It turned out that Julien's guess was right.
Sydney picked up the phone. "Luke, what's up?"
"Darling, the portrait is finished." Luke's low voice came from the other end of the phone.
Sydney immediately sat upright. "Who is it?
She couldn't see, so she didn't ask him to send her the portrait.
And he must have investigated the person's identity as soon as the portrait was finished, so she directly asked him about it.
"You know her. She is Clarice, the Madden family's eldest daughter that has just been found." Luke said Clarice's name with emphasis.
Sydney's eyes widened as she responded subconsciously, "This is impossible!"
How could it be Denna?
Verma was Sydney and Hunter's spy.
"Darling, what makes you think it's impossible? Do you know Clarice?" Luke frowned in confusion.
Sydney answered, "Well. I know her. I'm sorry, Luke. I didn't tell you that Clarice was not the Madden family's eldest daughter. Her name is Denna. Hunter and I found her and sent her to the Madden family to be our inside woman." "What?" Luke raised his voice. "How could you hide such a big thing from me?" "Sorry." Sydney lowered her head, knowing that she was in the wrong.
She hadn't told Luke about the matter, firstly because she didn't think it was necessary. After all, this was the feud between her, the Cohen family, and the Madden family. It had nothing to do with Luke and the Chase family. Sydney didn't want to get him and the Chase family involved.
Secondly, the fewer people knew about this matter, the less likely Verma's identity would be exposed.
Listening to Sydney's apology, Luke calmly thought for a while and roughly understood why she hadn't told him about the matter.
Although he could understand it, he felt upset.
Luke felt excluded by her.
He pursed his lips and said sullenly," Forget it. I know why you didn't tell me about it, but it is indeed Clarice... No. It was Derma who did it. I took Derma's portrait and showed it to Jane. Although Jane didn't admit it, her face spoke volumes. Denna has betrayed you and Hunter."
Sydney gripped the phone in shock. "How could it be possible?"
"Why couldn't it be possible? I guess that Denna is from a poor patriarchal family, right?" Luke asked.
Sydney replied, "Yes.”
"Sure enough, it's not surprising that she betrayed you." Luke sighed. "You and Hunter overlooked human nature. A person, who grew up in a poor family, suddenly became the child of a rich family.
Don't you think she will be corrupted by wealth?"
Sydney's pupils suddenly shrank. She understood what Luke meant.
Derma suddenly entered a rich family. She became greedy and wanted to stay there forever.
However, it was not easy to stay in the rich family forever because Sydney and Hunter could make her go back to her poor family at any time.
Thus, it was unsurprising that Derma schemed against Sydney and Hunter.
Jane said the person attacked Sydney because Sydney would be a threat to that person's identity. That was reasonable.
Sydney, who could go to Mr. and Mrs. Madden and reveal that Derma was not Clarice, was of course a threat to Derma, so it was normal for Verma to attack Sydney, but why did Denna want to destroy Sydney's red mole?
What did Sydney's red mole have to do with Denna?
This was still a puzzle. Sydney pursed her red lips thoughtfully.
Luke's voice came over. "I didn't know before that Denna was sent to the Madden family by you and Hunter. I had thought she was the Madden family's eldest daughter and attacked you to help Lyra retaliate against you, but now I think she did that to stay in the Madden family as Clarice forever. We can’t let her go!"
"I know." Sydney lowered her eyes.
She had underestimated human beings’ greed.
Sydney had thought Denna was obedient. cowardly, and easy to control, but that was not true. Sydney and Hunter made a mistake and got themselves in trouble.
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