Chapter 50 This Woman is Teaching Him?
Chapter 50 This Woman is Teaching Him?
Then, he clicked on the first video.
Julien watched as Sydney calmly snubbed the parents. When they questioned Jayden's competence, she let the children compete to see who won best out of three games.
It turned out that Jayden went to Sydney that day because he wanted to take part in the tryout. He did not dare to go to Julien for help, so he went to Sydney instead.
Julien's brows wrinkled slightly. He was a little unhappy about Sydney secretly running to Jayden's school to help him, but he patiently watched the video.
"Play well. If you lose, you'll be embarrassing your brother.''
In the video, Sydney handed a towel to the teenager and said a few words to him. When Jayden looked up, his eyes stayed on her face for more than ten seconds. Hunter shot the video from the side, so Julien could not see what expression the woman had on her face.
After that, he clicked on the next video.
Sydney sat in the middle of three tables and was playing cards with the parents. Hunter, who was recording the video, asked if she was not afraid of Julien blaming her for this. Sydney's face remained calm as she replied.
"He's free to condemn me as he wishes.
"He needs to reflect on himself.
"Reflect on how he should act as an older brother. Watch how Jayden wants to live his life. Don’t wait until something happens before he regrets it."
This woman secretly helped his brother and even wanted him to reflect on himself?
Julien laughed in anger.
In the large office, there was also another man wearing a baseball cap and Zach present.
The man stood in front of the mahogany table with his head bowed, trembling.
When the man felt the air around Julien become colder, his body shivered involuntarily and he whispered, "P-President Flint, it was Ms. Madden who took the initiative to find me that night. She told me to go to that room and plant the bug...
"I took a total of 30,000 dollars. They're all in this card. I haven't touched a single penny," the man spoke and put a bank card on the table.
The man had already spoken several sentences, but Julien continued to remain silent. That invisible pressure made the man almost unable to breathe.
"I-I was wrong, President Flint. Please be magnanimous and let me go." The man's knees were shaking. He almost knelt on the ground. "I'll tell you
everything Ms. Madden wants me to do in the future."
Julien moved his eyes away from the phone and looked up at him. "How many minutes is the total audio recording?”
Hunter said he saw a man sneak out of Sydney’s room that night when he cleaned up the monitoring. After doing a background check, he said the man was a newspaper reporter who privately took this kind of work to make extra money. He suspected that it was this reporter who released the audio.
One hour ago, Julien told Zach to contact the man. When the man entered his office, Julien did not even have to ask and the reporter confessed everything.
"More than forty minutes," the man immediately replied, "I already installed the bug before there were people in the room. The recording I released was after editing."
The man nimbly took out the bug from his bag and put it on the table. "This is the recorder. There’s no backup copy. I give you my word."
Julien picked up the recorder, his eyes were dark and obscure.
The man-made car accident six years ago, coupled with the reporter's matter, caused suspicion to gradually bloom in Julien’s heart. Was this "gentle" but actually ruthless and scheming woman who caused the car accident and made him marry someone else really the "Maple Leaf" he corresponded with six years ago?
He wrote countless letters to "Maple Leaf”. Through them, he knew all about Maple Leaf.
The girl on the other end of the letter was passionate and loved life, and many of their ideas always coincided with each other. On the other hand, while the awakened Lyra was clearly by his side, they were never able to talk together. She seemed to be far away from him.
After a long time, Julien snapped the recorder and destroyed the tiny chip inside.
"I'll give you an hour to go back and pack your things before leaving the city." Julien's voice was cold and deep as he threw the recorder in the trash. “Leave and never come back. If she asks you again, say that you moved because of your job, understand?"
"Yes, yes, don’t worry. I'll never reveal anything to Ms. Madden.” Seeing that he had escaped the death penalty, the man sighed in relief and tried to leave, but he was stopped by Julien just as he turned around.
Julien pointed at the card on the table. "Take it."
"Thank you, President Flint! Thank you!" The man thanked Julien repeatedly. After taking the card, he even bowed to Zach and quickly left the office.
Zach, who had been standing by and silently observing everything, had a calm expression, but his heart sighed.
Alas! Sure enough, it was impossible to judge a person's heart from their face. He never thought that Ms. Madden, who was gentle and kind on the surface, actually instructed someone to do something like that.
Poor Ms. Raines!
After the man left, Zach went forward and reported to Julien, "President Flint, I've found out the
whereabouts of SweetHeart's boss. He's in Ibul Resort."
Julien hummed. "If there’s nothing else, you can leave first."
"President Flint, I’ve been to the Madden residence before and saw that their stairs are covered with an imported Persian carpet. They're very soft," Zach said," The chandelier over the stairs is also very bright so people will be able to see the steps when they go downstairs.”
What he meant was that even if Lyra was blind, she would not slip on the stairs like that.
However, Lyra slipped and even hit the pillar head-on, causing her head to bleed. It was a little unbelievable.
Julien did not speak.
Julien also had his suspicions about Lyra's accidental fall, but when he saw her lying on the hospital bed, her face white as paper, his heart ached so much at her pitiful look that he gave up the idea of asking her.
"I know." Julien’s voice cooled a bit. "Go out now."
Zach silently withdrew.
Julien sat alone in the office, his eyes coldly looking at the document about the whereabouts of SweetHeart's boss. He remained motionless for a long time.
Then, he pulled out his cell phone, opened Sydney's chat room, and sent a message.
In the basketball gym, the teenagers on the court fought for the basketball while outside the court, the parents sat together and played cards. The scene was very lively.
The parents were not masters at playing cards, but they had a few tricks at least. Sydney's declaration that she would play against the nine of them alone made them scoff and want to teach her a lesson.
However, Sydney was very fast in throwing her cards. Even though it was her shuttling between the three tables, it was the parents who were overwhelmed.
As Sydney won round after round, the parents’ faces turned from sneers and disdain to a uniform ashen shade. Content held by NôvelDrama.Org.
On the court, Jayden found an opening to shoot the ball and won the game 3-2. On the other side, Sydney touched her cards and her lips curled into a smile.
Then, she pushed them in front of her.
"Sorry. Game." "Y-You cheat!" Some parents were so angry that they were about to have a heart attack. Their trembling lips said, "You played at three tables and won at all three. No matter how good your cards are, it’s impossible for that to happen. You must’ve cheated!"
"That’s right! The tables were brought over by your friend. There must be something wrong with them!"
Hunter heard them and was amused.
"When I was six, I already learned how to play the game." Sydney smiled and stood up from the chair.
"By the time I was ten, not even my father could win against me, much less you guys. As long as I want to, you guys won't even have the chance to play."
Sydney scanned the faces of the parents and said lightly, "If your skills are inferior to others, then admit it. Don't act like you're a big deal and make a fool out of yourself instead."