Greta acted like a psychopath. Her sudden onset was quite frightening.
Sydney released Greta's jaw and stepped back in fear, as if it were infectious.
Julien stood up and protected her in the back, so as to avoid Sydney falling or banging her head.
He wouldn't want to see her suffer any harm.
"Use this." Julien handed Sydney a handkerchief from his pocket. He reminded Sydney to wipe her hand.
Sydney nodded in appreciation for Julien. "You know me well enough that I was going to look for something to clean my hands with."
The handkerchief was handed to Sydney before she could reach for her purse.
Julien replied with a contended smile, "We were born to be a couple. You don't need to say anything. Only with one look, or one move, I can always understand what's in your mind and what you want."
Furthermore, as long as it was something Sydney wanted, he would have it prepared and present it to her immediately.
Sydney was moved by Julien.
After wiping her hands with the handkerchief, she extended her arms to hug Julien.
Julien didn't expect her response. He paused for a second and hugged Sydney.
The fact that Greta was present didn't bother them.
Greta would have been satirizing them in normal circumstances.
But this time, Greta was in total madness. She laughed crazily and mumbled every now and then.
She spoke too fast and was disorganized. No one could understand what she said and only found her horrifying.
To be brief, Greta acted like a complete psychopath.
Sydney stopped hugging and stared at Greta with knitted eyebrows. She talked to Julien seriously, "I think she's not pretending."
Julien agreed by grunting.
He also observed that Greta was not pretending.
Sydney bit her lips for a while and said, "She acted like that after saying her hatred towards me was much more than that. What do you think she meant by saying that? Could there be any ties between us? Yet I have never met her."
Julien advised Sydney, lowering his head to look at her, "Don't think too much. She was ill. Maybe that's all a delusion."
Sydney nodded. "It never occurred to me that she could have mental diseases, but that makes sense."
Sydney then turned around to take a glance at Greta. "Maybe she had some special experience."
"No matter what she had experienced, it's none of our business. She can't have a talk. Let's get outside." Julien gripped Sydney's hand to give a sign.
Sydney nodded. Julien took her hand and led her outside.
Sydney halted when she got to the door.
Noticing her hesitation, Julien also stopped and turned back to ask her, "Why?"
Sydney didn't respond. She shook her head and then looked back at Greta.
After they left, Greta remained the same. She lowered her head and mumbled, occasionally with sharp and strange laughters. It was quite terrifying.
Seeing Greta's craziness, Julien narrowed his eyes in distaste. He held the back of Sydney's head and turned her face around. "Don't let her ruin your mood. Forget about her."
Sydney responded, "Come on. I'm curious. I haven't met any mental patients before."
"Never?" asked Julien.
"Have I?" Sydney was perplexed by his question. "When? Why did I not get an impression at that time?"
"Cayden was, wasn't he?"
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