Once a Doormat, Now Untouchable

Chapter 652

‘Talk about choosing loyalty to a woman over a brother.’ Still, Raymond was not surprised that Julian had sold him out so completely.

He knew how close Sydney and Tiffany were. He dropped his usual careless attitude and chose his words with care. "Don't worry. This time my sister and the family won't interfere.”

He assumed Sydney feared that the Hutton family might step in again and embarrass Tiffany.

Sydney frowned. "That's not what I meant. What I'm saying is this. Whether Tiff chooses to get back together with you or not, and no matter how your relationship turns out later, your resignation has nothing to do with her. Raymond, that was your decision. It has nothing to do with Tiff."

Her voice was quiet but clear. The words fell with such plain certainty that Raymond froze.

She was not the first person to tell him this. Yet hearing it from her made him oddly happy. A smile tugged at his lips. “Alright. Thanks for worrying about my love life."

Sydney almost reached out to check his temperature. Which part of what she said sounded like she was worrying about him? She was clearly worried that he would blame Tiffany if he regretted the decision one day.

Sydney sighed in resignation. "Sure. Whatever you say."

remembered what she had just

and Tiffany's was too wide. His temper was far from gentle. If he ever turned on her one day, Tiffany would be the one

He patted her lightly on the head. "Alright,

thousand thoughts moved through his mind. How had he failed to realize sooner that this girl was his real sister? If he had known earlier, he would not have missed a single moment of her life.

that after helping her into the car, he would walk around the

stared at him,

"I happen to have something to

a strange man. He's been acting strange for a while now,”

a word to her in public. In private, he avoided her even more. So

fastened her seatbelt. At last, she could

to be on a completely

a brother, would

out immediately. Then Sydney smiled with quiet

purpose, and during the three years she was married to Caleb, Julian had never truly stayed out of things. Otherwise, she might not have survived Eloise's schemes with nothing but