My Wife Wants a Divorce by Red Little Fruit

Chapter 217 The Banquet Begins

So, that was it.

Julien slightly lifted his chin.

He thought that Lyra was deliberately targeting Sydney.

"I can't help but lecture you, Julien," Brandon looked at Julien with a straight face and said in displeasure," Although Lyra isn't officially engaged to you, Sydney destroying the last engagement banquet already announced to the whole world that Lyra is your fiancee. Since she's your fiancee, you should at least buy her a ring. People will laugh at Lyra if you don't give her anything."

"Don't say that, Dad. Julien has his own ideas. Let's not force him," Lyra pulled Brandon's sleeve and hurriedly advised.

At the same time, she did not forget to look at Julien apologetically as if afraid that he would get angry. " Sorry, Julien. Don't mind my dad's words."

"It's fine. Your dad is right. I should give you a ring," Julien's cold voice answered.

The reason why he had not given Lyra a ring was because he did not want to. That was why he deliberately said that he would give her one after they got married.

As for why he did not want to give it, he could not say either. However, Brandon was right. Since Lyra had taken the name of his fiancee, if he did not give her a ring, the people in the circle would more or less look down on her.

"Julien, are you serious?" Lyra looked at Julien with joy.

Julien's eyes softened slightly when he saw her so happy. "Of course."

Lyra was the woman he loved. He once said that he would make her happy for life.

How could he not give her a ring just because of that unspoken emotion in his heart?

"You're the best, Julien." Lyra happily jumped into Julien's arms.

Brandon feigned anger and glared at her. "You're abandoning your father for a ring. A woman's heart truly only lies with her husband."

"Dad!" Lyra turned around and shouted, pretending to pout. However, in reality, Brandon and her exchanged a look that only they could understand.

Yes, the father and daughter came to find Julien on purpose.

Before they came up, they already found out that the person in Boom 1 was Julien, so they planned out this skit for Julien to give in and buy her a ring. That way, her position as his fiancee would become firmer.

Unexpectedly, they succeeded. It was a very smooth success.

"Julien, shall we go pick out the ring tomorrow? I want one from DR. Although it's considered a luxury brand, it's generally not that expensive and can even be considered affordable, but I still want it. It represents that one man can only buy one ring." Lyra looked up at him. "Can we, Julien?"

When Julien heard her say "one man can only buy one ring", his brows twisted slightly and he subconsciously wanted to say no. However, when he looked at her expectant eyes, he finally suppressed the rejection in his heart and nodded. "All right."

"Thank you, Julien." Lyra happily hugged him tightly.

Julien's thin lips twitched, but he could not feel happy. He only felt annoyed.

After a few seconds, he gently pushed Lyra away." Well, let's go to the banquet first. Mr. and Mrs. Leigh are waiting for us."

"You're right. Let's hurry up and go." Brandon nodded.

The Leigh family was stronger than the Madden family.

Although they could not be compared to the Flint family, the Madden family had to defer to the Leigh family and could not offend them.

At that moment, in the brightly lit banquet hall, people raised their glasses and socialized.

Sydney held a glass of fruit juice as she looked around for something.

Luke brought a tray of refreshments over and handed it to her. "We finally got rid of that leech Hunter. I wonder what's gotten into him these days. He's Julien's friend, but he doesn't go find Julien and insists on hanging around us instead. We can't even get rid of him. He's so annoying."

"Well, he means no harm. Besides, he has a good character and he's entertaining in conversation. It's quite nice getting along with him." Sydney took the refreshments with a smile.

Although she did not know why Hunter kept approaching them recently, she knew that he was not their enemy.

"Forget it. Let's not talk about him. What were you looking at, Darling?" Luke took a sip of red wine and asked.

"I'm looking for Cay. I couldn't find him in the auction. I only heard his voice," Sydney rubbed her brows and replied.

"I'm so happy to hear that you miss me so much." A gentle male voice sounded behind her just as soon as she finished talking.

A surprised smile instantly appeared on Sydney's face. She quickly turned around and saw a young man a few feet away from her. She took a step forward. ' Cay, it really is you!"

"It's me." Cayden nodded with a smile and then reached out to embrace her. Although he hugged her tightly, it was still gentle and tender.

Cayden buried his head on Sydney's shoulder and nuzzled her gently. His soft voice choked slightly. "I missed you so much."

Sydney was amused and touched his head. "I missed you too. Come on, get up. Let me have a look at you."

"No, let me hold you for a while." Not only did Cayden refuse to let her go but he also held her tighter instead. NôvelDrama.Org owns © this.

Sydney only treated him as a child and shook her head helplessly, letting him do as he pleased.

To the side, Luke saw this scene and rolled his eyes to the ceiling.

'This brat knows how to pretend. He's acting like a little puppy to cheat my darling in exchange for close contact with her. Despicable!'

However, under the disdain, Luke had to admit that he was envious of Cayden. He was envious that Cayden could embrace his darling like that.

'If it were me, Darling would've pushed me away.'

Luke let out a bitter smile and downed the red wine in his glass.

Not far away, Julien, Brandon, and Lyra walked into the banquet hall. Through the crowd, Julien saw the scene of Sydney and Cayden hugging.

His pupils shrunk, and his hand holding his crutch suddenly clenched. His expression darkened as a ferocious storm brewed in his eyes.

Layden Lowe was back.

Sydney cuddled up to him as soon as he came back. Did she like having these men around her so much?

Feeling the cold air coming from the man beside her, Lyra turned her head and her eyes darkened when she saw the jealousy in the man's gaze.

"Julien, that guy Ms. Raines is hugging is Layden Lowe, right? He was that model who ruined my get-well banquet along with her. I thought he left Port City, but he unexpectedly appeared again. He's even hugging Ms. Raines. Mr. Chase is her boyfriend, but he's just standing to the side and watching instead of stopping them. What relationship do you think the three of them have?"

A malicious arc curled on Lyra's lips before disappearing just as quickly.

Julien's expression was hideous. He only found the image of Sydney and Layden hugging extremely unpleasant. It was so unpleasant that he wanted to go up to separate them. He wanted to tell Sydney that she was not allowed to be so close to other men.

However, he knew very well that he did not have that right.

"That's their business. Whatever their relationship is is none of our concern." Julien finished with an icy tone and withdrew his gaze before walking forward.

Lyra hurriedly followed.

On Sydney's side, Luke put down his empty wine glass and went forward to pull Layden away. "Okay, that's it. You've hugged her enough now."

Layden looked at him in displeasure.

Luke looked back. "Don't forget that I'm her boyfriend in name now. If you hug her like this, what will others think about her?"

Layden froze and looked around to see people pointing and speculating about the relationship between the three of them. When they saw him looking over, they hurriedly pretended to look away as if nothing happened.

However, as soon as he withdrew his gaze, those people continued to say unpleasant things again. Some even said that Sydney was a fickle woman who looked for men everywhere.