Sydney darted a cold glance at him and said, "Forget it. You'll have your dinner later. This is not for you."
Pursing his lips, Luke said," Fine. I'll let him have this for the sake of the fact that he saved you."
"That’s more like it." Sydney said with a smile, "Wait here. I’ll cook food for you. It'll be ready soon."
"Okay." Luke nodded and walked towards the sofa.
Sydney put on her apron again and went back to the kitchen.
Soon, the food was ready, and the two seated themselves at the table.
Luke picked up his fork and suddenly asked, "By the way, darling, I just saw your suitcase next to the tea table. Are you going on a long journey?"
"Not really. I'll go back to my grandpa's old residence," replied Sydney as she swallowed the food in her mouth.
Luke looked at her quizzically and asked," For what?"
"Help my grandpa find a notebook."
"Well, let me keep you company," suggested Luke while eating.
Squinting at him, Sydney asked, "Why?"
"Be your driver. Your back muscles are not recovered. If you drive by yourself, your muscles will be sore. I won't be relieved unless you have me around," Luke said with a smile.
Sydney reached to feel her back.
It felt tender.
She knew, with her current condition, she couldn't take the long-time driving, for sedentary activities brought pain in her back.
And her driver asked for leave today because tomorrow was the birthday of his daughter.
On reflection, Sydney thought she'd better get a driver.
"Okay. We'll hit the road at nine tomorrow morning," said Sydney, serving a bowl of soup to herself.
Luke nodded vigorously. "OK, deal. I'll pick you up tomorrow morning." "Okay," replied Sydney.
They went out after finishing the meal.
Outside the Shallow Bay, Sydney rejected Luke's proposal to drive her to the hospital.
She believed she'd be fine driving from Shallow Bay to the Prima Hospital, which took at most 40 minutes.
Luke agreed to her resignedly.
He called her when Sydney opened the door and was ready to get in the car," Darling."
"What's the matter?" asked Sydney in confusion.
Luke said, straight-faced, "Don't let yourself be taken advantage of by Julien when taking care of him."
Sydney's lips twitched as she responded," What? How can I be taken advantage of by him?"
"Darling, what I said is true. Do take it seriously. Julien hasn't given up on you and just saved you. It's hard to say if he'd ask you for something too much. Besides, you won't have the heart to say no to him as you owe him a huge favor now."
Sydney frowned at Luke’s words.
But soon, her knitted brows became smooth again. She smiled faintly and said," He won't. I know him."
It was not the first time she owed Julien, who had helped her with billions of bank loans and business cooperation.
Julien could use these to get her pinned.
However, Julien had never done so, so Sydney believed that he was not that kind of person.
Luke sighed, "Forget it. You won't listen to whatever I say now. In short, be careful. Call me if anything happens, and I'll rush there immediately."
"OK." Sydney nodded in agreement.
Then she waved to him, got in the car, and left.
Forty minutes later, Sydney came to the door of Julien's ward.
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