Julien thought Sydney needed him but it was just to give him back the money he paid for the meal.
'Must she do this? It's just a few bucks and she gave it back? Must she draw the line that clear?’
Julien was exhausted. He rubbed his temples and put his phone away.
"President Flint, your schedule..." Zach’s voice came from behind.
Julien interrupted him after a deep breath.' Those that aren't important, cancel it.
Delay the important ones."
Zach knew why his boss wanted to delay the schedule. He shut the document and then asked, "I understand. Are you going to the hospital?"
Julien hummed a reply. "Get the car ready.”
"Right away." Zach pushed his glasses.
It was already dark when the car arrived at the hospital entrance. It was even drizzling.
Zach parked the car right in front of the hospital. Julien pulled out an umbrella from the side and said, "Go home. Come pick me up tomorrow morning."
He ought to spend the night at the hospital again.
Zach nodded. "Yes, President Flint."
With the umbrella up, Julien walked into the hospital and headed to the ward section.
When he was outside Sydney’s ward, he saw a nurse coming out of the room after finishing the routine check-ups.
The nurse bowed and greeted him, "Mr. Flint, you’re here.”
Julien nodded. "Is she asleep?”
The nurse knew who he was referring to. She shook her head and said, "No, I just applied some anti-inflammatory cream on her.”
"Okay. Thank you,” Julien said.
The nurse then left.
Julien knocked on the door.
Inside the ward, Sydney was going through a report when she heard the knocks. She said without looking, "Come in."
Julien slid the door open after getting permission. He saw the scene when he went in and asked, "What are you reading?"
Surprised, Sydney looked up and saw
Julien. "Why are you here?"
There was obvious hostility in between her lines, which dimmed his anticipated gaze a little. He put the umbrella in the holder and said, "I said I'll come by at night.”
Sydney frowned. He did say the same when he left earlier in the morning, but she did not take it seriously.
She turned her attention back to the report and said, "Right. Now that you've seen me, you can leave."
She wanted him out of the room.
Julien tightened his lips. “Sydney, can you not be this harsh on me?"
She somehow reverted to her old self when they just got a divorce. She was cold and harsh, somewhat hostile toward him.
Harsh?" Sydney scoffed. She tossed the report beside her bed, which slid and fell to the floor.
She did not care. She simply glared at Julien and said, "Then, how do you want me to act? Kind and warm? Flattering?
What a joke. You made me a mistress while you're still engaged with Lyra and you’ve lied to me until now. Why should I be kind to you? If you want someone to be kind to you, go find someone else. There's a ton outside who'd do what you want!”
She regretted and was disgusted by that night three months ago. She regretted being drunk and flirting with other men.
She was fine with flirting but she got unlucky and ran into Julien. Before she knew it, she became his mistress and had an affair with him.
That time, although the engagement dinner was called off because she sabotaged it and was delayed to next year, the engagement still went on and Julien and Lyra were going to be married.
After the engagement, she was intimate with Julien and became the third party in the relationship between Julien and Lyra.
Sydney did not answer.
Julien knew she was doing this on purpose. He frowned and asked, "Who did it? Was it Luke? Hunter? Or was it Layden?"
He paid attention to her look with each name he spurted.
There was no reaction from her when she mentioned Luke and Hunter but when Layden's name was mentioned, her eyes moved.
She swiftly regained her composure but Julien captured it. He squinted and said heavily, "It was Layden, isn’t it?"
Sydney froze. She clutched her phone tighter and got nervous.
He got it!
Julien clenched his fists. "Sydney, he’s your brother. Your brother poisoned you!"
Sydney bit her lips. "Yes, it was Cay, but..."
Before she could finish, she noticed Julien dialing 9 1 1 on his phone.
"What are you doing?!" she screamed.
"I'm calling the police. I'll never let the man who poisoned you go free," Julien said with an icy cold look.
Not only did Cayden poison Sydney, but he also murdered Julien's unborn child.
Sydney got scared when she heard Julien was calling the police. She endured the pain in her stomach and got up. "Don’t call the police, Julien! Don’t do it!"
She grabbed his arm and wore determination on her face.
Julien clutched his phone tightly. "Sydney, do you know what you're doing? You're covering for a criminal!"
Sydney scoffed. "You said as if you never did the same. What Lyra did was ten times more vicious than Cay, and you covered it up over and over again. Don't you think it's a little ridiculous to say that to me?"
Julien gulped and was speechless. What she said was the truth.
Even though he did not do it out of his own will, he did it with his own hands.
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