My Wife Wants a Divorce by Red Little Fruit
Chapter 639 Sneak under Her Covers

As soon as Sydney heard Julien's words, she paused in her actions of putting on hand cream. She remained silent for quite some time before asking, "Didn't Finn mention that we should focus our investigation on doctors that treat ALS and hospitals that provide medical treatment for those patients? How did that go? Is there no news, either?"

Julien nodded. "They didn't find any organizations or doctors that took in any new ALS patients. There were also no records of any outpatient treatment for ALS. As such, the investigation team concluded that Lyra had no intention of seeking treatment for the abnormality she experienced."

Upon hearing that, Sydney frowned. "She has no intention of treating her condition? Is she crazy?"

ALS is one of the worst terminal illnesses in this world. Currently, there is no cure for this disease. The treatment plan available is simply to keep the symptoms under control.

Once one was diagnosed with ALS, if one didn't seek treatment as soon as possible, one would swiftly develop stiffness in their body, followed by muscle atrophy. Finally, their whole body would become paralyzed. These patients ended up dying of torment.

Lyra had switched her identity to run away and avoid going to jail. And she wasn't someone who didn't treasure her life.

On the contrary, she should be someone who treasured her life very much. After all,

Lyra always wanted Sydney dead.

Since Sydney was not dead, how could Lyra die first?

Thus, Sydney couldn't figure out why Lyra did not seek medical treatment.

Even if Sydney didn't understand why Lyra did this, Sydney didn't intend to keep thinking about it, which was too nerve-racking.

She continued to apply her hand cream and said, "Let's not think about all this.

Wherever she is, as long as she has ALS, she will eventually expose herself. It's quite late now, so why don't you go to bed first?" Sydney planned to get in bed after Julien had fallen asleep.

She would feel awkward if she got in bed while Julien was awake.

However, he didn't listen to her. Instead, he lifted her quilt and patted her side of the bed. "It is quite late now. Come on."

Sydney's mouth twitched when she saw him looking forward to her going to bed.

In the end, Sydney shook her head. "No. You should go to sleep. I'll go to bed once you're asleep."

Instantly, Julien understood the meaning behind her words. He realized that she was shy!

Furthermore, they were neither in a relationship nor married to each other. Given her shy personality, she couldn't get into bed as naturally as him. That was why she wanted to wait for him to fall asleep before going to bed. By doing so, she could avoid further awkward moments between them.

However, Julien refused to listen to her this time.

Although the heater was on, she should go to bed now.

He didn't know when he would be able to fall asleep, so he couldn't bear to let her sit out there in the cold.

"Be good. Come on. If you don't get into bed, then I won't go to sleep either. Let's see whose patience will run out first. "After saying that, he took out his phone and started scrolling through it. Sydney didn't expect him to be so stubborn. At that moment, she was so angry that her eyes widened.

She knew that he did it on purpose to force her to get into bed while he was awake.

Sydney thought, 'Hmph! I won't let him

have his way!'

Sydney sat at her vanity table and crossed her arms. She stared at Julien while waiting for him to fall asleep.

Julien knew that she was staring at him, but he pretended not to see it. Then he scrolled through his cell phone with his thumb.

The two of them seemed to be competing with each other at the moment. Sydney was waiting to see when he would fall asleep.

Julien was waiting to see how long she would continue waiting there.

Since she wanted to play this staring game, he would play it along with her.

After all, he was quite keen to know who would be the winner.

At that point, both of them stopped speaking. The big room was so quiet that one could even hear the sound of a pin dropping to the ground.

Sydney had been praying silently that Julien would fall asleep soon.

However, Julien refused to go to sleep. And he seemed to be quite awake.

Upon seeing that, Sydney was quite exhausted.

Then she wondered how long she would wait for him to fall asleep.

She then lowered her eyes to hide the bitter smile in her eyes.

But even so, she couldn't give up, so she took a deep breath and continued to wait.

As ten minutes went by, Sydney's originally warm feet started to feel cold.

She could even feel the coldness on her back.

Despite the heater being on in the room, it was still time for her to go to bed. Because if she didn't, she would continue to feel the cold. Moreover, she was only wearing very thin pajamas. As she thought of that, she couldn't help but shiver.

Sitting in bed, Julien noticed her actions. Then he knew that she must be cold. He heaved a sigh in his heart.

Julien thought, 'Forget it. I give up. If she gets a cold, I will be the one who worries about her most.'

Although he wasn't sure whether he could fall asleep as soon as possible, he could still pretend to have fallen asleep.

Just as he was about to switch off his phone and lie down to pretend to be asleep, Sydney, who was sitting on the vanity chair, stood up abruptly.

Julien quickly turned to look at her, who suddenly headed over to the bed with a flushed face. Her footsteps were quite stiff, and she moved forward in small footsteps.

She was quite anxious as she walked, and she even looked quite mortified.

Julien smirked. "So you're no longer going to wait for me to fall asleep?"

Sydney thought, 'Wait for him to fall asleep? If I continue waiting, I might die out here freezing! Besides, this is my room! He should be the one who waits for me to fall asleep!'

Sydney's eyes flickered. She pretended not to hear his words and lifted her quilt to lie down. Wrapping herself up tightly, she scrunched herself up like a ball. At that moment, she looked quite ridiculous and

cute.

Meanwhile, Julien couldn't help but laugh.

If it wasn't because he knew that she would refuse him, he was quite tempted to lean over and take her into his arms.

He would feel warm inside if he did so.

"I'll give you one last warning." Sydney suddenly turned her head and stared at him. "You're not allowed to sneak under my covers. If I find that you've done that, I'll kick you out. I definitely won't let you stay like last night!"

"I won't." Julien nodded and replied.

He responded so quickly that Sydney didn't trust his words that easily. She blinked and replied, "I want you to make an oath." "I swear." Julien lifted his right hand with a serious look on his face. "I promise not to sneak under your covers. Otherwise, the date of us getting back together will be postponed."

Upon hearing that, Sydney gasped in her heart.

She thought,' What a vicious oath!'

He had been so anxious to get back with her. However, he had even sworn upon the date of them getting back together to make her believe that he would stay under his own quilt.

It turned out Sydney could trust him.

Then, she nodded. "Okay. You said that yourself. And if you fail to keep your word, we'll talk about getting back together in a month."

After saying that, she turned to the other side and closed her eyes.

Meanwhile, Julien lowered his eyes to look at her as he chuckled.

He promised not to sneak under her covers, and he meant to keep his word.

However, this didn't mean that he was not able to sleep under the same quilt as her.

After all, she said that he was not allowed to sneak under her covers, but she didn't specify that she was not allowed to share his quilt.

As soon as he thought of this, he switched off his phone and turned off the lights before lying down on the bed. Then, he closed his eyes.

When Julien heard Sydney's steady breathing, he knew that she was asleep. After that, he opened his eyes. With the light coming from the heater's temperature display, he gently removed the quilt that was covering Sydney's body. Then, he threw it to the ground.

After that, he shared half of his quilt with her and covered her with it.

Then, he reached the goal of covering Sydney's body with his quilt.

Julien inched closer toward her until his chest was pressed against her back before he stopped moving. Then, he reached out to place a hand around her waist and closed his eyes contentedly.

The next morning, Sydney woke up first.

As soon as she opened her eyes, she instantly realized that something was wrong.

She felt a familiar feeling of suffocation and smelled a familiar scent too. She found the sensation too familiar, and it was exactly like the feeling she had when she suddenly woke up in the middle of the night that day.

Julien was so shameless that he had his arms wrapped around Sydney again!

Instantly, Sydney turned around.

Indeed, Julien was right behind her, and he was less than 0.4 inches away. Each breath he took in could be felt on her skin.

Sydney was so angry that she bit hard on her lower lip.

She thought, 'I shouldn't have trusted him!'