"It's not funny!" Julien replied with a cold and sullen face.
Sydney stopped smiling. "You ... you're angry?"
She looked at the man's stern face. It was obvious that he was furious.
Julien cupped Sydney's face with both hands. "Yes, and I am very angry. Do you know why?"
Sydney blinked without answering. Clearly, she had no idea.
Julien sighed, "Because you teased Dallin in front of him. What if he was provoked and hit you on the spot?"
"I ... I was wrong." Sydney finally understood that Julien was afraid that she would be hurt.
She took the man's hands away from her face. "Actually, after I teased him, I realized I was a bit impulsive and regretted it. I was worried that Dallin would do something to me, but fortunately, Dallin had some scruples and didn't hit me."
"You should be glad that he had scruples. If not, you wouldn't be here now, but at Finn's hospital." Julien frowned.
Sydney shook his arm. "Don't be mad. I know I was wrong. I won't be so impulsive in the future."
She pouted.
Julien looked at her blinking pitifully and pressed his brow resignedly. "That's good."
"I definitely won't do that again." Sydney nodded her head in a hurry to assure him.
Julien flicked her forehead. "Other than that, did Dallin say anything else after you two fell out?"
"He said I shouldn't jump to conclusions and gave me two days to think about it. He said that maybe I would change my mind," Sydney said.
Julien narrowed his eyes. "Changed your mind?"
"Well, that's what he said, and he was very sure that I would definitely change my mind after two days of consideration."
Julien pursed his thin lips. "In that case, he should have some leverage in his hand. Otherwise, he wouldn't have said such words."
"I think so." Sydney played with his big hand, her eyes puzzled. "It's just that I don't think he has any leverage that he can use to threaten me."
She had been thinking about this since she got back, and after so long, she hadn't found anything wrong.
So she was certain that Dallin didn't have anything on her.
Julien looked at Sydney. "Since you don't know, don't think about it. Wait two days, and we'll know what he's really up to."
"OK." Sydney nodded. "We think the same way."
"When the time comes, I'll meet him with you," Julien added.
Sydney didn't refuse.
She was indeed a bit scared to face Dallin alone, and with Julien around, she would definitely be much more at ease.
On top of that, Dallin hadn't said she couldn't take anyone with her to see him in two days.
"Is there anything else?" Julien asked.
Sydney shook her head. "No, that's all he said to me, but..."
She looked up at him with hesitation in her eyes.
Seeing this, Julien immediately realized that she had something else to say, and it was about him.
"Just say what you want." Julien stroked her silky hair.
Sydney took a breath. "Okay. Before Dallin asked me to let Greta off, he told me that he was here not only for Greta's sake, but also to see an old friend. Although he didn't explicitly say who that old friend was, I'm pretty sure he was talking about your mother. "
As he heard these words, Julien's face instantly changed, and he became sullen.
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