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?”

and she sensed it had to

a pause, he asked instead, "Right now, what's the most important thing

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

when the pain in her abdomen had nearly broken her, she had only

be a good mother. She

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

lifted her

softly. "So nothing else matters. Nothing that should affect your

travel, but he had emphasized that at this stage, beyond avoiding physical

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

something had happened, but she did not press him. If he chose not

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

him of the

softened. "All right. We'll divide the

Meanwhile, at the hospital...

through processing his resignation when a doctor stricken with acute gastroenteritis pulled him into the operating room as

had no idea that the sister he was about to reclaim had nearly been pushed farther away by

and he returned to his office, the sun