My Wife Wants a Divorce by Red Little Fruit

Chapter 189 Clarice Madden Is Alive

Even though Zach knew exactly what Julien was thinking, he chose to keep quiet.

Zach cleared his throat and said, "Yes. I will send them to you right away."

Julien handed the phone back to him.

After Zach got his phone back, he shared the pictures with Julien.

Julien lowered his gaze when he saw that his phone vibrated. "That's all. You can go out now."

"Yes."

After Zach left, Julien was left alone in the office.

He picked up his phone, opened WhatsApp, and saw the photos that Zach sent.

There were a total of two photos, and he had not seen the other one.

Julien clicked it open.

The photo had the same background as before, and Sydney was wearing the same dress. However, her pose was different.

She held her skirt with one hand, and the other hand was in the air as though she might fly away in the next second.

Even though Sydney was still as beautiful, Julien did not like it.

He pressed on the photo and was about to delete it.

However, he could not bring himself to click on the delete button.

In the end, he gave up.

"Julien!" Suddenly, Lyra's anxious voice came from the door.

Julien frowned, closed the app, and put his phone back to where it was before. "Come in."

In the meantime, Sydney and Sharon just came out of a shoe shop.

Sharon touched her belly and said, "President Raines, let's get some food. I’m hungry."

Sydney was also famished. She looked at the time and realized that it was almost 1 p.m.

"Okay. Let’s go to the fifth floor since all the restaurants are there. I will get you lunch since you came with me today," Sydney said with a smile.

Sharon nodded. "Thank you!"

"You're welcome. Let’s go." Sydney held her arm.

Just as they took another two more steps, Sharon suddenly stopped and said, "President Raines, isn’t that Lyra Madden’s mother?"

Upon hearing that, Sydney looked in the same direction and saw Mrs. Madden.

She must have just come out from facial treatment since she looked refreshed and bright, unlike a woman in her fifties at all.

"What an unlucky day. I can’t believe we saw the annoying Lyra just now, and now we've run into Lyra's mother. This world is so small." Sharon sighed.

Sydney smiled. "It's fine. Since we are all in Port City, running into each other is normal.”

Perhaps their stares were too obvious as they did not bother to hide them that Mrs. Madden noticed them and looked over.

When she saw Sydney, she frowned, and a look of disdain appeared on her face.

Sydney was not at all upset. Instead, she just nodded at Mrs. Madden and smiled.

Mrs. Madden turned her head away and walked forward without bothering to return the greeting.

Sharon rolled her eyes. "Look at that, like mother like daughter. No wonder Lyra Madden is who she is. She must have learned it from her mother."

"Alright. There’s no need to care about them. Aren't you hungry? Let’s go," Sydney said as she looked away.

Sharon nodded and went to the escalator with Sydney next to her.

Little did they expect to run into Mrs. Madden again after their meal.

However, Mrs. Madden did not notice them this time. She left as soon as she came out of Downtown Jewelry Shop.

When she left, her expression looked rather sad.

Then, Sydney recalled the last time she took the necklace to the shop for an inquiry, and the shop manager then told Mrs. Madden about the necklace.

That was why Mrs. Madden assumed Clarice Madden was still alive and started looking for her.

Did Mrs. Madden look so melancholic walking out of the jewelry shop because of the matter related to Clarice Madden?

When Sydney thought about that, she narrowed her eyes. "Sharon, can you do me a favor?”

"What is it?” Sharon was sipping on her drink as she looked at her.

Sydney said in a low voice, "Go to the Downstone Jewelry Shop and ask why Mrs. Madden was there."

"Why do you need to know that?” Sharon asked curiously.

A glint flashed across Sydney's eyes. "It’s urgent.

Please help me."

"Sure, sure. Hold on to this for me. I will go and find out." Sharon handed her drink to Sydney.

Sharon then walked toward Downtown Jewelry Shop.

In a few minutes, she came back.

Sydney gave her back the drink and asked, "How did it go? Did you manage to find out?"

"I did." Sharon nodded as she took her drink.

"The shopkeeper said that Mrs.Madden was there to ask if they saw a girl with a necklace.”

"As expected." Sydney pursed her lips.

Mrs. Madden did not find Clarice Madden and was here to try her luck.

"President Raines, are you playing a riddle with me?" Sharon was dying of curiosity.

Sydney laughed. "It's nothing. Mrs. Madden is looking for her eldest daughter."

"Eldest daughter?" Sharon was stunned. "She has another daughter?"

"Yes. Her eldest daughter is Clarice Madden, and Lyra is the younger one," Sydney said. Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

"I see. But why are you interested in this matter?” Sharon asked.

"Because her eldest daughter is somehow related to the Raines." Sydney rubbed her eyebrow. "It’s fine. We should stop talking about this. Let's go back."

As such, Sharon nodded.

When Sydney was back at Shallow Bay, it was already 4 p.m.

Sydney put her things on the couch, took her phone with her, and went to the room to call Hunter.

When Hunter saw that she called, he was pleasantly surprised.

After all, she rarely contacted him.

"Why are you calling me so suddenly? Miss me?” Hunter said nonchalantly.

Sydney knew him well and had gotten used to his flirting. Instead of getting mad at him, she chuckled." Hey, be serious. I have something important to ask you.”

"Even if you have something important to ask me, you can still tell me you miss me." Hunter sighed.

Sydney was amused. "Fine. I miss you. Happy now?”

Even though Hunter knew that she was just halfheartedly saying it to shut him up, it still made him happy.

"I'll take it," Hunter said.

Sydney smiled.

After that, Hunter cleared his throat and said, "What is it?"

"I ran into Mrs. Madden today while she was looking for Clarice Madden. I called to ask you if you have any leads on Clarice Madden." Sydney sat by the bed as she said seriously.

Hunter smiled. "You're just in time. I did find something."

"Really?" Sydney straightened her back. "What is it?"

"Firstly, Clarice Madden is alive. To confirm this, I went to look for this case's police report and found the police officer in charge of this case back then. He told me that the one your father threw into the lake was not Clarice Madden but a doll," Hunter replied.

When Sydney heard that, she narrowed her eyes. "My guess was right. I knew the one my father threw into the lake was something else."

"That's right." Hunter nodded.

Sydney tightened her grip on the phone. "How about Clarice Madden? Where is she right now?"

"I have no idea about this. Although your father didn't throw Clarice into the lake, he did kidnap her. No one except your father knew where Clarice was sent to. Even the police officer I spoke to had no clue," Hunter said helplessly.

Sydney frowned. "How is this possible? Our leads are all broken again."

"Exactly. Looking for Clarice Madden won't be easy." Hunter tugged on his hair.

Sydney bit her lip and said, "You said firstly just now. Have you found anything else?"