'How is that possible?'
'If Lyra had never loved Julien, how can anyone explain Lyra's strong possessiveness of Julien?'
Julien saw through what Sydney was thinking, and he spoke coldly, "She just loved my wealth! When I woke up after the car accident, I let Zach look into Lyra, and I found a very important clue."
"What is it?" Sydney asked.
Zach replied, "Lyra learned a long time ago that she wasn’t Brandon's real daughter."
"That's right. When Lyra was eighteen, she discovered that she wasn't Brandon's daughter and that Brandon might not hand over Trison Corporation to her. Even if Brandon had given her the company, she knew she didn't know anything about business and that she wouldn't be able to run the company well in the future. In her charge, the company would either go bankrupt or be taken away by other shareholders, so she had other plans for herself. In order to live a luxurious life, she had her eye on the men in the upper circle."
Sydney's mouth opened wide in surprise at Julien’s words, "Really?"
"Ms. Raines, it's true. I checked on the men that Lyra had her eye on. They were all bachelors and had wealthy families, and the most outstanding of them was Mr.
Flint. But since the Madden family was way inferior to the Flint family at the time, Lyra couldn’t find a chance to hit Mr. Flint until she found out that you and Mr. Flint were pen pals."
"Pen pals..." Sydney's face darkened. She immediately remembered something.
That was it!
Sydney and Lyra had gone to college together, and they were roommates.
During their freshman year, Lyra once happened to see Sydney writing a letter, and she mocked Sydney about how stupid Sydney was to write people letters in the modern times.
And, Lyra told the other classmates to laugh at Sydney about it.
However, one day, Lyra, who had always despised Sydney for writing letters, suddenly inquired about Sydney's pen pal and claimed she wanted to have one too.
It should be around that time that Lyra somehow found out that Sydney's pen pal was Julien. Then Lyra came up with the idea of pretending to be Sydney so that Lyra could hit on Julien!
Thinking about this, Sydney closed her eyes, suppressed her anger, and said, "It's my fault. I didn't see Lyra's plot at first."
If Sydney had known earlier than Lyra that Julien was Buddy who she was exchanging letters with, the guy she was so in love with at the time, she and Julien would not end like this.
Lyra would never have been able to come between them!
Julien took Sydney’s trembling hand and clutched her into his arms.
Sydney lost her footing and fell into his arms at once.
He held her and gently stroked her hair. " It's not your fault. It's my fault. I should have told you who I was."
Actually, back then, he thought about telling Sydney who he really was.
But because he couldn't find a matching heart, he held back from saying it.
So Lyra took advantage of the opportunity to step in between them. They were all to blame.
Sydney shouldn’t be the only one to blame.
But it was okay. Although they missed each other for six years, they wouldn't do that again!
Sydney was stunned when Julien suddenly took her in his arms, but she didn’t feel like pushing him away.
She felt that his embrace could put her at ease.
Sydney rested her forehead on Julien's shoulder, and she asked, "So you're saying Lyra never loved you but only your money and your power? She wanted to depend on you to live a luxurious life which she wanted most."
"Exactly." Julien said in a slightly raspy voice. He tilted his head slightly and took a sniff of her hair.
Sydney lowered her eyes, "Actually, I feel she has some feelings for you. I can tell."
The jealous look in Lyra's eyes was not fake.
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