Once a Doormat, Now Untouchable

Chapter 655

Sydney heard his footsteps before he reached the bed. She stopped pretending to sleep, opened her eyes, and looked at him. "How do you always see through everything?"

Julian did not answer at once. One hand cradled the back of her head while the other adjusted the pillow, raising it slightly.

He helped her lean against the headboard. Only then did he give her cheek a light pinch. "Nothing in your business escapes my sharp eyes."

Sydney almost laughed. In the past, she would never have imagined hearing words like that from him. Every line he spoke used to sound stiff. Now sweet talk seemed to come to him with ease.

She lifted her hand and held his warm, dry palm. Her lips pressed together. "Penelope contacted me on the way home."

"What does she want?" Julian frowned slightly. Then realization crossed his face. "Megan probably contacted her."

Sydney had reached the same conclusion.

"She said she knows about my background," Sydney replied honestly. "She asked to meet tomorrow night."

answered Penelope's call and erupted in anger. "After all these days, this is the

and tomorrow marked the final deadline. How could she

the police, she would never escape

words to avenge

Penelope had pieced together the entire story, so she let out a cold laugh. "Get something straight. You're the one begging me for help now. Do you still

after losing her own child. Why? Because she had lost everything, yet Sydney lived

been doing? Probably lying peacefully in Julian's arms, waiting for her

her child? Did that child deserve to die? If not for that bitch, Penelope would never

stolen the identity Penelope had fought so

expected such defiance. She laughed. "Are you really willing to let that ugly

long as Sydney lives, you'll live in her shadow forever. Only when

the

you to remind me. If you have