My Wife Wants a Divorce by Red Little Fruit
Chapter 616 Kowtow

Knowing that this was a personal matter involving the Raines family, Sydney did not hope for Julien to be a part of it as she wanted to resolve it herself.

Hence, he respected her decisions and was willing to wait for her here.

She smiled at him before turning around to walk with Sean to her father's grave.

Madeline was kneeling in front of the grave. Since she did not have an umbrella, her body was completely drenched from the rain, which made her look like a mess as her hair and clothes stuck to her skin. The cruel and savage expression on her face made her look worse.

"Sydney!" Madeline said through gritted teeth when she saw Sydney walking toward her. Then, she tried to stand up from the ground.

However, as soon as her knees left the ground, the two bodyguards immediately pressed on her shoulders to force her down.

With a loud thud, Madeline's knees slammed into the ground once again, making her shout in agony. "Let me go! I'm the vice president of Skylight Corporation. If you dare to treat me this way, I'll fire you! You better

believe me!"

After saying that, Madeline turned around and glared at the bodyguards behind her.

Both of them shot fearful glances at Sydney.

Then Sydney waved at those two bodyguards and shot reassuring glances at them.

Then, she turned her gaze to Madeline before speaking in a cold voice, "You can't even fire them. First of all, you only have the title of vice president. Even though you have the right to fire them, as long as I, the chairperson, defend them, you won't stand a chance at all."

"You... "Madeline glared at Sydney before she had a sarcastic smile. "Fine, Sydney. I admit that you are in a higher position and that you beat me. How ruthless you are!"

Sydney stared at her with a cold look in her eyes, but she had no intention of keeping talking to her about that topic. She said in a cold tone, "Do you know why I brought you here?"

Madeline chuckled coldly. "Who the hell knows what has gotten into you?"

Sydney's face darkened. "I thought by asking them to detain you here, you would at least look at the grave in front of you. Unexpectedly, you didn't even glance at it even though you've been kneeling for so long!"

She was really heartbroken for her father!

Madeline rolled her eyes upon hearing Sydney's words. "Are you out of your mind? The reason for you bringing me here to this creepy place is just to ask me to look at the grave in front of me? Seriously? How ridiculous! Why would I want to see something like this?"

"Something like this?!" Sydney was now irritated. Clenching her fists tightly, she glared at Madeline with reddened eyes and howled angrily, "It turns out that Dad's tombstone is just one thing to you. Is that right?"

"Dad's grave?" Madeline's eyes narrowed before she suddenly jerked her head toward the grave in front of her. When she saw the inscription on the tombstone, her expression suddenly became more conflicted. She looked guilty, flustered, and fearful, but contrary to what Sydney hoped, there was no trace of remorse or sadness on her face.

"Madeline, you are heartless. Your biological father is buried right in front of you, but you aren't sad at all. You're frighteningly cold and heartless." Sydney looked at Madeline as though she was a monster. Madeline understood what was being implied. Her gaze wavered slightly before she retorted in a loud voice, "Heartless? Me? That's because he deserves it!"

Staring fixedly at the grave in front of her, she continued, "We are both his daughters, but he has treated me so harshly and you so lovingly. What did I do to deserve that? I just feel that it's incredibly unfair! Since he, as a father, was biased toward his kids, he had no right to blame me for not treating him as a father!"

"As expected, your thoughts have remained unchanged." Sydney looked at her in pain. "I have already told you before that he had treated us both the same. However, since you were rebellious and took the wrong path in life, he treated you more harshly in the hopes of making you a better person. However, you have misunderstood his intentions. I feel sorry for him."

"What do you know? "Madeline's voice became shriller. "You would speak up for him since he loved you so much."

Sydney gave up on talking some sense into Madeline after seeing how stubborn Madeline was.

After all, Sydney knew that no matter how many words were spoken on this topic, Madeline would still think that their father had disappointed her. No matter what others had told Madeline, she would not change her mind.

To be more precise, people like Madeline were incredibly selfish. Even though she knew that her father was doing this for her good, as long as his attitude was not what she anticipated, she would think that he had let her down and hated him at the slightest mistreatment.

"Very well, Madeline. Since you keep saying that I'm speaking up for Dad, I'll do just that. "Sydney's face had completely darkened at this point.

As she squatted down, Sean followed her and held an umbrella for her.

Sydney raised her hand and grabbed Madeline's chin to fix Madeline's head so that she could only look at the grave in front of her. "Even though you are an ungrateful child who is not worthy of being Dad's daughter, his blood still flows inside you. Since you are undoubtedly his biological daughter, you have to pay him your respects no matter what."

"What? You want me to pay him some respect?" Madeline seemed to hear something incredible, and she looked shocked.

Sydney lessened the force in her hands as she replied, "That's right. Not only do I want you to pay him some respect, but I also want you to kowtow to him. This is something you should have already done six years ago. Now that you are six years late, you have to compensate for the lost time!"

"Why should I do that?" Madeline glared at Sydney with her red eyes.

However, Sydney merely looked indifferent.

"Because you are his biological daughter."

After saying that, she looked at the two bodyguards behind Madeline. "Both of you, lower her head firmly and make her kowtow several times to my dad." "Yes, Ms. Raines. "With that, they immediately carried out her instruction.

Madeline had no time to struggle. Her head was being pressed down to the ground in the next second.

With a thud, her forehead landed on the stone surface of the grave, making her dizzy.

However, it was not over yet. Without even giving Madeline some time to relax, the bodyguards lifted her by the hair and forced her forehead to the ground once again.

After repeating this several times, Madeline was close to losing her sanity. Her forehead was red and swollen, and her skin was almost torn off.

If the two bodyguards hadn't been supporting her, she would not have been able to stand still and might have just laid on the ground.

Trying her best to cope with the dizziness, she lifted her eyes and stared at Sydney with her blurred gaze. She said in a vengeful and cruel voice, "How dare you treat me this way, Sydney! Just wait and see! If you are that capable, just kill me! Otherwise, I will report this to the police and sue you for kidnapping and causing harm!"

"Oh really? Did you just say you would report it to the police?" Sydney raised an eyebrow as a sarcastic look flashed across her eyes." Madeline, do you really dare to do so? I don't think so because you will hand yourself over to the police." "What do you mean? "Madeline's heart did a flip when she heard Sydney's words. She didn't know why she suddenly felt uneasy and frightened.

Sydney leaned forward and spoke in a low voice, "It's all because you drugged Dad and caused him to lose his mind to the point where he jumped off from the building. This case might not stay a secret for long now."

"You-" Madeline immediately jerked her head upward to look at Sydney. Blood drained from her face as a shiver passed down her spine, sending tingles to her entire body.

Madeline thought, 'How did she know that it's not completely because of me and mum taking away all the money that Dad jumped from the building? How did she know that we drugged him?'