Sir, Madam Dispeared Again After Divorce! novel Chapter 52

Jayden spent a huge sum of money to treat Sydney and Hunter to dinner. Even when he returned home, he walked with a swagger.

He had already signed the tryout contract, and Hunter and Sydney would keep it a secret for him. After the tryout, he would officially join the national basketball team. He would not be afraid of Julien confronting him about it after the fact.

Jayden hummed a song and went to the porch to change his shoes.

In the living room, he was caught off guard to see Julien on the sofa, smoking in lounge clothes. His posture was languid.

"B-Big bro." Jayden was startled and stammered, " Why are you back so early? Isn’t Lyra still in the hospital? Why didn't you go see her?"

Julien glanced at him. "Have you eaten?"

"Yes.”

"Come here.” Julien tapped the cigarette on the edge of the ashtray. "Let's talk."

Jayden's scalp instantly went numb.

Damn it. Did Lyra tell Julien about him participating in the tryout?

Jayden clutched his school bag and warily walked over. His entire body was tense as he settled on the sofa next to Julien. "It was my fault..."

He wanted to admit his mistake first and take the blame for everything. He would be punished to kneel at most. Otherwise, Julien might find something out and blame Sydney instead.

"If you want to play basketball, then go ahead."

As a result, Jayden had only said a few words before he was interrupted by Julien.

He looked at the man in shock and wondered if he had heard wrong. "Julien, you’re... letting me play basketball?"

"Yeah," Julien said faintly, "I won't stop you from doing what you like, and that includes basketball. I’ll talk to Mom about it."

When he came back in the evening, he watched the two videos that Hunter had sent and thought a long time about the words that Sydney said.

Then, he finally figured it out.

He got involved in his family’s business when he was studying because he had a talent for it and did not hate it. However, Jayden loathed finance and did not want to join Flint Corporation.

Julien called the coach who went to the school earlier, and from the coach's words, he could feel his fondness for Jayden. He kept praising Jayden's talent, saying that this seedling would shine in the sports world if he was trained well.

Jayden was not willing to take over the family business, so Julien should not force him, lest Jayden ends up hating him.

He also did not want to kill Jayden's talent for basketball.

"Really?" Jayden’s eyes lit up. He was shocked to the point of disbelief. "That’s great! You're the best brother in the world! Don't worry, I'll make the national team and come back with multiple trophies!"

Julien said, "You picked your own path, so make sure to see it till the end. Don't disgrace yourself and the Flint family."

"Yes!" Jayden nodded heavily and handed his brother some fruit and water. "Julien, did you obtain a good project today? You seem particularly gentle and reasonable today!"

"How was I in your heart before?" Julien looked at him with a thin smile. “Fierce?"

Jayden scratched his head and said in a low voice," Not exactly. I used to feel like your employee, working under you. I get scared just talking to you."

Julien could not help but laugh. Then, he was silent for a moment before saying, "It's because a woman taught me a lesson today."

Up till now, he thought that he knew everything.

However, it was only after listening to what Sydney said that he realized he never cared about what Jayden wanted.

He was like a superior in front of Jayden and did not act like the older brother he was supposed to be, so there was barely any affection between them.

"Woah, which woman is arrogant enough to dare to teach you a lesson?" Jayden exclaimed in surprise," Was it your former school teacher?"

Julien did not answer and asked him casually, "What did you eat with Sydney tonight?"

"We had bbq. It was super delicious. I ate four plates of beef by myself..." Jayden was full of praise for tonight's dinner. However, as he chatted, he seemed to realize something was wrong and suddenly stopped.