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."

She responded, then realization dawned. It was

feared was not only losing the baby,

through her chest.

as if he had read her mind. "But nothing matters

smiled without reserve. "How did you know that's what I

lifted a brow with easy confidence. "Because no one

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

In the past, misunderstandings had clouded everything. Neither of them had felt secure.

to enter first. She had been

but saw no sign of a hidden

shell wind chime," he said

walked to the shell wind chime she

like a concealed mechanism in an old drama. The bookshelf behind the desk slid aside, revealing a hidden room. Light from

back at him before stepping

a switch, he pressed

lit up at