My Wife Wants a Divorce by Red Little Fruit

Chapter 140 Hiking

"Since everyone is up for it, why are we still here? Go get changed!" Hunter rolled his eyes at everyone's attire.

Luke looked at his silk floral shirt, and he laughed at himself. "This really is not suitable for hiking."

"Go get changed." Sydney waved her hand, gesturing for him to go quickly.

Sydney did not need to change since she was already in sports attire when she came down. It was just right for a hiking adventure.

"Julien, I'll go and change." Lyra looked at Julien and glanced at the skirt she was wearing.

Julien raised his chin and agreed. "Go."

He did not need to change either. Although he was not wearing sports attire, his outfit was still suitable for hiking.

"Wait here for me," Lyra said and left for her room.

The others also went back to their rooms to change, while Hunter went outside to get the car.

Only Sydney and Julien were left in the dining room.

That was a good opportunity for Sydney because she had something to ask him.

"President Flint," Sydney said suddenly.

Then, Julien looked at her. "What's the matter?"

"Did you send me back to my room last night?" Sydney held his gaze steadily.

Julien nodded. "Yes."

Sydney's eyes darkened. "Why didn't you wake me up?"

"I tried," Julien replied softly with his lips pursed. "But you were so sound asleep, and you refused to wake up."

Sydney's eyes twitched. "Is that so?"

"Yes." Julien nodded.

Sydney could tell that he was serious and that he was not lying, so she instantly felt embarrassed.

She did not even wake up when he called her? Just how soundly did she sleep?

Sydney cleared her throat awkwardly and tried to hide her embarrassment. She said again, "Thank you, Mr. Flint. But-"

"Yes?" Julien took a sip of coffee.

Sydney lowered her gaze and looked at him with scrutiny. "Did you do anything to me?"

"Did I do anything to you?" Julien raised his eyebrow and looked back at her. "What do you mean?"

"For example, did you pinch me at my neck or something?" Sydney took a deep breath and asked.

She could not ask him straight to the face if he kissed her and left a hickey. She just could not bring herself to.

She raised her neck purposely to make him understand what she was referring to.

Julien rubbed the coffee cup with his thumb and replied calmly, "No."

"Really?" Sydney frowned, obviously still in doubt.

Julien looked at her. "Why would I pinch you?"

Sydney was speechless.

Why?

How would she know why?

While Sydney was deep in her thoughts, Julien sipped on his coffee and added, "Don't worry. I didn't do anything to you. I put you in your room and left."

His expression was cold and without any trace of guilt.

Sydney stared at him for a while and could not see anything unusual about him. As such, she had to believe him.

Perhaps the hickey on her neck was really not from him. However, if it was not him, who else could it be?

Could it be that after he left last night and someone else came to her room?

At that thought, Sydney clenched her fist tightly, and her chest began to heave. She was fuming in anger.

She could not believe it. Why would she be...

"Darling, I'm done changing." Luke's voice interrupted Sydney's thoughts.

Sydney looked at Luke and asked in a heavy tone, "Did you come out of your room in the middle of last night?"

"Come out of the room?" Luke blinked. "No. I slept till morning. Why are you asking me that?"

Sydney observed him closely to make sure that he was not lying. Luke was not, so she waved her hand and said, "It's nothing."

If it was not Luke, only Hunter and Jayden were left. After all, there were only four men in the villa.

Jayden was still a teenager, so the prime suspect would be Hunter.

Just then, Hunter appeared with the car key in his hands. "The car has been refueled, and I've asked the chef to load the car with food. There won't be food on the mountain at noon, so when we come back, we can..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he noted a sharp gaze on him, making it impossible for him to continue his sentence.

"Sydney, why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?" Hunter touched his face suspiciously.

Sydney narrowed her eyes at him. "Did you come out

of your room in the middle of last night?"

"No. Why would I?" Hunter looked bewildered.

Seeing that he was not lying either, Sydney’s heart sank.

If it was not Julien, Luke, or Hunter, who could it be?

There were only a few of them in the villa last night, and there were no outsiders. Was the red mark indeed an insect bite and not a hickey?

For a while, Sydney's expression was sullen, and then she left the dining room in a daze.

Luke and Hunter exchanged glances.

"What's going on?" Hunter asked.

Luke shook his head, indicating that he had no clue either.

The next second, a thought occurred to him, and he squinted at the man who was still sipping his coffee. He asked in a demanding tone, "Did you bully my darling?"

Julien heard the way Luke called her darling and instantly felt annoyed. He stood up with a cold expression, ignoring Luke, and then walked out without looking back.

"What's up with his attitude?" Luke pointed in the direction where Julien left and asked angrily. All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

Hunter shrugged and said nothing.

Soon, all of them gathered outside the villa.

The villa was two kilometers away from the mountain. Since it was too far to walk, they drove there instead.

The seven of them drove towards the foot of the mountain in two cars.

Sydney, Luke, Sharon, Hunter, and Jayden were in one car, while Lyra and Julien were in the other.

No one wanted to sit in Lyra and Julien's car, not even Jayden.

It was obvious that Lyra and Julien were not welcomed.

At the foot of the mountain, the seven of them got out of their cars and started their hike.

Lyra looked at the top of the mountain with regret written all over her face. "The mountain is so high, Julien. Do we really have to hike? Why don't we take the cable car instead?"

Before Julien could answer, Luke spoke first, "You want to take the cable car up?"

"Can't we?" Lyra looked at him naively.

Luke pouted. "It's not that we can't, but we've agreed to hike up the mountain instead of taking the cable car. Otherwise, it won’t be a hike at all."

"But it's too high." Lyra bit her lips, her tone sounded resistant.

"In that case, you can go back to the villa. Don't spoil our mood," Luke said impatiently.

"You..." Lyra's face was flushed with anger, and she looked toward Julien.

Julien asked, "Lyra, do you want to go back? If you want to, I'll take you back."

"Oh, Ms. Madden, don't tell me you can't handle a little hardship?" Before Lyra could answer, Hunter interrupted her.

Lyra had a bad premonition about it.

Sydney and Sharon looked at each other and smiled.

They knew that Hunter was scheming something again.

"Mr. Cohen, what do you mean?" Lyra clenched her fist and looked at Hunter with a smile on her face.

A playful smile appeared on Hunter's face. "Nothing. I'm just saying that you are so pretentious and hypocritical."

"Hunter Cohen!" Julien pursed his lips and looked at Hunter in displeasure.

Hunter shrugged. "Julien, I'm not wrong, and you know it. If your fiancee finds the mountain too high and doesn't want to hike, she shouldn't have come in the first place. Since she is here now, why is backing out? Isn't this just hypocrisy?"

Julien frowned.

Although he did not agree with Hunter's attitude, Hunter was right.