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

did not look away. After a pause, he asked instead, "Right now, what's the

blinked, 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

last night, when the pain in her abdomen had nearly broken her, she had only one thought: ‘Let her child arrive safely in this

good mother. She wanted a family, a

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

her eyes. "The

Julian said softly. "So nothing else matters.

emphasized that at this

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

that something had happened, but she did not press him. If he chose not to tell her, he had to have

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

bright eyes reminded him of the years

gaze softened. "All right.

Meanwhile, at the hospital...

resignation when a doctor stricken with acute gastroenteritis pulled him

to reclaim had nearly been pushed farther away by their father's

time the surgery ended and he returned to his office, the sun had already