Once a Doormat, Now Untouchable

Chapter 192 When Sydney first arrived at the orphanage, it was summer. She wore a delicate princess dress with thin straps. The other children's birthmarks were always unsightly-large, irregular moles or oddly shaped blemishes. Only hers was different. On her shoulder lay a pale pink, butterfly-shaped mark. It was beautiful, as if the universe itself had blessed her. Even a birthmark could become her ornament. Back then, Penelope had destroyed everything Sydney had. She had hated her so fiercely that she had wished she could carve that very birthmark from Sydney's skin.

Sydney tugged her clothes back into place and glared at Penelope. "What are you doing here, showing up in the middle of the night acting insane?" "It's you!" Penelope's bloodshot eyes burned with raw, nearly deranged jealousy and resentment. "It really is you. It's truly you! Why is it you?!" Penelope could not comprehend it. Why did every good thing in the world orbit Sydney? She was born into a good family, both parents were police officers, and she was raised like a little princess.

for nine years, still holding her in the palm of his hand. Later, she married Caleb just as she wished and even entered an important research project. Now, she was still married to Caleb yet secretly having an affair with Julian. The great Sterling heir was reduced

hardly imagine anyone envying her so intensely. Her parents had been police officers, but she had spent most of her childhood eating at neighbors' houses while her parents devoted themselves entirely to work. After being taken in by Eloise, she had suffered beatings, scoldings, and kneeling punishments. After Julian abandoned her, the following eight years had been even harsher. And then there was her

her younger self. But she had decided it was not worth the effort. Her lab project kept her busy, and she would not waste her energy entangled in such nonsense. She had never expected Penelope to actually confront her. The moment Sydney admitted it, Penelope's eyes nearly split with