Jayden was so shaken that he uttered with a high-pitched voice. His hands holding the document were shaking.

"Sydney was pregnant." Jayden gulped nervously, unable to calm down.

Velma puckered her lips. "So what if she's pregnant? What does it have to do with Julien? You can't just say it's Julien's child."

Two and a half months pregnant. What did it mean?

It meant that Sydney was sexually involved with other men right after she divorced Julien. Such an urge was a shame to her claims of how much she loved Julien. A shameless act indeed. "You're right, Mrs. Flint. Sydney is bearing Julien's child!" Brandon wore a vague smile at Julien.

"Am I right, Julien?"

Julien tightened his lips in silence.

Velma knew him well. His silence usually meant acknowledgment.

"Julien, is Sydney bearing your child?" Velma asked in shock.

Julien nodded. "Yes."

Splat.

The document fell off Jayden's hands. He gave Julien a big thumbs up and said, "Bro, you're the man!"

"Stop fooling around!" Velma smacked Jayden's head and looked at Julien.

"Julien, I thought you never liked Sydney.

How could this...?"

'This was an accident." Julien looked down in guilt.

It was not that he never liked Sydney but he did not realize he liked her back then. Fortunately, his heart remained honest to himself, or else such things would not have happened.

"Accident or not, Sydney is pregnant for two months seventeen days, bearing your child, Julien. So, you must've had an affair with her. This is solid evidence," Brandon said with a grin as he sat back down on the couch and crossed his legs.

"So?" Julien looked at the man.

Brandon frowned. It was a fact that Julien had an affair and yet he was not nervous at all.

Brandon squinted. "So, how are you going to make it up to Lyra and my family?"

Julien showed a sardonic smile. "This is why you want to see me? You want to use my affair to your advantage and get whatever benefits you can."

"I see! You old prick, you're shameless!" Velma was furious as he glared at Brandon.

Brandon turned a blind eye to her. He stared at Julien and said, "You're not wrong but it's also a fact that you had an affair. It's not too much to ask for a little compensation, right?"

"No. I should make it up to you and Lyra. What do you want?" Julien looked down to conceal the glare in his eyes.

Velma could not agree to the conversation." Julien, you can't..." "Mom, give me a minute," Julien said. Velma always listened to him, so no words came out of her open mouth.

Brandon smiled. He did not think it would be this easy and even expected a little conflict to get Julien to agree to compensation.

"Don't worry, I'm not asking for much. I just want you to reinstate the working relationship between Trison Corporation and Flint Corporation and also the engagement with Lyra," Brandon said. "It's not too much for you, right?"

Julien wore a grim look. A storm was brewing behind his icy cold eyes.

Velma lost her calm. She slammed on the table and bellowed, "This isn't too much? Brandon Madden, how can you be this shameless? Not only do you want the two companies to work together again, but you even want the engagement back? Everyone knows Lyra is a broken shoe now and you still want Julien to marry her? Who do you think the Flint family is?"

Jay den was also angry, but he was still young and was in no position to voice up.

He blinked a few times before he left the living room with his phone. He ought to inform his grandmother about this.

His brother could handle Brandon but he must let his grandmother know about

Sydney's pregnancy.

Maybe with his grandmother's intervention, Julien and Sydney might be together again.

Back in the living room, after Velma scolded Brandon and did not get any response, she turned to Julien and tried to convince him. "Julien, you can't..." Julien was going to agree to the terms and it scared Velma because it also meant Lyra returning as her future daughter-in-law.

Julien knew his mother's concern. He gestured and signaled at her to sit down.

Velma glared at Brandon fiercely before she sat down.

Julien stared at Brandon.

Brandon was slightly surprised by the emotionless gaze from Julien. He awkwardly cleared his throat and said, "Of course, if you're concerned about what happened to Lyra and don't want to reinstate the engagement, I can understand. Fortunately, I still have another daughter."

He never wanted Julien to reinstate the engagement with Lyra in the first place. Any normal man would never marry Lyra after what happened. He was just testing Julien earlier.

He was trying to promote Clarice. If the Flint family did not accept Lyra, he could push Clarice under the spotlight.

Whoever the bride may be, the union between the two families could not be called off.

Velma scoffed. "Hmph. Now that Lyra is no longer fit, you're going to marry your daughter that you found in some rural place to Julien? What do you think we are? Some charity or a shelter that accepts whoever? Or do you think Julien is a garbage that accepts whatever garbage you throw at him?"

"Mom..." Julien's lips twitched for a bit.

He knew Velma was defending him but her choice of words sounded a little...

"What?" Velma looked at Julien. She had no idea what she just said.

Julien sighed and propped his forehead in his palm.

He really should not be calculative with her because she came from an uneducated background, so he would just let her be.

Julien shook his head for a moment before he regained his cold looks. He stared at Brandon again and said, "I understand. It's my turn to voice my opinion. I can tell you that the cooperation between Trison Corporation and the Flint Corporation is over. There's no way we're working together again. The engagement is also never going to happen again."

Velma grinned.

Brandon reacted grimly. "You're saying you're not going to compensate us?" Julien did not answer verbally but his attitude made it clear.

The anger almost twisted Brandon's face." Julien, I'll tell the media about your affair and when it gets out, you and your family's reputation and dignity will be ruined."

"If you want to spread the news, go ahead. I don't care." Julien propped his head on his knuckle lazily. He added, "One affair of mine pales in comparison to Lyra's six, and given my social status, do you think the people will look at me differently based on what you said?

"No, they won't. The Flint Corporation will not be affected as well. You can try if you don't believe me and I can clearly tell you, once you make it public, you'll only make me angrier." "You..." Brandon's face looked twisted because of the intertwining embarrassment and anger, which made him look ridiculous.

He had to admit that what Julien said was probably correct. To people like him and others alike, having an affair was no news.

The men in his social circle all had affairs, so Julien's affairs would only spark a little discussion before it was forgotten due to his reputation and the Flint Corporation's influence. No damage would be done, no even from outside his social circle.

First of all, having an affair was not illegal and second, Julien was a respectable person. No one would purposely get on his bad side just to damage his reputation. It would only make things worse.

Brandon came with the thought of blackmailing Julien using his affair but he forgot about Julien's status in Port City.

The thought incited a huge regret in him.

He doubted the source of his confidence. Why would he believe that Julien's affair was enough to threaten him?

Things turned out the other way. Not only did Brandon fail to blackmail Julien, but he also made the man madder than ever.

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