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?”

she sensed it had to do with

not look away. After a pause, he asked

had been uncovering the truth about her adoptive parents’ deaths and avenging them. Later, she had wanted to learn about her origins

her, she had

wanted to be a good mother. She wanted a

was born, she did not want to gamble with

her eyes. "The

nothing else matters. Nothing that should

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

often reassured him, relying on her identity as a doctor and insisting that she and the baby were fine. In truth, the situation was not as stable as she made it sound. One

Sydney was now even more certain that something had happened, but she did not press him. If he chose not to tell her, he

let's divide the work," she said lightly. "I'll focus on taking good care of

him of the years when they had once been

softened. "All right. We'll

Meanwhile, at the hospital...

doctor stricken with acute gastroenteritis

about to reclaim had nearly been

returned