My Wife Wants a Divorce by Red Little Fruit

"That was quick." Luke spun around in his chair lazily.

Sydney closed the file in her hand and placed it to the side. "Invite him in."

"Yes," Sophie answered.

Soon, Brandon came in and looked at Sydney with his sharp eyes.

Sydney was used to confrontation in the workplace, so she was not nervous. She smiled faintly and gestured at him. "President Madden, have a seat."

"You look comfortable!" Brandon seemingly praised her and pulled the chair across her to sit down.

Luke sat next to Sydney.

Sydney gently pushed the tea that Sophie had brought in front of Brandon. "Thank you for the compliment, President Madden. Have some tea." Brandon lowered his eyes to the tea in front of him with no intention of picking it up.

Sydney did not care either, and she crossed her fingers on the table. "Pray tell, what is the purpose of President Madden's visit to Skylight?" "Since you asked, I'll be frank with you. I want the land in the city center back." Brandon stared at her.

Sydney and Luke exchanged a glance, but she quickly looked away and smiled. "You want it back? I'm afraid that's not possible. After all, that land has already been transferred, and it belongs to me, not you, President Madden. How can you say that you want it back?"

Brandon also realized what he said was a little inappropriate. Hence, he immediately corrected himself. "You've misunderstood my meaning, Ms. Raines. I want it back as in I want to buy it, not take it." Speaking of that, he got a little angry.

He could have gotten that piece of land for free, but because of Lyra, he ended up having to spend money on it. He was furious.

"Oh, I see. It seems like I have misunderstood." Sydney tucked the hair that had fallen on the left side of her face back behind her ear. "Then how much are you willing to pay to buy it back?"

"I won't beat around the bush. 15 million." Brandon looked at her and used his fingers to demonstrate.

Luke rolled his eyes. Finally, he could not help but speak up, "President Madden, you want to buy back land in the city center for 15 million? Are you joking? Or are you saying that Trison Corporation is broke and can't fork out money?"

Brandon's expression darkened when he heard Luke mocking him. "President Chase, you have to take legal responsibility if you spew nonsense!"

Luke curled his lips into a grin, not afraid at all."

What? Did I say something wrong? Why are you only offering 15 million? It's clear you look down on us!"

"President Madden, I'm on Luke's side with this. 15 million is too low!" Sydney picked up the tea in front of her and sipped it gently. Her smile remained unchanged as she spoke.

Brandon, too, knew that the price he gave was not enough and was silent for a few seconds. "In that case, how much do you want?"

"Simple. 30 million!" Sydney put down her teacup and gave a figure.

Never mind Brandon, even Luke was stunned.

Brandon slammed his hands on the table and stood up. "30 million? Ms. Raines, you're really asking for a lot."

"I admit that my price is a little high, but it's not that high. This is the city center. The initial value should be around 23 million, and when the surrounding area becomes more developed, the price of the land will only go up. 30 million isn't that much." Sydney smiled at him.

Brandon laughed in exasperation. "Who knows how many years it'll take before the price of the land rises to 30 million, but you're asking me for 30 million now? Can I assume that you just don't want to sell the land to me?"

Sydney shook her head. "No. As long as you give me this amount, I'll immediately give you the land deed.

You just think that way because you don't want to fork out that amount. In that case, I'll just keep it for myself to build a factory."

"I'd like to see if you can build your factory successfully!" Brandon snorted.

Sydney narrowed her beautiful eyes. "President Madden, are you threatening us?"

Brandon turned to leave without answering her.

Luke looked at the door that was slammed shut." Darling, were you just messing with him?"

"No." Sydney continued to drink her tea calmly. "I'm serious. If he gave me the money, I would've sold him the land. I can't help it if he can't afford it and thinks I'm messing with him."

Luke walked circles around her and clicked his tongue. "It hasn't been that long, but you've already become a fox in the business world. 30 million, huh? Not even Julien would be able to fork out that much money at once, let alone Brandon."

"That's why I'll keep it for myself." Sydney grinned.

Suddenly, the phone on the table rang.

Sydney put down her teacup, looked at the caller ID, and frowned. "Hello."

"I'm sorry, President Raines. Something happened with our company's engineering team, so we might not be able to help you to build the factory. You should find someone else."

The person on the other hand hung up right after he spoke, not giving Sydney a chance to talk at all.

"What's wrong, darling?" Luke saw her unpleasant expression and asked with concern.

Sydney's lips moved, but before she could answer, the phone rang again. This time, it was from the machinery company.

"Hi, is this Ms. Raines?"

"Yes." Sydney gripped the phone tightly and responded in a low voice. She could already guess what the other party was going to say next.

"The situation is that our machinery factory has recently received a large overseas order, so we might not be able to help you assemble your machines. I'm really sorry for the inconvenience." Then, the person also hung up the call. It was as if Sydney was some kind of scourge that would pester them if they did not hang up quick enough.

"Darling, what's going on?" Luke saw her worsening expression and became anxious.

Sydney slowly put the phone down, her small face cold as ice. "Brandon sabotaged the engineering team and machinery company we hired in order to hinder us from building the factory." "What?" Luke pounded his fist on the table in anger." That old dog is so shameless. How could he use such underhanded tactics? No, I'll contact another

company."

"I'm afraid it's useless. Brandon is bent on stopping us. He'll definitely notify other companies as well." Sydney clenched her fists.

Luke fell silent. "No matter what, let's give it a try."

Then, he walked to the side and started making phone calls.

Sydney rubbed her brows tiredly. She opened up her Snapchat and posted her mood at the moment.

Just as she finished posting and was about to put the phone down, a message suddenly popped up at the top of her phone.

[Z-H: What's wrong?]

It was him!

Sydney's heart skipped a beat. For some reason, when she saw that the message was from Z-H, there was an indescribable feeling in her heart. However, she did not think much of it and took a deep breath before replying: [What do you mean?]

[Z-H: Your Snapchat.]

Sydney realized that the other party had sent her a message after he saw her Snapchat.

Her heart warmed, and the corners of her mouth curled up into a smile as she replied: [Are you concerned about me?]

Julien's thin lips pursed when he saw that sentence.

He also did not know why he asked her what was wrong when he saw her update. By the time he reacted, the message had already been sent.

Deleting the message would only be counterproductive. She would ask him what he sent if she saw the deleted message anyway, so he just left it as it was. [Z-H: If you think so.]

[SydneyRaines: I'll take that as a yes.]

[Z-H: Sure.]

[SydneyRaines: Do you really want to know what happened?]

Julien's eyes flashed. [Not really. You can choose not to tell me.]

[SydneyRaines: I'll tell you, sf course.]

She laughed a little. For some reason, she subconsciously took the other party as a listener and used voice messages to tell him about the dilemma with Brandon earlier.