Sir, Madam Dispeared Again After Divorce!

Chapter 152 Defect

What else could he do? He could only spoil his beloved person!

After laughing for a while, Sydney took a long breath and finally stopped.

Then, she took out a handkerchief from her pocket. ' Here, wipe it off."

"My hand is too dirty after changing the tire. You wipe it for me, Darling," Luke said with eyes full of expectation.

Sydney rolled her eyes at him but raised her hand to wipe his face.

Luke closed his eyes in enjoyment. "You're the best, Darling."

"Enough already." Sydney was caught between laughter and tears at his appearance.

Not far away, Julien saw this scene and his fists clenched at his sides. His expression became even more gloomy.

Lyra sensed his strange reaction, and her eyes flashed full of jealousy and hatred.

"Julien, the relationship between Ms. Raines and Mr. Chase is really good," Lyra said with a smile.

Julien withdrew his eyes and lowered them to cover the coldness in his eyes. Then, he said blandly, "Let's go."

He was afraid that if he did not leave, he would not be able to resist the urge to go up and tear Luke apart.

However, he did not know why he felt this way.

Lyra nodded. "Okay."

The group of seven divided into three cars and left the place.

Sydney and Luke went to the Chase residence.

As soon as they entered, Mrs. Chase took Sydney's hand affectionately. "Syd, did you have fun these two days?"

"Quite," Sydney took the fruit handed by Mrs. Chase and answered with a smile.

Mrs. Chase also smiled. "That's great. Did anything special happen?" Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

"Anything special?" Sydney blinked in confusion." What do you mean?"

Mrs. Chase's smile gradually stiffened. "For example, falling into a hole, or being locked in a room, stuff like that. Did nothing happen to Luke and you?"

"No." Sydney shook her head. "Aunty, why do you think that something like that would happen to us?"

Mrs. Chase's eyes flashed guiltily before she waved her hand with a laugh. "I was just saying. I was watching TV a few days ago where the hero and heroine went on a vacation. They were very prone to encountering such things. That's why I asked if you encountered that too."

Sydney nodded in realization and laughed. "Don't worry, Aunty. TV is TV, and reality is reality. Reality won't play out like how it’s on TV."

"That's true." Mrs. Chase's lips twitched and she stood up. "Syd, have a seat first. I'll go upstairs to get something."

"Sure," Sydney responded.

Mrs. Chase went to Luke's room upstairs.

Luke had just taken a shower and came out of the bathroom after changing his clothes, once again looking like his usual handsome and charming appearance. However, before he could appreciate himself, Mrs. Chase suddenly pushed open the door and barged in.

Luke hurriedly lowered his posing hands and stared at Mrs. Chase. "Mom, what are you doing here?"

"I need to ask you a question. Did your date with Syd the past two days improve your relationship?" Mrs. Chase asked.

Luke's eyes dimmed for a moment before he pouted." Nothing improved. It wasn't a date at all."

There were seven people together. It was more like a group tour.

"It wasn't a date?" Mrs. Chase gave him a side glance."

Mr. Clarke's equestrian park has so many facilities. It's a great place for a date. What do you mean it wasn't a date? I even had someone set up some scenes there for your relationship to improve, but you didn't use them at all. How could you be so useless?"

"You set up some scenes? Mom, what did you set up?" Luke looked at Mrs. Chase in shock.

Mrs. Chase rolled her eyes and said, "I had people dig a hole at the golf course, thinking that you could fall in while playing and come in close contact or something. I also got someone to break the door lock of the master bedroom on the third floor and take the opportunity to lock you in. After all, the feelings of a man and woman alone in the same room are the easiest to heat up, but you guys..."

Mrs. Chase trembled with anger. "You didn't get caught in any of those tricks. What a waste of my efforts."

Luke was completely exasperated. "You did all that?"

"It's to set you up with Syd. How can I not worry about it?" Mrs. Chase sighed and sat down beside his bed.

Luke scratched his hair. "Why didn't you tell me earlier? We didn't play golf at all, and we didn't stay in the master bedroom on the third floor. We stayed in the guest rooms instead. Your little tricks naturally remained untouched."

"How could I tell you? I know you best. If I told you, you would've spilled the beans and let Syd find out.

Wouldn't my efforts be wasted then, too?" Mrs. Chase grumbled.

Luke shrugged.

Mrs. Chase stood up. "Forget it. It seems like I'll just have to find another opportunity to close the distance between Sydney and you. Alright, hurry up and dry your hair. It's time to eat."

"Got it." Luke nodded.

Mrs. Chase left the room and went downstairs.

After eating lunch, Sydney left and went back to Shallow Bay.

After not coming back for two days, the apartment was already covered in a thin layer of dust.

Sydney tied her hair, put on an apron, and cleaned the apartment briefly. Then, she went to the study and prepared to perfect the proposal for the new energy technology since it was due tomorrow.

After she wrote the proposal, she sent it to the mailboxes of professors in several famous universities, who read it, revised it, and even complimented it.

Thus, she was very confident about submitting it tomorrow.

Sydney worked till the evening and only stopped when the study grew dark and her stomach became hungry.

"It's almost 8 PM." Sydney looked at her phone and stretched. She pulled open the drawer, preparing to put the proposal away.

Suddenly, she saw the key in the drawer. It was the one that Grandma handed to her at the hospital last time, saying that there was a very important item in the old Raines residence so she had to find it.

It was because that item was connected to a huge secret.

It seemed that she had to find some time to go back.

Sydney put the key back and pondered with a complex expression.

The next day, she went to Skylight.

Sophie walked behind her and reported, "President Raines, in your absence these days, President Dayton won over some of the people who originally supported you."

Sydney was not surprised to hear that.

Stephen was bent on driving her out of Skylight's management and wanted her to be an idle major shareholder. So, he would naturally take advantage of her absence to turn her people against her.

She would find it weird if Stephen did not do that.

"If he won them over, then so be it. It's good for people who aren't loyal to defect now, lest they betray me at a critical time in the future. However, since they

defected to Stephen, they aren't allowed to continue enjoying the benefits I gave before."

Sydney sneered then said in a cold voice, "Go and arrange for a few mistakes for them and kick them out of the original positions, and reassign others to take their spots."

"But what if President Dayton protects them?" Sophie asked worriedly.

Sydney's lips curled. "Just tell Stephen directly that if he dares to protect them, I'll sell a portion of the shares in my hand and give him another rival. That way, he'll have yet another enemy fighting for the management rights."

"Understood. I'll get right to it." Sophie nodded excitedly.

Sydney pushed open the door of her office and entered, and began to deal with the stack of documents that had been piling up for the past two days.

Halfway through processing them, Sophie notified her of a meeting.

Sydney closed the file in front of her, got up and left the office, and walked to the conference room.

Outside the conference room, she met Stephen who came from the other side.

Stephen's expression was hideous. "I didn't expect you to be so bold. You're even willing to sell your

shares to hold me down."

He originally thought that after winning over some of Sydney's people, she would not be able to do anything except get angry after she returned. Even if she wanted to dismiss those executives, she could only resign herself since he was around to protect them.

Unexpectedly, she did not do as he expected at all. Instead, she used such a strong-arm tactic to stop him from taking action. He could not do anything and could only watch as the executives he went through so much trouble to win over were chased out of the company. It really pissed him off.