Sir, Madam Dispeared Again After Divorce!
Chapter 329 Mental Illness

Cayden's lips moved but not a word came out of his mouth. He admitted it.

Sydney sat herself down on the chair." Julien told me, or else I wouldn't even know. I always thought you and I were like brother and sister, but you..."

She did not finish the sentence but it was enough to make it clear.

Layden wore a grim look at the revelation.

It was Julien who exposed him.

Nonetheless, since the secret was already out, it was better to let his sister know his true feelings. Otherwise, he would still try to come up with a way to confess to her without scaring her.

Julien was right. It's not just brother and sister between you and me and it's not family love but the love of a man and a woman. I poisoned you because I cannot accept you having some other man's child. But..."

Layden looked at Sydney. "But what I said about not wanting the world to laugh at you is what I meant. Sydney, I know I shouldn't have done it, but I didn't mean to hurt you. The poison will only damage the baby in your belly. It won't do anything to you."

Starting from this moment, Layden no longer called Sydney "Sis" but her name, which he always wanted.

Sydney!

"You think what you did didn't hurt me?" Sydney scoffed. "You did. You hurt my heart."

She pointed at her chest and said, "What you did didn't just take the baby away from me, it's betrayal. Do you understand that? Other than Grandfather, you and Luke are the people I trusted the most in this world.

"But now, you poisoned me. If I do something that you cannot accept in the future, are you going to do the same or worse to me again?"

Cayden squinted his eyes in silence.

Sydney was deeply hurt by his silence. His silence meant that he would do it.

Cayden also noticed that his silence exposed his thoughts, which scared Sydney. Afraid, he said anxiously, "Sis, I..."

"Enough, Cay. Go out. I want to be alone." Sydney looked away.

Cayden was more anxious than ever at her cold shoulder. There was even a hint of ferocity on his face, but he was able to regain his composure and calm. Having returned to his normal look, he said, "Okay."

He turned away and walked to the door with his head down, concealing his expression from Sydney.

The door opened. Layden walked out but he almost bumped into the person outside.

Fortunately, the person reacted fast and stepped aside.

Layden glared at the person before he walked past the man.

Finn raised a brow at Layden's figure leaving his sight. A ridiculing grin appeared on his face when he entered the ward.

"I didn't expect him to be the one who poisoned you," Finn said as he leaned on the door.

Sydney blinked nervously. "You heard everything?"

"Only what I needed to hear." Finn gestured by lifting his chin.

Sydney bitterly smiled. "Yeah, me too. I didn't expect it to be Cay."

It happened because Cayden could not tolerate her bearing some other man's child and even though the poison did not harm her body, his ruthlessness scared her. She suddenly realized she did not know Cayden at all.

Which somehow made sense because the last time she visited Cayden at Riverdale was ten years ago. Cayden was only a teenager, fifteen years old, similar to Jayden.

People tend to mature and change over time. No one ever stayed the same. Julien changed, she changed, and now, Layden.

Moreover, she and Layden were separated for ten years. She had no idea what he had been through for the decade, so why would she understand him? She overestimated herself and thought she knew him well enough.

Looking at Sydney's disappointment, Finn pushed his glasses and said, "I may be surprised that it was Layden but after knowing it, it's kinda expected."

"What do you mean?" Sydney looked at him.

Finn pocketed his hands and said, "You don't know? Layden is suffering from mental illness. He's obsessed with people and things that he likes and he exhibits nearly uncontrollable and twisted possession. So, that's why he did what he did to you and it's not that strange.

Surprisingly, he did it while he was trying to control his obsession and possession."

Sydney was stunned by the revelation. She only regained her voice and composure after a few seconds. "What did you say?

Cay is suffering from mental illness?"

"You have no idea, do you?" Finn shrugged.

Sydney gulped. She shook her head and said, "No, I don't know Cay has a mental illness..."

"That's because he concealed it well. What you see is what he wanted you to see. The real him is an obsessed and possessive person," Finn said.

Sydney's heart beat faster. She lost her calm after learning the truth.

She never knew that the Cayden she saw and thought she knew was not the real Cayden, and she claimed that she knew him.

"Then..." The sudden realization of agitated Sydney. She looked at Finn and asked," You said the poisoning was done because Cay was trying to control himself? Does it mean if he loses control of his possession and obsession, he'll not only poison me but do something worse?"

"More or less. As for how bad it can go, you can search what an obsessive person does if he loses control. I'm sure you'll be surprised," Finn said as the light reflected from his glasses.

Sydney went on the Internet and read through all the extreme behaviors and actions of people with a similar condition. It shocked her.

"Cay... Is his condition that serious?"

Sydney asked after a gasp of shock.

Finn's nonchalance was replaced by a serious look. "Don't worry. I won't let him hurt you. An obsessive person isn't as bad as a psychopath." "Huh?" Sydney was confused.

Finn grinned. "Nothing."

He was born without empathy or fear, so he was called a monster and a psychopath.

He was indeed a psychopath and he knew it. He had an unhealthy bloodthirst and life meant nothing to him. He could do terrible things just to achieve his goal.

Layden, on the other hand, was different. As an obsessive person, he might do things similar to a psychopath but people like him had a weakness, which would be the things or people that they were obsessed with. A psychopath had none, so Layden could not win against Finn.

Sydney had no idea what twisted thoughts were going on in Finn's mind. She bit her lips and asked reluctantly, "Dr. James, Layden's condition... Can it be fixed?"

Finn was also a psychologist and he had the answer to the question.

He nodded. "Of course, but he has to accept the therapy willingly. If you force him through therapy, it will only exacerbate things, causing his condition to worsen."

"I know. I'll try to convince him," Sydney said with a sigh and massaged her temples.

Finn shrugged. "Good luck then. Now, I have to do some check-ups for you."

Sydney hummed a reply and got back in bed.

Meanwhile at Flint Corporation, Julien just came out of the meeting room after dealing with some matters. He pulled his phone out to see whether he received any message from Sydney since he told her before he left that she could contact him if anything.

She was still hospitalized and it must be inconvenient for her, so maybe she might contact him for help.

With such expectation, he switched on his phone.

A notification popped up on his screen. It was from Sydney.

Julien's grim look brightened up a little. His terrible mood because of work-related matters had been lifted a lot.

He tapped on the notification and when he saw it was a notice of Sydney giving him back the money for the porridge, his mood

sank to the abyss.