My Wife Wants a Divorce by Red Little Fruit novel Chapter 269

Outside, Zach kept Luke tightly clamped, afraid that he would break free and run inside to cause trouble.

Luke looked up at the ceiling, looking like he had nothing more to live for.

At that moment, the door opened.

Luke regained his spirit with a jolt and looked at the door. He originally thought that it was Sydney, but when he saw that it was Julien, his expression turned unsightly and he started to struggle, shouting at him, "Flint, tell your assistant to let go of me!"

Julien glanced at him faintly and then looked at Zach. "Let him go."

Zach responded and released Luke.

As soon as Luke got his freedom, he stopped in front of Julien. "What exactly did you talk to my darling about? Why were you in there for so long?"

"That's none of your business." After saying those words, Julien walked straight to the elevator.

Zach saw this and hurriedly followed.

Luke's gaze was gloomy as he watched them leave. It was only after they entered the elevator that he shook his aching arm. He pushed open Sydney's office door and entered.

"Darling, did that Flint b*stard do anything to you?" Luke strode over to Sydney's desk and asked with concern.

Sydney was sitting on the chair, her eyes dull as if she was in a trance.

Luke stretched out his hand and leaned down, waving it in front of her. "Darling?"

"Huh?" Sydney's eyes flickered for a moment as she snapped back to her senses. "What’s wrong?"

"I asked you if Julien did anything to you. Why are you spacing out?" He looked at her suspiciously.

Sydney lowered her eyes to cover the complex emotions in them. "I was just thinking about something. Don't worry. He didn't do anything to me."

"What did he say to you?" Luke asked, rubbing his chin.

His intuition told him that she was spacing out because of Julien.

Sydney rubbed her temples. "Something unimportant." "But from the looks of it, it doesn't..." "Luke, stop asking, okay? I want to be alone for a while," Sydney raised her head and said seriously.

She still had not completely calmed down from what Julien said.

She needed to calm her mind.

Luke looked at Sydney and finally shrugged. "Fine. I'll go back first. Call me if anything happens."

"Mm." Sydney nodded.

Luke stepped back and turned around.

Sydney held her forehead, her mood extremely low.

After a while, she suddenly picked up her phone. She clicked into her university classmate's group chat which had been inactive for a long time, found a nickname called "Always Sunny", and clicked on the voice call button.

Soon, the call was picked up, and a straightforward but surprised female voice sounded. “Sydney, you're calling me? How rare!”

"Yes. I didn’t expect that I'd call you either, Sunny." A cold smile curled on Sydney's lips.

Sunny was her classmate in university, as well as her roommate. Although their relationship was not the best, it was not bad either.

Yes, the victim was not crying. Instead, she, the perpetrator, cried.

What right did she have to cry in front of the victim that she deceived? Why was she crying as if she was the one who was wronged?

"I’m sorry, Sydney." Sunny apologized again.

Sydney snorted. "Tell me. Why did you do that?"

Sunny bit her lip and did not answer immediately. She seemed to be going through a dilemma.

After a few seconds, she took a deep breath and said, "Because of money. Sydney, you know that my family is of an average background. Apart from our fixed living expenses every month, there's no extra money for me to buy things that I like. I had just gotten a boyfriend back then, but my boyfriend had another relatively rich suitor. I didn't want to be outdone by that woman, so I accepted the 30 thousand that Lyra gave me."

"Then what?" Sydney spat out the two words with dark eyes.

Sunny placed the baby who fell asleep after drinking milk back into the crib and continued, "Then, on the morning you were supposed to meet Buddy, I deliberately said that my phone ran out of battery and asked to borrow yours to make a call. When I returned your phone, I said that Buddy sent a message saying that he changed the meeting this morning to the afternoon. Then, I said that my hand slipped and I accidentally deleted the message."

"Wow, you're so amazing!" Sydney clenched her phone. Her voice was furious and deeply disappointed. "Sunny, did you know? I've never doubted you. I had no clue that this even happened until today because we had a good relationship back in Uni. I believed in everything you say. What about you? How could you do this to me for just 30 thousand?"

Listening to Sydney’s accusations, Sunny wept and continued to apologize.

Sydney also wiped the corner of her eye, and her expression regained its indifference. "How did Lyra know that I was going to meet Buddy? Did you tell her?"

"I didn't mean to tell her!" Sunny quickly shook her head and explained, "I hated Lyra so much back then. How could I possibly tell her? I was talking to Queenie when we were having dinner at the cafeteria, and Lyra heard us when she passed by."

Queenie was their other roommate.

Sydney pursed her lips. "So Lyra came to you and gave you 30 thousand to tamper with the time I was supposed to meet Buddy?"