Once a Doormat, Now Untouchable

Chapter 648

Once he confirmed his answer, Sydney eagerly pulled him downstairs. "Let's build a snowman. If it gets dark, you won't let me come out again.”

Large flakes continued to fall across the courtyard. Julian had bundled her from head to toe, so she did not feel the cold at all Sydney knew how to build a proper snowman. Before long, the base had taken shape. She turned to Julian, who rolled snowballs toward her. "Cut me a carrot."

"When have I ever refused you?" he replied lightly. "Move slowly. Watch your footing.”

Even so, he remained uneasy and called a maid over to keep an eye on her.

Sydney shaped a round head with care. As she caught sight of Julian passing through the brightly lit living room, she drifted into a daze.

The moment felt unreal. Around this time last year, she had crouched alone in the courtyard of Viridian Garden, building a snowman just like this.

Back then, she had been alone. She had nothing. Now everything was different.

are you

already handed her the carrot, but she

lips curving into a soft smile.

just feel... really happy right

once dared to imagine. The painful years behind her felt like a distant

for a long moment, then crouched and straightened her slightly crooked

reached out and gently

She nodded firmly. "Yeah."

had once taken in a lonely girl who meant nothing to him and indulged her without restraint, would surely cherish his own child even

night, Sydney slept deeply. When she woke, she reached across the bed

she remembered that he had told her before sleep that he needed

lingered in bed for a while before getting up to wash. Lately,

hesitated, then