"Should we send someone to investigate them?" Luke suggested.
Sydney nodded, "Yes, of course. I must find out about them; otherwise, I cannot be relieved."
After all, now Madeline and her mother were in the dark, while Sydney was in the light.
If Luke hadn't run into Madeline, Sydney wouldn’t know now that Madeline was back in Port City.
Sydney would not be able to cope with it in time if Madeline secretly did something malicious to her.
Since Sydney now learned that Madeline and her mother were back in town, surely she had to find out where they were, so even if they tried to do something to her, she could get prepared in advance.
"Who should we send to investigate them? Should we get a detective or..."
"Get a detective." Sydney said after a few seconds' thought, "Madeline showed up around my company. She's probably here to learn about my company's surroundings. If we send our own people to investigate her, she might recognize our people, so we'd better get a detective."
"You're right. I'll make the arrangements. Later, on my way back home, I'm going to pass a detective agency, which has a pretty good reputation. I'll go there and hire a detective." Luke said. He poured himself a glass of water.
Sydney nodded, "Thank you. By the way, what brings you here all of a sudden?"
Luke pulled over a chair and sat down." Sean called me and said you didn't look very well. She was worried about you, so she asked me to come over and see what was wrong with you. "
Sydney had a wry smile at Luke’s words." I'm just not in a good mood. Why did she think something was wrong with me?"
"She's concerned about you." Luke said.
Sydney nodded, "I know, and I am grateful for that."
"Darling, are you okay?" Luke looked at Sydney with concern and asked. Although Sydney said she was just not in a good mood, Luke was worried about her.
Sydney nodded her head slightly, "I'm fine, really."
"Then why are you in a bad mood?” Luke asked.
Sydney rubbed her temples and replied nonchalantly, "It's nothing serious. I just feel like I got screwed up, so I’m not happy."
"Who upset you?" Luke asked curiously.
Julien's cold, handsome face appeared in Sydney's mind, and her eyes instantly drifted off.
Luke saw that Sydney got in a trance. He reached out and waved his hand in front of her eyes, "Darling, what are you thinking?"
Sydney immediately snapped back to her senses. She hastily lowered her eyelids to hide the look inside. She forced a smile," Nothing."
This was so strange! Why was she suddenly thinking about Julien?
Sydney shook her head slightly to get Julien out of her mind. Then she picked up the glass of water on the table and took a sip. She regained her composure.
However, her odd expression and behavior were all caught in Luke's eyes.
Luke's eyes narrowed. An unreadable glimmer flashed across his eyes. Then he pretended that nothing had happened and smiled, "Darling, can you do me a favor?"
"What can I do for you?" Sydney put down her glass of water and looked at Luke with a confused look in her eyes.
Luke grinned and leaned closer to her, "Go to a party with me as my plus one."
"What?" Sydney couldn't help but spit out the water in her mouth, and it splashed right onto Luke's face.
Luke scrunched up his eyes and nose. He could feel the water on his face and it was dripping down his chin.
Sydney felt so sorry. She stuck out her tongue in embarrassment and then hurriedly grabbed some tissues and wiped Luke's face.
After wiping Luke's face, Sydney apologized, "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to."
"Darling..." Luke looked up at her helplessly, a hint of deliberate misery in his eyes.
Sydney smiled awkwardly, "I'm sorry, Luke. I really didn't mean it."
Luke wiped his face and then touched his hair.
Sydney was a little dizzy from his shaking. She hurriedly wrenched his hands away, "There's nothing to tell you about. Anyway, I can’t go to the party with you. Find someone else."
"Darling, I can't find anyone else! You have to help me." Luke insisted that Sydney be his plus one.
But Sydney was adamant. "I'm sorry, Luke. If it was any other party, I would go with you. But I really can't go to that party. I promised Julien I would never show up in front of him again. If I go to the party tomorrow, I will breach my words. What would he think of me? "
"Uh..." Luke's mouth dropped open, and he couldn't say anything.
Sydney patted him on the shoulder and said, "So you have to find another woman."
Luke sighed, "Well, since you said that, what else can I say?"
Sydney flattened her lips and didn't say anything else.
Just then, Luke's phone rang.
He took his phone out and glanced at it. It was his assistant. He answered it immediately, "What is it?"
"Mr. Chase, your father is here at the office. He wants to see you." The assistant said.
Luke frowned, "My father went to the company? What's he doing there?"
"I don't know. He didn't say. Please come back soon." The assistant said.
Luke rubbed his temples. "Okay. I’ll be right back."
Luke put the phone down and looked at Sydney, "Darling, my dad went to the office.
He probably has something to say to me.
I'm going back to my office."
"OK. Be safe on the road." Sydney responded. Then she got up and walked him out of the office. Until Luke got into the elevator, she turned around and went back to her office.
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