Hunter sensed the taunt in Sydney's tone, and the corner of his mouth twitched. "You can't be serious, Sydney? Do you expect my foot to be crippled? You were so brutal. I didn't think you meant to stomp on my foot so hard. I can't believe you did!" He gave a shocked expression.
Sydney grunted, "That's because you tried to stir things up between Julien and me. What you said was disrespectful to us. Do you understand?" She was a little angry.
Hunter said Julien had a bad temper and that he could lose it at any moment. As Julien's girlfriend, Sydney wouldn't allow anyone to say that about him, especially since Hunter was Julien's friend.
And Hunter told her to dump Julien to be with him. What did he think she was?
Did Hunter think Sydney was an easy woman who could be with another man immediately after breaking up with her boyfriend?
Was there a woman who could stand such humiliation?
Therefore, Sydney stomped right on Hunter’s foot to teach him a lesson.
Looking at Sydney's gloomy face, Hunter realized that he was wrong. He touched his nose awkwardly and explained, "I'm sorry, I was joking."
"You shouldn't have!" Sydney glared at him.
Hunter lowered his head with guilt in his heart and sat down next to her. "I get it. I won't do it again. I don’t want my foot to be crippled." He gestured to his feet.
Hunter's shoes had been shiny, but after Sydney had stepped on one of them, there were creases and dirt on that shoe. It didn't match the other shoe.
Sydney was amused. "OK. Don’t do it again."
"I get it. I promise I won't do it again." Hunter waved his hand and lowered his eyelids to hide the frustration in his eyes.
Hunter was joking, but there was a hint of seriousness in it.
He wanted to know how much Sydney loved Julien, so he deliberately told Sydney that Julien had a bad temper and that he might lose his temper with women.
If Sydney got hesitant about Julien and believed Hunter, it meant that she didn't love Julien as much as she did six years ago, so she might break up with Julien one day. Then, Hunter would have a chance.
Hunter also knew that it was not decent for him to smear Julien, but everyone was selfish, so he thought he could give it a try. Hunter didn’t think he had gone too far.
Hunter had intended that if Sydney didn't love Julien very much, he might do something else to separate them, sparing them from the pain of emotional torture.
But if Sydney loved Julien very much, Hunter would give her up.
Now it turned out that Sydney loved Julien very much. She trusted Julien and wouldn't allow anyone to say anything bad about him. Hunter was jealous of Julien because Sydney defended him.
It seemed that Hunter had to give up on Sydney after all.
Hunter forced a bitter smile.
He had promised Julien previously that he would give up Sydney, but actually, he didn't want to. When he saw Sydney today, he felt he was still crazy about her, so he forgot what he had said to Julien earlier and decided to fight for himself.
But once again, he failed. He was bound to miss Sydney.
He envied Julien's luck.
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