My Wife Wants a Divorce by Red Little Fruit

Chapter 144 Bitten by a Snake

"Enough, Jayden. Hurry up and apologize to Lyra." Julien furrowed his brows and urged impatiently.

Jayden bowed his head, knowing he was in the wrong. "Sorry."

He sounded reluctant.

The air around Julien turned cold. "Jayden Flint, where's your sincerity?"

Jayden pouted and raised his voice. "Sorry, Lyra. Is this enough?"

"Yes, yes." Lyra hurriedly smiled and waved her hand, indicating that she forgave him.

Jayden snorted, turned, and walked away, sulking.

Julien's eyes darkened as he stared at Jayden's back.

Then, he looked at Lyra beside him. "Sorry, Lyra.

Jayden isn't a sensible boy. You-"

"It's okay. I didn't take it to heart." Lyra smiled.

Julien's brow relaxed. "By the way, are you hurt?"

"No." Lyra shook her head.

Julien lifted his chin. "That's good."

"Hey, darling. Where are you going?" As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Luke's loud voice.

Julien subconsciously turned his head to look atThis content belongs to Nô/velDra/ma.Org .

Sydney.

Sydney was walking towards the creek not far away." I'm going to wash my face."

"Oh, be careful. Don't fall into the river." Luke warned.

Sydney stopped and turned around to roll her eyes at him. "That stream is so shallow. How am I to fall in? Are you dumb?"

Luke chuckled sheepishly. "I'm just worried about you."

"Whatever. I'll be back soon." Sydney turned back and continued to walk forward.

Julien's eyes darkened when he saw the interaction between the two.

Next to him, Lyra knew from his expression that he was upset, and she could not help but bite her lower lip.

"Interesting. Truly interesting." Not far away, Hunter watched them all with an amused smile on his face.

"Julien, I'm going to wash my hands too," Lyra suddenly said to Julien.

Julien looked at Sydney squatting by the stream and did not immediately agree. "Go in a while when Sydney is done."

Now, he felt uneasy for Lyra and Sydney to be alone.

It was not that he was worried about Sydney. In fact, he did not trust Lyra as he did not know when Lyra's second personality would appear.

"But my hands are all sweaty. It's really uncomfortable. " Lyra showed Julien her sweaty hands.

Julien looked at her wet palm but still did not agree. " Just bear with it."

"Okay." Lyra's eyes dimmed as she lowered her gaze, a little disappointed.

If it were in the past, Julien's heart would soften if he saw her like this.

Yet now, he was not moved at all. He even felt that her every move no longer had as great of an impact on him as before. On the contrary, Sydney...

At that thought, Julien looked at Sydney's back with dark eyes.

"Julien, come here for a moment." Jayden waved Julien over.

"I'll go over and take a look," Julien said to Lyra.

Lyra nodded. "Go on."

Julien hummed and walked over to Jayden. "Why did you call me over?"

"I have something to say to you." Jayden smiled mysteriously.

Lyra watched the two brothers talking, wondering if Jayden was badmouthing her to Julien.

However, it did not matter either way.

Jayden was only badmouthing her. She had plenty of ways to make Julien not believe him.

As she smiled, she looked away and walked towards the stream.

Sydney had just washed her face and was squatting by the stream with a compact, touching up her makeup.

Lyra walked over and squatted down around ten feet away from her.

She dipped her hands into the cold stream and turned to greet Sydney with a smile. "Ms. Raines."

Sydney gave her a side-glance but did not respond. Instead, she closed the compact, placed it in the bag beside her, and washed her hands, getting ready to leave.

Lyra understood Sydney's actions and did not stop her.

After all, she really did come to wash her hands and had no intention of doing anything to Sydney.

First of all, there was no cover over here, so Julien and the others would immediately notice if she tried anything.

She would just be digging her grave by making a move against Sydney here. The losses outweigh the gains.

Sydney washed her hands, dried them with a handkerchief, took her bag, and stood up to leave.

Lyra glanced at her and suddenly saw a black snake perched on the branch behind Sydney.

The snake reared up and hissed, staring at Sydney with a pair of cold, slitted eyes. It looked like it was about to bite her at any moment.

When Lyra saw that, she was so startled that she almost screamed out loud.

However, she covered her lips again and quickly calmed down. At the same time, a plan hatched in her mind.

It was true that she could not do anything to Sydney with so many pairs of eyes here. However, that did not mean she could not use the snake to deal with Sydney.

With that in mind, Lyra narrowed her eyes, suddenly stood up, and shouted, "Ms. Raines!"

Sydney heard her voice and subconsciously stopped.

The snake behind her was also startled by Lyra's and Sydney's actions.

It reared back for a moment before leaping from the branch and lunging toward Sydney's neck.

Seeing that the snake was about to land on Sydney's neck and bite her, the smile on Lyra's face widened.

However, at that moment, Sharon's frantic voice cried out, "President Raines, get down!"

Although Sydney did not know what was going on, she heard Sharon's terrified tone and immediately squatted down without hesitation.

Since Sydney suddenly crouched down, the snake flew over her head and landed on Lyra opposite her.

Lyra twisted her head to see the snake on her shoulder and was scared out of her wits. Her body flinched back as she screamed, "Ah!"

Her sudden movement caused the snake to bite her directly on the neck. After that, it fell into the creek and swam away quickly.

The scene happened so quickly that no one was able to react in time.

By the time Julien and the others rushed over, Lyra's eyes rolled to the back of her head, and she fainted.

"Lyra!" Worried, Julien quickly went over and picked Lyra up from the ground.

Luke also came to Sydney. "Darling, what happened?"

Sydney was still in shock at that moment. She opened her mouth but could not make a sound.

In the end, it was Sharon who answered, "It was a snake. President Raines was almost bitten by a snake."

"What? A snake?" Luke was so stunned that he hurriedly pulled Sydney over to look her over. Worry was written all over his face. "Darling, were you bitten?"

Although Julien was holding Lyra, his gaze also fell on Sydney.

Sydney shook her head. "I'm fine. I wasn't the one who

got bitten. It was Ms. Madden."

"Oh, that's great." Luke patted his chest. "Thank goodness it wasn't you who got bitten, darling. As for the other one..."

He looked at Lyra with gloating eyes. "It serves her right!"

"Shut up!" Sydney elbowed Luke, signaling him to watch himself.

Julien's expression was gloomy and unpleasant.

He had wanted to teach Luke a lesson, but when he saw Sydney's actions, his eyes turned cold, and he dropped the thought.

"Julien, hurry up and see where Lyra was bitten." Just then, Hunter reminded him

Julien looked down to check and found traces of the snake bite on Lyra's neck. The sight of the two bloody holes was enough to make people shudder.

Jayden gulped and said, "Julien, it's not venomous, right?"