Sophie knocked on the door and came in with the documents and coffee.

"Ms. Raines, your coffee."

When Sophie saw the clear hickey on Sydney's neck, her hand holding the coffee cup shook, and a large amount of coffee spilled on the papers.

Did they... sleep together?

She looked down to hide her expression and took the napkins to wipe the coffee stains on the document." I'm sorry."

"It's fine. The documents haven’t been signed yet, so just print another copy if they're stained." Sydney said and complimented Sophie with a smile, "The way you organize the documents is really convenient. I'll have to thank Luke for putting you in my company."

"Mm." Sophie cleaned up the coffee, still keeping her head down, and picked up the documents that had been processed. "I'll go out now, Ms. Raines."

Sydney could tell that there was something wrong with Sophie's tone.

She did not scold Sophie for spilling the coffee, but it was clear that Sophie was in a bad mood.

At the end of the shift, Sydney personally brought the documents to Sophie and wanted to chat with her. However, she saw Sophie smiling as usual and even agreed to have Japanese food with some colleagues. It seemed that Sydney was mistaken about Sophie's strangeness in the afternoon.

Seeing that Sophie was fine, Sydney did not think much of it and drove back to Shallow Bay.

Sydney had been busy all day. Now that she could relax, all she wanted was to go home and have a nice long bath.

However, when she left the elevator, she saw a teenager in school uniform sitting cross-legged at her door. Her eyebrows twitched.

The kid was here again!

When Jayden heard footsteps, he looked up, nimbly got up from the ground, and said in dissatisfaction," What time did you get off work? Why are you back so late? I've been sitting at your door for half an hour!"