Once a Doormat, Now Untouchable

Chapter 651

After Sydney finished the acupuncture session, she sat in the chair beside the bed, as she always did.

The curtains were drawn, and no sunlight reached the room.

Even so, warmth spread through her body. She felt loose, steady, almost at peace.

When she lowered her eyes and met Florence's gentle yet resolute gaze, she understood why.

Only the two of them were there. Florence did not want distance between them, so she spoke first in a soft voice. "If you're upset, say it. When my father-in-law gets back later, we'll have him punish him properly."

The "him" at the end naturally referred to Theodore.

Albus had taken Elizabeth to visit a dying comrade. They would not return until later.

“If I'm upset, huh?” Sydney thought for a moment, then admitted with a smile, "A little, of course. But it's already obvious that Mr. Albus is completely impartial.”

He had stripped Theodore of every position he held. For a man who had wielded power for half his life, losing all his posts was no different from losing everything in his hands. That blow alone would be enough to make him suffer.

at how understanding she was.

just a little." Sydney smiled and joked, "Besides, I'm pregnant. It's not good for me

her answer, she let the subject drop. Her gaze softened as it fell on Sydney's stomach. "Has

not miss that look. For some reason, her

her the same way? With the same tenderness, the same quiet

curved her lips in helpless amusement. "No. I eat well, I sleep well, and she's very good. She just kicks me now

nausea and other symptoms had vanished over the past few days. Other

a little. The tenderness in her eyes nearly overflowed. Smiling, she asked, "When she kicks

up. "When she kicks me, I just feel...

felt as if the baby was interacting

carrying Vee, I was already an older mother. I was always afraid something might

Sydney understood at once.

beneath a faint smile. "My adoptive parents died

she had hoped for only one thing: that this child

Raymond stood outside with

men’s expressions eased James glanced