Once a Doormat, Now Untouchable

When The Ocean Learned My Name and Whispered It Back to You by Chapter 160 Sydney knew that asking for help required her to adopt the posture of a supplicant . She had to offer something the other person would deem worth their while . For Adeline , who wanted the divorce kept secret , she could comply and prolong the concealment as needed . For Caleb , whose mind was never on their hollow marriage , she could cooperate and let him continue with Penelope in peace . However , Julian was different . Before coming here , she had thought long and hard .

In the end , all she could offer was herself . She was gambling that the look he had given her on Alan's birthday night had not been imagined . Gambling that Julian , who had raised her like a sister for nine years , had now , on another whim , developed a man's interest in her . Or perhaps it was just lust . She had poured everything into marrying Caleb . She dared not hope to ever become Julian's proper partner . Thus , when his expression flickered with surprise , she lowered her gaze and whispered , " Julian , I can be your mistress . I'll be obedient . You just have to save Tiffany .

, he might laugh at her for reaching beyond her station or look down his nose and ask coldly , " What gave you the illusion I would ever want a lovesick fool like you ? " Nonetheless , Tiffany was suffering because of her . A few barbs , a little humiliation - those were nothing

slippers , and tossed them onto the floor . " Come in . " Sydney stood frozen in confusion until his cold , cutting voice followed . " Go wash your feet . " " Alright . " She had almost forgotten he was a clean freak . She had walked barefoot from her apartment . Of

soles touch his spotless floor and stepped inside . The apartment mirrored her own . She went straight to the guest bathroom , turned on the shower , and began washing her feet obediently without waiting for the water to warm . The sound of water echoed . The half - closed