Linda spun around and then put her hand back on Hunter's shoulder. She pretended not to understand Hunter and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Linda, don't play dumb with me. You and Julien deliberately came over and danced next to Sydney and me. Your purpose was obvious. You wanted to trade partners with Sydney during the partners exchange, didn't you?" Hunter looked down at Linda. He had a sullen face.
Linda curled her red lips and smiled, "Gosh, you're such a smart guy. Julien is my cousin. I must help him get close to the girl he likes." "Even so, it's shameful to get in between others." Hunter pushed Linda away and stopped dancing.
Linda took two steps back before she regained her foot stand. She was not angry. "Sydney's not with you, so it's a fair competition. But you don't have help, which is slightly unfair. You should have seen that Julien and Sydney are in love with each other. Otherwise, do you think Sydney would trade partners with me?"
If Sydney didn't feel anything about Julien, she would never go with Julien even if Julien pulled her over. She probably would have slapped Julien across the face. But she didn't. She followed Julien. What did that mean? It meant that Sydney wanted to dance with Julien too.
Since Linda could see this, and so did Hunter.
Hunter turned his head slightly to look at Sydney and Julien, who were dancing not afar, and his fists tightened with resentment. "Surely I know that they love each other, but..."
"If you know they love each other, why don't you let them be together?" Linda spread her hands and interrupted him, "I know you like Sydney, but Sydney doesn't like you. Why do you have to be so obsessive? In the end, you'll get hurt and watch Julien and Sydney get together. Letting go is the right choice for you."
Hunter lowered his head.
He knew Linda was right, but he wasn't willing to give up.
Although Hunter was a known rich bachelor, he had never fallen in love with any woman.
This was the first time he had fallen in love with a woman. How could he let go so easily?
As Hunter didn’t say anything, Linda stepped forward and took his arm, "Okay. We'll talk about it later. Let's dance! There's one more section to go."
"No. I'm not in the mood to dance anymore. Excuse me." Hunter shook off Linda's hand and left the dance floor. He headed straight for the exit of the banquet hall.
Watching Hunter leaving, Linda spat out her tongue, "Geez! I seem to have broken that guy's heart. Julien, you should thank me for what I did for you." Linda looked over at Julien and Sydney and murmured.
Sydney had gotten over the shock of being brought over by Julien. She tried to draw her hand back. She wanted to get away from Julien.
But Julien's grip was so tight that she couldn't pull her hand out no matter how hard she tried.
But his grip was tactful. It didn’t hurt her.
"Julien, let go of me!" Sydney frowned and hissed.
Julien looked at her, "Don't move. I'm not totally recovered, and I only have one good arm to hold you. If you move too much, what if you get me to run into others and hurt my arm?"
"You deserve it. Why did you come to the dance when you're not even physically well and have one arm bandaged?" Sydney glared at him.
Julien's eyes darkened. "I suddenly feel an impulse to dance.”
How could he stand watching her and
Hunter dance?
But he couldn't rush to the dance floor and separate her from Hunter. That would ruin his grandmother's birthday party.
So he had to go to the dance floor himself and quietly take Sydney away from Hunter during the partners exchange.
But Sydney didn't know that. She only heard Julien say that he suddenly felt an impulse to dance.
And she thought that Julien wanted to dance with Linda, so he came to the dance floor. Anger welled up inside her. Her face was gloomy. "If you wanted to dance, why did you take me? Why don't you go to find Linda?"
Julien raised an eyebrow, "Are you being jealous?"
"Huh? " Sydney looked like a cat whose tail
had been stepped on. Her expression changed slightly. Her eyes flickered nervously. In a pitched voice, she retorted," What are you talking about? Why would I be jealous? How could I possibly be jealous?
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