"It's nothing. You're Julien's girlfriend, and if nothing goes wrong, he will be your husband. You won't owe him anything. That's what he should do, right?" Hunter shrugged his shoulders and said disapprovingly.
Sydney shook her head. "In this world, no one is supposed to do anything for others. It is true that Julien and I are now dating and that we will remarry, but this does not mean that Julien should do anything for me. This idea is not right, and I am not the kind of person who likes to owe others favors. I always feel very uncomfortable doing so, and I can only be relieved after returning the favors."
"I can see that." Hunter looked at her and expressed his agreement.
Sydney smiled and continued, "I just said that I already owed Julien a lot before we got back together, so I don't want to owe him anymore. Now that he and I are back together, if I bother him with everything and owe him favors, I'll feel inferior to him in my relationship with him, and we won't be equal. Besides, if I ask him to solve any difficulties for me, I will lose the habit and ability to handle things on my own, and as soon as something happens, I will turn to Julien for help. Have you thought about it?"
"What?" Hunter blinked, a little confused.
Sydney put the cup in her hand back to the table. "Julien loves me very much. I believe that as long as I ask for anything, he will not refuse. He will find ways to get me what I want. This is indeed very good, but if one day, our relationship worsens, and he does not love me anymore, while I have the habit of relying on him, will he still help?"
She shook her head slightly. "I don't think so. Some feelings and affection will be consumed, so I don't want to treat Julien as a tool that helps me with everything. It's not fair to him. Moreover, I won't belittle or doubt myself."
Listening to Sydney's remarks, Hunter was shocked. He moved his mouth, unable to say anything to retort.
In his mind, a man should pamper his woman. As long as his woman was in trouble, he should solve it for her. There was nothing wrong with it.
But after listening to her point of view, he looked at the matter from another angle and suddenly felt that his idea was not so right.
It was true that handling everything for one's lover was a sign of affection.
But such affection would make one's lover lose self-reliance and become unable to deal with things independently.
So was this love or harm?
He thought this was both love and harm.
One should help his lover, but not submissively or blindly.
Only helping lovers when they were in a very difficult situation was meaningful.
And he agreed with her that when in love, one would help his lover do everything, but when the relationship worsened, he would get tired of his lover.
At least, he no longer loved her. Maybe for the sake of past affection, one would continue to help, but he would feel irritated.
Thinking about this, Hunter looked at Sydney with appreciation. "You are still so unique and sober."
That was why he couldn't get her out of his mind.
Sydney did not understand the deeper meaning of his words. She smiled slightly and said, "There is another reason. If Julien helps me, he will certainly not let me return the favor. If I insist, he will not be happy. I do not want to quarrel with him, so when it comes to some difficult things and I have to ask others for help, I will think of you and Luke. Anyway, you and I are friends. If I want to return the favors, you will agree because you know that if you refuse, I will be upset."
Hunter suddenly understood. He gave a complicated smile. "I see. You didn't ask Julien for help and instead came to me because I will not and can't refuse when you return the favor. It was the same reason about the matter with the Madden family."
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