My Wife Wants a Divorce by Red Little Fruit

Chapter 102 Horseback Riding and Mountain Climbing

Lyra bit her lower lip fiercely, feeling extremely annoyed. She was no longer in the mood to see Kate's second trial, so she turned around and left.

Half an hour later, she arrived at Flint Corporation.

"Julien..." Lyra did not care whether there were other people in the president's office and went directly towards Julien behind the desk. With her teary, red eyes, she sat on his lap, wrapped her arms around his neck, and buried her head on his chest, sobbing softly.

Julien froze for a moment. When he came back to his senses, he looked at the woman in his arms with a frown.

If he had not heard her crying, he would have wanted to push her away.

"Leave the documents here first. I'll call you back later after I read them. You guys go back to your desks first. " Julien put down the documents in his hand, rubbed his temples, and said to the man and woman at the other side of the desk.

The man and woman nodded. "Sure, President Flint."

Then, the two turned and left.

After closing the door, the woman could not help but complain. She whispered, "Is that President Flint's fiancee? How could she be so unruly? She entered without even knocking on the door. Besides, didn't she see that we were talking about business? I can’t believe she went straight in and hugged President Flint. She should at least be aware of the place."

The man shrugged. "President Flint spoils her."

The woman was extremely unhappy. "Even if he spoils her, he has to keep in mind the time and place."

"Come on. That's enough. It'll be us who suffer if someone else hears you."

The woman's lips tugged, and she fell silent.

In the office, Julien gently pushed the woman in his arms away. "Okay, Lyra. Come down first."

"No!" Lyra buried her head back in his chest.

Julien had no choice but to go along with her. "Go on. Tell me what happened?"

Lyra looked up at him with red eyes. "Julien, why did they say that about me?"

"Who?" Julien narrowed his eyes.

Lyra sniffled. "Ms. Raines and Mrs. Morgan. I was going to see Kate's second trial today, but then I saw Mrs. Morgan kneeling to Ms. Raines in front of the court, begging Ms. Raines to forgive Kate. Ms. Raines refused to budge, so I helped Mrs. Morgan persuade her-" "Wait, you helped to persuade Sydney?" Julien raised his hand to interrupt her. "Did you persuade Sydney to forgive Kate?"

"Yeah." Lyra nodded. "I saw Mrs. Morgan kneeling and begging, so I-" Material © of NôvelDrama.Org.

"Lyra, you were in the wrong. You shouldn't have done that." Julien looked at her with his deep eyes.

Seemingly unable to accept it, Lyra said with a sad expression on her face, "What did I do wrong?"

"Everything. Kate Morgan is the culprit, and Sydney is the victim. Whether or not she forgives Kate is Sydney's right. As a bystander, you don't have the right to make any requests of her. Do you

understand? " Julien said in a low voice.

Lyra bit her lip. "But..."

"Alright, I know. You want to say that Sydney is too much for not forgiving Kate despite Mrs. Morgan kneeling for her. However, have you ever thought that Mrs. Morgan's kneeling might not be a plea but coercion?"

"A coercion?" Lyra looked as if she was shocked.

Julien nodded. "That's right. Mrs. Morgan could have gone to Sydney privately, but she chose to kneel toward Sydney in public. It's obvious she wanted to use the crowd to force Sydney to agree."

"I see." Lyra lowered her head with a saddened look."

No wonder Mrs. Morgan disliked me so much when I helped her up. It was because I ruined her plan."

"Well, just pay more attention before you help others in the future." Julien stroked her hair gently. "Also, the Morgan family doesn't have good characters. You should stay away from them in the future."

"Okay." Lyra forced a smile.

Soon, she remembered something and looked at the man expectantly. "Julien, how about we go out for the weekend?"

"The weekend?"

"Mm-hmm."

"Why so sudden?" Julien smiled.

Lyra replied, "Because I'm bored. You've been so busy lately that you barely even have time to eat with me. I'm alone at home all day. I'm going to turn moldy at this rate. Julien, just say yes."

She shook his hand coquettishly.

Julien was helpless against her. He happened to be less busy this weekend, so he nodded and agreed. " Alright, I'll take you out for the weekend, but we can't go too far since it's only for two days. It has to be in Port City. Where do you want to go?"

A smile lit up on Lyra's face when she heard him agree. "I don't know where to go either. It hasn't been long since I woke up, so I don't know anywhere to have fun in the city. You decide, Julien."

Julien did not refuse and lowered his eyes in thought.

Then, when he finally thought of something, the faint smile on his face deepened.

"I remember you said in a letter that you wanted to go horseback riding and mountain climbing and that you were a pretty good rider. There happens to be an equestrian park under Mr. Clarke's name that is built in the mountains. We can go climb the mountain after some horseback riding. What do you think?" Julien looked at her.

The expression on Lyra's face froze for a moment.

She could not believe that he was proposing to go horseback riding and mountain climbing! She could climb mountains, but she did not know how to ride a horse at all.

Furthermore, she had an innate fear of large animals.

"Don't you want to go horseback riding and mountain climbing?" The smile on Julien's face faded when he realized Lyra had not said anything.

Lyra was afraid that he would suspect her, so she quickly shook her head. "No, no. I've wanted to for a long time. I'm just very touched and happy that you still remember."

"I told you. I remember everything you like," Julien said in a gentle voice.

The corners of Lyra's mouth tugged, and she replied somewhat perfunctorily, "I see."

Nevertheless, Julien did not notice it. "Alright. I'll contact Mr. Clarke." "Okay." Lyra nodded absentmindedly.

It seemed like she would have to go to the equestrian park.

As for horseback riding, she could find a way to avoid it when the time comes.

At that thought, Lyra stopped worrying.

In the court, the second trial had come to an end.

Kate, under the questioning of the judge and Sydney's lawyer, finally could not hold out any longer. With her head lowered, she admitted that she had indeed posted that tweet with the aim of ruining Sydney's reputation.

Although the action was malicious, there were not many precedents in law when it came to cyber violence. Hence, Kate was only sentenced to 15 days of detention and a fine of 4,500 thousand dollars.

"She really did get off easy." Luke pouted as he walked out of the court and said with regret.

In fact, he wanted Kate to go to jail rather than be detained.

Sydney smiled. "There's no helping it. That's how the law works. Just accept it. No matter what, Kate has been punished, so we should be happy."

"You're right. Why don't we go and celebrate? I heard a new seafood restaurant opened over on North Shore

Avenue. Do you want to try it?" Luke grinned at her.

At the thought that she had not eaten seafood for a long time, Sydney's eyes lit up as she nodded. "Let’s go."

"Yeah!" Luke took out his car keys and was just about to press them when his phone rang.

"Let me take this call first." He chuckled bitterly.

The phone call was really timely.

Luke took out his phone and raised his brows at the caller ID. "It’s my mom!"

"Well, hurry up and answer it." Sydney urged.

Luke swiped the green answer icon and put the phone to his ear.

On the other end of the line, a gentle and kind middle-aged female voice sounded. "Luke, is the trial over?"

"It’s over." Luke replied and then asked, "Mom, why did you call me?"