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."

villa on the outskirts of the city, Megan answered Penelope's call and erupted in

marked the final deadline. How could she not

and turned her over to the police, she

words to

the past few days, 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 think

she wanted Sydney dead. She wanted it more than ever after losing her own child. Why? Because she had lost everything, yet Sydney lived a perfect life,

her into that miscarriage, what had Sydney been doing? Probably lying peacefully

deserve to die? If not

identity Penelope had fought so hard to claim. Because

had not expected such defiance. She laughed. "Are you really willing to let that ugly freak use you for the rest of

lives, you'll live in her shadow forever. Only when she

grip tightened around the phone.

need you to remind me. If you have