'Poor girl?
'What is he saying?'
Just as Sydney wanted to ask Stephen what this meant, Julien put a protective arm around her shoulders to calm her.
Sydney looked up at him.
Meeting her gaze, Julien said nothing but gave her a hint with the eyes: Leave it to me.
He had already observed that Sydney was annoyed at these words and wanted to confront Stephen.
He stopped her lest she should suffer.
Sydney had no advantage in the argument with Stephen, a tough old bird.
Julien, therefore, would deal with Stephen himself.
After realizing what Julien meant, Sydney felt warm and calmed down.
Sensing her emotional changes, Julien drew her aside and stood between her and Stephen.
Without Sydney standing between them, Stephen felt more pressure than ever to face Julien.
He even regretted entering the elevator.
But he had no option but to stick it out.
Julien stood in front of Stephen, looking down at him, "What do you mean Sydney is a poor girl, Mr. Dayton?"
Stephen felt like a worm being watched, and a tide of humiliation came over him.
But Stephen, a good disguiser, controlled his emotions quickly and pretended to be sympathetic, "Alas! Mr. Flint, you know, the Raines family is not Sydney's birth family. I don't know why her natural parents abandoned her. But she was lucky enough to be spotted by Harry. What would have happened to her if Harry hadn't adopted her? She might be dead or be sent to an orphanage and then grow up there. Then she would get married and have children like ordinary women."
Sydney almost laughed in her exasperation.
'Is he saying this to remind me of who I really am?
Exactly, Stephen was trying to remind her that she was an orphan. Hadn't Harry spotted her, she would never have made such a good living or inherited the Skylight Corporation, let alone met Julien, a man of high class. He, in fact, wanted her to feel inferior in front of Julien.
Indeed, Julien was the eldest son of the third generation of the Flint family, a noble family.
Sydney, in contrast, was an orphan abandoned by her biological parents. Accidentally, the Raines family adopted her; otherwise, she would grow up in an orphanage, as Stephen said. With any luck, she would be adopted by an ordinary family and lead an ordinary life. No matter what, she would never be part of the upper class, let alone meet and fall in love with Julien.
In a word, their birth could not be more different.
She was supposed to feel inferior. After all, Julien was too good for her in every aspect.
Contrary to Stephen's expectations, Sydney did not feel inferior.
Why should she feel inferior?
Julien was the one who wanted to get back together, not her!
She should be proud of her charm that captivated such a big shot as Julien. Without any doubt, she was excellent in his eyes. And there must be something special about her that attracted him, or why would Julien fall in love with her?
Would a romantic story about a rich young man falling in love with an ordinary girl happen in real life?
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