Luke opened his mouth, but he could say nothing. He felt sorry for Sydney and couldn't calm down.
'Darling isn't the Raines couple's daughter. The Raines couple adopted her from an orphanage. It's so crazy!'
'Darling doubted her identity before, so she went to South Lake to confirm it. The result showed that she was the Raines couple's daughter. We felt happy for that at that time.'
'But now...'
Luke looked down at Sydney who was in a bad mood. He said worriedly, "Darling..." "Auntie..." Sydney stood up suddenly, gripped the box in her hand tightly and asked, "What's inside the box?"
Luke's mother shook her head. "I don't know what is inside. I have never opened it. After all, your mother left it to you. If you want to know what is inside, you can open it after you go home."
Sydney kept silent.
Luke's mother held her hand and said," Alright, don't think too much about it. You need to learn to accept some things calmly. Let's go to have dinner."
Then she took Sydney to the dining room.
Luke looked at their backs and the box that Sydney put down on the table. He clenched his fists and followed them.
When they had dinner, Sydney had no appetite and was absent-minded. Both Luke and his mother kept silent.
In the large dining room, there was only the sound of the clash of forks, bowls and plates and the sound of chewing. The atmosphere was depressing.
Luke's father didn't know what had happened. He disliked the depressing atmosphere, so he put down his fork and was about to say something.
Luke's mother noticed that. She narrowed her eyes, gave him a warning look and signaled to him to shut up.
Luke's father was a typical henpecked husband. After he was warned by his wife, he lowered his head, picked up the fork to have dinner and kept silent.
After a while, they finished dinner.
Sydney picked up the box, said goodbye to the Chases and walked towards the villa door.
Luke's mother signaled to Luke to follow Sydney and said, "Drive Sydney home. It's dangerous for her to drive home by herself in such a state."
"I knew it." He rushed outside as soon as he finished speaking.
After he walked out of the villa, he saw that Sydney didn’t pay attention to the road and almost tripped.
He panicked, rushed forward, grabbed her arm, steadied her and asked anxiously," Darling, are you OK?"
She blinked, glanced at him dully, shook her head and said in a hoarse voice, "I'm OK. Bye."
She took out her car key and poked the car door with it.
Seeing that, Luke arched his eyebrows and said, "Darling, do you know what you are doing?"
Sydney continued to poke the car door with the car key as if she didn't hear what he had said.
Luke couldn't bear it anymore and snatched the car key from her hand." Alright, leave it to me. You’re absentminded and even can't distinguish the car key and the house key. I will be worried about you if you drive home by yourself. I will drive you home. Get in the car."
He pressed down the car key and opened the car door.
She compressed her lips, didn’t say anything, bypassed the car and walked towards the passenger's seat.
She knew that she was absent-minded and was unable to drive.
Soon, they drove away from the villa district, pulled into the bustling downtown and drove to Shallow Bay.
Sydney kept silent along the way.
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