Even though Zach knew exactly what Julien was thinking, he chose to keep quiet.
Zach cleared his throat and said, "Yes. I will send them to you right away."
Julien handed the phone back to him.
After Zach got his phone back, he shared the pictures with Julien.
Julien lowered his gaze when he saw that his phone vibrated. "That's all. You can go out now."
"Yes."
After Zach left, Julien was left alone in the office.
He picked up his phone, opened WhatsApp, and saw the photos that Zach sent.
There were a total of two photos, and he had not seen the other one.
Julien clicked it open.
The photo had the same background as before, and Sydney was wearing the same dress. However, her pose was different.
She held her skirt with one hand, and the other hand was in the air as though she might fly away in the next second.
Even though Sydney was still as beautiful, Julien did not like it.
He pressed on the photo and was about to delete it.
However, he could not bring himself to click on the delete button.
In the end, he gave up.
"Julien!" Suddenly, Lyra's anxious voice came from the door.
Julien frowned, closed the app, and put his phone back to where it was before. "Come in."
In the meantime, Sydney and Sharon just came out of a shoe shop.
Sharon touched her belly and said, "President Raines, let's get some food. I’m hungry."
Sydney was also famished. She looked at the time and realized that it was almost 1 p.m.
"Okay. Let’s go to the fifth floor since all the restaurants are there. I will get you lunch since you came with me today," Sydney said with a smile.
Sharon nodded. "Thank you!"
"You're welcome. Let’s go." Sydney held her arm.
Just as they took another two more steps, Sharon suddenly stopped and said, "President Raines, isn’t that Lyra Madden’s mother?"
Upon hearing that, Sydney looked in the same direction and saw Mrs. Madden.
She must have just come out from facial treatment since she looked refreshed and bright, unlike a woman in her fifties at all.
"What an unlucky day. I can’t believe we saw the annoying Lyra just now, and now we've run into Lyra's mother. This world is so small." Sharon sighed.
Sydney smiled. "It's fine. Since we are all in Port City, running into each other is normal.”
Perhaps their stares were too obvious as they did not bother to hide them that Mrs. Madden noticed them and looked over.
When she saw Sydney, she frowned, and a look of disdain appeared on her face.
Sydney was not at all upset. Instead, she just nodded at Mrs. Madden and smiled.
Mrs. Madden turned her head away and walked forward without bothering to return the greeting.
Sharon rolled her eyes. "Look at that, like mother like daughter. No wonder Lyra Madden is who she is. She must have learned it from her mother."
"Alright. There’s no need to care about them. Aren't you hungry? Let’s go," Sydney said as she looked away.
Sharon nodded and went to the escalator with Sydney next to her.
Little did they expect to run into Mrs. Madden again after their meal.
However, Mrs. Madden did not notice them this time. She left as soon as she came out of Downtown Jewelry Shop.
When she left, her expression looked rather sad.
Then, Sydney recalled the last time she took the necklace to the shop for an inquiry, and the shop manager then told Mrs. Madden about the necklace.
That was why Mrs. Madden assumed Clarice Madden was still alive and started looking for her.
Did Mrs. Madden look so melancholic walking out of the jewelry shop because of the matter related to Clarice Madden?
When Sydney thought about that, she narrowed her eyes. "Sharon, can you do me a favor?”
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Sir, Madam Dispeared Again After Divorce!