Suddenly, Luke's face turned cold. He swept his eyes across the rest of them and settled on Lyra's face. "I've asked the manager in the stable. Sydney's horse is the most docile among them. According to him, it’s impossible for a horse to go crazy suddenly. I think someone must’ve deliberately caused this incident."
"President Chase, do you mean to say that someone manipulated Vice President Raines' horse?" Sharon quickly got what he meant and asked with her eyes wide.
"Not me." Jayden was afraid that they might suspect him, so he shook his head and denied it.
Hunter sipped on his tea calmly. "Not me either."
"Not me too,” Sharon said.
Luke looked at the remaining two. "Then, there are only President Flint and Ms. Madden left. Since President Flint saved my darling, I don’t think it’s him. After all, I don't think he'lll be so bored saving the person he tried to harm. So..."
"So, are you suspecting me?" Lyra tightened her fist and looked as though she was about to cry.
Luke clapped his hands. "You're rather self-aware.
That's right. I'm suspecting you. Out of everyone here, you're the only one with the motive to harm my darling. It’s not the first time, anyway."
"I didn’t do it!" Lyra burst into tears and she tugged on Julien's hands. "Julien, trust me. I didn't do it."
"I trust you." Julien squeezed her hand and tried to calm her down.
When Lyra heard him, she nodded hurriedly and stopped screaming.
Luke rolled his eyes. "Of course, you would. She can commit murder and all it takes for you to believe her will be her tears. After all, you dote on her without any limits. Everyone present here can see it."
Sharon and Hunter nodded.
Even Jayden could not refute and agreed.
His brother was indeed like that.
"I trust Lyra not because I dote on her, but because she has a valid alibi." When Julien saw that no one was on his side, he was neither upset nor worked up about it. He continued, "From the beginning to the end, Lyra didn't interact with Sydney's horse at all. So tell me, how could she be the one who did it?"
Julien also wondered if it was Lyra's alternate personality who did it.
However, when he thought things through, he realized that it could not be Lyra’s alternate personality. After all, she did not appear.
Luke was momentarily taken aback and realized that Julien was right.
When Sydney was choosing her horse, Lyra was not there so it was impossible for her to touch the horse beforehand. There was no way she could predict which horse Sydney was going to choose.
Unless Lyra did something to all of the horses there. If so, one of their horses would be abnormal as well. Yet, the rest of them were all fine. Could this be just an accident?
"Why not get the manager of the stable here and ask him to give the horses a comprehensive check? We can find out what happened then.” Hunter suggested.
Julien nodded. "Let’s get him here."
Very quickly, the manager of the stable arrived at the villa.
Luke asked what happened to Sydney's horse.
The manager replied, "Ms. Raines’ horse was trying to mate."
"What?" Everyone was stunned.
Lyra lowered her head and a smug smile appeared on her face.
"Trying to mate?" Luke had a strange expression." This isn't the season for them to be mating."
Hunter, Sharon, and Jayden looked at the manager as well.
The manager shook his head. "The mating season is over, but it doesn't mean that the animals will not
mate. Sometimes, they might be stimulated by certain things and start acting like that."
Julien asked in a low voice, "Why did Sydney's horse suddenly decide to mate?"
The manager gave the question some thought and replied, "I have no idea for now. Maybe it smelled something or ate something. I don't know the exact reason, but it could be either."
"I don't think the horse ate anything. It wasn't fed when it came out," Sharon said.
She was present when Sydney picked up the horse.
"So, it smelled something?" Luke touched his chin.
Hunter suddenly smiled. "Could it be Sydney's perfume?"
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