Thinking about this, Sydney quickened her pace and soon returned to the hall.
As she walked through the crowd, Sydney looked around for Julien.
Finally, she found him in a corner opposite her.
But he was not alone, standing face to face with a woman.
Although the woman was not very beautiful, she was tall and graceful, seemingly from a rich family.
Julien must be very familiar with this woman. They were talking about something and sometimes clinked glasses.
Sydney even saw Julien smiling at the woman.
And that woman helped him adjust his brooch.
For a moment, Sydney stopped and clenched her hands, feeling indescribably angry and jealous.
Hunter stood behind her, looked at Julien, and then watched her slightly trembling, sighing bitterly.
She fell in love with Julien again.
Otherwise, she would not be so emotional as she saw Julien standing with another woman. Hunter could see her jealousy.
However, Hunter was not going to give up.
She had not yet realized that she had fallen in love with Julien again, so Hunter still had a chance.
Hunter thought, 'I must make Sydney my girlfriend before she is aware of her feelings for Julien.'
'Or it will be too late.'
Hunter took a breath, concealed his thoughts, and walked over, with a smile. He asked innocently, "Sydney, what are you looking at?"
When Sydney heard his voice, she bit her lip. "Nothing."
Hunter pretended to follow her gaze. "Isn't that Linda?”
"Linda?"
"Yeah. The one talking to Julien." Hunter nodded.
Sydney's eyelids drooped. "Linda and
Julien..."
Realizing that she was a bit strange, she hurriedly shook her head and waved her hand. "No. I mean I have never seen her or heard of her, but she looks casual in front of Julien. She must have a powerful background, right?"
Hunter knew that Sydney wanted to ask about the relationship between Linda and Julien.
But since she didn't say it, he pretended not to know what she was thinking.
"That's not true. Linda is from a C-list family, and her family is not in Port City, so you did not hear of her, but her family is close to the Flint family, and Linda is close to Julien." Hunter looked sideways at Sydney.
"Close..." Hearing these two words, Sydney felt even more upset.
She looked at the two people, who were still chatting and laughing in the far corner, forced a smile, and said, "I can see it. He treats Linda differently. He patiently listens to her and smiles at her. They must be close."
Hunter saw her bitter smile and knew that she had thought too much about the relationship between Julien and Linda, feeling somewhat guilty.
But the feeling soon dissipated.
Hunter tilted his head and took a sip of red wine. He didn't tell Sydney about the relationship between Julien and Linda, but he didn't think he was wrong.
Everyone was selfish.
To get the woman he loved, it was normal to play some tricks.
"By the way, the ball is about to start, and I don't have a partner yet. Can you dance with me?" Hunter said sincerely and looked at Sydney.
Sydney wanted to refuse him.
However, before she could do that, she saw Julien and Linda embracing in the distance.
Sydney's pupils immediately shrank. She felt a surge of anger and clenched her hands even tighter.
"Okay!" She nodded.
Since it was the woman Julien loved, Linda certainly wanted Julien to take the woman away from Hunter.
Julien pursed his thin lips silently.
After a few seconds, he suddenly took a sip of wine, put the wine glass on the tray held by a passing waiter, looked at Linda, and said, "Please dance with me." "Dance?" Linda looked at his left arm in a cast and raised her eyebrows. "I don't mind it, but your arm..."
"It's okay. Let's go." Julien extended his right hand to her.
Linda sighed resignedly. "Okay. Since you are so sincere, I will dance with you."
After saying that, she put down her wine glass and put her hand in Julien's.
Julien held a few of her fingers and led her toward the dance floor.
Many men and women were ready to dance there, waiting for the music.
Sydney and Hunter were standing in the innermost place.
She looked around at the men and women on the dance floor, regretting having agreed to dance with Hunter.
But it was too late. She couldn't go back on her word.
Otherwise, Hunter would be laughed at by others, and she would feel guilty.
Therefore, she could only force herself to dance with him.
As she was thinking about it, some people came over with a fresh mint scent.
The fragrance instantly made Sydney freeze. She turned to look at them.
Sydney saw that Julien and Linda had come to the dance floor. They were standing beside her and Hunter.
Sydney bit her lip, feeling unhappy.
She thought, 'Why?'
'It’s okay if they want to dance, but why do they have to stand so close to me?'
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