Once a Doormat, Now Untouchable

Chapter 639

After hanging up, Julian turned and walked back into the study.

As he closed the glass door to the balcony, he lifted his gaze and saw Sydney standing there.

He was not surprised. Treated like a national treasure at home, she had finally wrested the task of delivering coffee from Elliot. She set the cup on his desk and asked, "What happened? What do you mean, ‘clear conscience'?”

She had only caught fragments of the conversation, but she heard the sharp edge in his tone. There had even been a trace of anger.

Julian looked at her. The irritation in his chest eased, replaced by something heavier and softer.

He crossed the room in a few strides and rubbed her head. "What could have happened? Nothing's wrong.”

He would not let anything happen to her again.

As for the Huttons, their decision did not matter. If they treated her well, he would welcome more people loving her. If they failed her, then whether she acknowledged them or not, he would never force her either way. No matter the outcome, he would always be her fallback.

For some reason, Sydney caught a note of coaxing in his voice.

She met his gaze steadily. "Really nothing?”

felt off, and she sensed it had to

away. After a pause, he asked instead, "Right now, what's

caught off guard. Before this baby, the most important thing had been uncovering the truth about her adoptive parents’ deaths and avenging them. Later, she had wanted to learn about her origins and

abdomen had nearly broken her, she had only

be a good mother. She wanted a family, a

before the baby was born, she did not want to gamble with its safety again. She only wanted

her eyes. "The

nothing else matters. Nothing

had not explicitly told him that Sydney could not travel, but he had emphasized that at this stage, beyond avoiding physical strain, her emotions had to remain

insisting that she and the baby were fine. In truth, the situation was not as stable as

press him. If he chose not to tell her, he had to have his reasons. She trusted that whatever it was, he

she said lightly. "I'll focus on taking good care

in her bright eyes reminded him of the years when they had once been

softened. "All right. We'll

Meanwhile, at the hospital...

was midway through processing his resignation when a doctor stricken with acute gastroenteritis pulled him

the sister he was about to reclaim had nearly been pushed farther away by

returned to his office, the sun had