Sir, Madam Dispeared Again After Divorce!
Chapter 589 The Old Madam's Request

Sydney looked at the old madam without a word After all, she was the reason Julien made such a fuss.

One moment, he was afraid that she would feel cold, and the next moment, he was scared that the old madam would prolong the chat with her and delay her from resting. But none would happen, and he was just worried for nothing.

There was a heater in the pavilion, so Sydney would not feel cold at all.

Besides, even if the old madam would chat with Sydney for a long time, it would not hold her up from her rest. After all, she always slept late.

However, when faced with Julien's concern and care, she was amused and touched.

She knew in her heart that if he did not care about her, he wouldn't have bothered about the details at all.

"What are you thinking about, Syd? Why are you giggling?" The old madam asked with a gleam in her eyes as she stared at Sydney.

There was a flash in Sydney's eyes before she came back to her senses. She waved her hand. "It's nothing, Grandma. Now that Julien's gone, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Upon hearing Sydney's words, the old madam retracted the gentleness on her face and became serious. Seeing this scene, Sydney subconsciously sat straight and put on a serious expression too." Grandma, what is it? Did something happen?"

"Well, nothing happened." The old madam shook her head. "It's just that it will be Julien's mother's death anniversary in a few days."

"Death anniversary?"

"Yes." The old madam sighed. "This is what I wanted to tell you. I asked Julien to bring you over in hopes that you could do me a favor." "Grandma, please. I'll definitely help you if I can," Sydney said in a serious tone.

The old madam smiled in relief. "Syd, I shall thank you first. You can help me for sure. I would like you to accompany Julien for the whole day on the day of his mother's death anniversary." "Well... Is there an explanation for this?" Sydney tilted her head, feeling confused at the old madam's words.

The old madam rubbed the grip of her walking cane, and her face was filled with distress. "I wonder if Julien has ever told you anything about his mother." "Yeah, briefly. I know his mother died of suicide," Sydney replied, nodding her head.

The old madam said, "Hmm. That's right. Julien's mother died by suicide, and Julien was the first person to discover her body. Back then, Julien was just a young boy, aged around ten years old. One can imagine how traumatic it was for the poor young boy to have witnessed his mother's dead body with his own eyes. Hence, he would be unlike his usual self every year on the day of his mother's death anniversary." "How strange will he be?" Sydney clenched her fist. She could not help but get anxious.

The old madam picked up her cup of coffee and took a sip. "On this day, he would let down his guard and become fragile. All he would do on this day is isolate himself and drown himself in alcohol. Then, when he emerges from his isolation the next day, he would act as if everything is fine again, but it is hard not to notice the visible injuries on his body."

"Visible injuries?" Sydney narrowed her eyes at once as soon as these two words appeared in her mind. "Could he be selfharming inside the room?"

The old madam was sad and nodded." You're right. He's indeed self-harming. Julien's mother slit her wrist and passed away, and Julien was the first to discover his mother's body. His former psychiatrist said because it had left a traumatic impact on Julien, he would not be in the right state of mind on the day of his mother's death anniversary, and he would subconsciously harm himself."

"So that's why." Sydney bit her lower lip.

It was not made her aware that Julien had such a secret.

However, it was possible since she never truly understood him anyway.

As Sydney's pen pal or husband, Julien seldom told her more about him.

Back when they were still pen pals, it was Sydney who told him everything about her, and most of the time, he merely talked things through with her. He rarely shared stories about himself, and since she seldom asked him, she had no idea how old Buddy was, where he lived, and how his family's situation was. She only knew that Buddy was a male.

After Sydney fell in love with Julien, she only knew that he was a gentle senior, but little did she know that this senior was Buddy, a pen pal who had been communicating with her for so many years. Speaking of which, what she did to Julien was rather unfair. She had been complaining that Julien couldn't tell Lyra was not her. But, it was the same for her too.

However, she could not recognize that Julien was her pen pal, Buddy.

But now she knew that he did realize Lyra wasn't her. He was merely hypnotized into forgetting about the whole issue.

However, from the beginning till the end, she did not once recognize him as Buddy.

Thus, Sydney was fairly incomparable to Julien.

Furthermore, despite claiming she had loved Julien within those six years of their marriage, she had only known him on the surface but never in depth. During their days of marriage, she failed to realize that he was not Velma's biological son and that he had lived with congenital heart disease all along. And she did not know that every year there was a day on which he would not be himself.

In short, compared to what Julien knew about her, she did not know enough about him.

As such, she began to doubt the love she had for him in the first place.

If she really had feelings for him and loved him deeply, why was she not aware of these things?

Seeing Sydney lower her head and look upset, the old madam thought she was feeling sorry for Julien and said, "Syd, I hope you can stay by Julien's side on that day and help me stop him from selfharming. ' "Me?" Sydney raised her head and pointed at herself.

The old madam said, "Yes, you."

"But what if I could not stop him?" Sydney bit her lip and asked without confidence. " Shouldn't you and the rest of the family be doing this? Grandma, since you knew Julien would do this on that day every year, I'm sure you must have stopped him in the past." "Yes, I tried to stop him before, but it was useless. Julien did not even give us a chance to see him. However, you're different." The old madam looked at her.

Sydney doubted. "Why am I different?"

"Because Julien loves you." The old madam chuckled. "So, Syd, how about you give it a try and see if you can stop Julien? This is why I asked you to come over tonight."

Sydney did not expect that was why the old madam asked her to come over.

Sydney thought, 'Julien loves me, so can I stop him for real?'

At this moment, Sydney was caught in selfdoubt.

The old madam noticed that Sydney was reluctant to believe her and said softly," Syd, trust in yourself. You can definitely do this. As Julien's grandma, I don't wish to see Julien go mad every year on the day of his mother's death anniversary. So, I could only beg you."

The old madam stood up and wanted to give Sydney a bow.

Sydney was so shocked that she also stood up to help the old madam. "Grandma...

What are you doing? Please don't be like this!"

The old madam also knew what she did was inappropriate, but for the sake of Julien, she had no other choice.

"Forgive me, Syd. I don't want to force you either, but I have no choice. Syd, please..."

"I promise you, Grandma," Sydney said while rubbing her eyebrows after she had sat the old madam down.

Overjoyed, the old madam said, "You promise? Really?"

"You even begged me, so how can I not agree?" Sydney could only reply with a bitter smile.

Slightly ashamed, the old madam smiled." Forgive me, Syd."

"It's alright, Grandma. I don't blame you. I just want to tell you that although I promised you, I'm not sure if I can make it.

I hope you won't be let down when the time comes," Sydney said in hopes that the old madam would be prepared for any possible outcome.

The old madam nodded. "Don't worry. I understand."

"Alright." After that, Sydney did not say a word anymore.

Then, the old madam added, "By the way, Syd, please don't let Julien know about this.

"Okay." Sydney said as she nodded.

Then the old madam was relieved.

At that moment, the cell phone in Sydney's handbag rang.

The old madam had a smirk on her face and said, "It should be Julien."