Once a Doormat, Now Untouchable

Chapter 647

Julian searched Sydney's eyes and found he could not refuse her. After a brief pause, he reached out and pinched her cheek lightly.

In the end, he relented. "Fine. We'll go to the study first."

"Okay!"

Sydney had expected as much. Lately, he had granted nearly every request. He worried that even the slightest distress might affect the baby.

She slipped her arms through his and walked with him toward the elevator.

“Actually, after resting these past few days, the baby's condition is stable," she said casually. "If I ask for something you don't like, you can say no. I'm not that unreasonable."

He glanced at her. "You think I'm indulging you because of the baby?"

"Huh?" She blinked. "Then why?"

He flicked her lightly on the forehead and put on a faintly displeased look. "Figure it out yourself."

dawned.

only losing the baby, but also the harm

spread through her chest.

our baby too,” he said gently, cutting her off as if

you know that's what I was

"Because no one knows you better than I

was right. During the years when her personality had taken shape, he had been the

misunderstandings had clouded everything. Neither of them had felt secure. They had tested each other with

the study door and gestured for her to enter first. She had been inside many times. Yet today, an inexplicable tension tightened her

room but saw no sign of

shell wind chime,"

the shell wind chime she had

in an old drama. The bookshelf behind the desk slid aside, revealing a hidden room. Light from the study spilled in, though it did

back at him before

for a switch, he pressed something

hidden room lit up