Mrs. Chase's understanding made Sydney feel a warm current run through her body." Thank you for your understanding."
"Don't say that. It’s not your fault." Mrs.
Chase took a sip of coffee and said, "It’s his father and I who are to blame.”
"Why?" Sydney froze for a moment, puzzled.
Mrs. Chase rubbed her brow. "Luke's father and I have been too strict with him. We did not allow him to make decisions on his own, so Luke became timid in his work and private life.”
Mrs. Chase took another sip of coffee and sighed. "If his father and I had been a little more liberal in educating him and let him make decisions, he might have gathered the courage to tell you how he felt after he found that he fell in love with you."
Sydney forced a smile without saying anything.
Mrs. Chase looked at Sydney. "Answer me honestly. If Luke had told you his feelings many years ago, would you have been with him?"
This question made Sydney dumbfounded for a while before she replied, "I don't know. If Luke had done that before I met Julien, maybe I would have been with him."
After all, at that time, she and Luke were not intimate friends yet, and she might have been attracted to him.
Hearing Sydney's answer, Mrs. Chase shook her head and said regretfully, "Luke is useless. He missed the chance."
As Sydney said, if Luke had told her how he felt back then, Sydney might have been with him.
But Luke did not have the courage.
"I see." Mrs. Chase smiled bitterly, "So you won’t be with Luke, right?"
Sydney nodded. "I'm sorry. I have no feelings for Luke."
"Okay. I understand." Mrs. Chase stirred her coffee. "I came to you just to ask that. If you like Luke, I will persuade you to give him a chance to pursue you. If not, I will go back and persuade Luke to let it go. Otherwise, you will feel pressured." "Thank you." Sydney was so moved that her eyes turned red.
Mrs. Chase patted the back of her hand affectionately. "You don't need to thank me. I'm doing this not only for you but more for Luke. You don't like Luke. If I force you to be with Luke, Luke won't be happy, so I’d better advise Luke to let it go."
"You're right." Sydney nodded.
The two of them talked for almost an hour in the cafe.
Finally, Mrs. Chase said goodbye to Sydney and left the cafe after receiving a call from her friend, who asked Mrs. Chase to go to the beauty salon.
Sydney went to the roadside with Mrs. Chase and watched Mrs. Chase get into the car before going back to the cafe to settle the bill.
After that, she was ready to go home.
However, just after she walked out of the cafe, she received a call from Julien.
While walking towards her car, Sydney said on the phone, "Mr. Flint."
Hearing this, Julien frowned.
She called him too politely.
He decided to find a chance to change the way she addressed him.
"I heard from the bodyguards that Mrs.
Chase met you," Julien said as he stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of his office, looking at the bustling city.
Sydney frowned. "You told your two bodyguards to spy on me?"
Hearing the unhappiness in her voice, Julien realized that she had misunderstood him. He then explained," No. They won't tell me what you are doing unless you're in danger." "Danger?" Sydney opened the driver's door, got into the car, and closed the door while saying dissatisfiedly, "I just met Luke's mom. How could I be in danger?"
"You've forgotten that you and Luke have almost fallen out. I was worried that Mrs. Chase would make trouble for you because she loves her son." Julien turned around and walked toward his desk.
So he was worried about this.
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