Once doormat Now Untouchable Novel

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Chapter 648

Once he confirmed his answer, Sydney eagerly pulled him

downstairs. "Let's build a snowman. If it gets dark, you won't let

me come out again.”

Large flakes continued to fall across the courtyard. Julian had

bundled her from head to toe, so she did not feel the cold at all

Sydney knew how to build a proper snowman. Before long, the

base had taken shape. She turned to Julian, who rolled

snowballs toward her. "Cut me a carrot."

"When have I ever refused you?" he replied lightly. "Move slowly.

Watch your footing.”

Even so, he remained uneasy and called a maid over to keep an

eye on her.

Sydney shaped a round head with care. As she caught sight of

Julian passing through the brightly lit living room, she drifted

into a daze.

The moment felt unreal. Around this time last year, she had

crouched alone in the courtyard of Viridian Garden, building a

snowman just like this.

Back then, she had been alone. She had nothing. Now everything

was different.

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"Why are you zoning out?"

Julian had returned without her noticing. He must have already

handed her the carrot, but she had not reacted.

She looked up at him, her lips curving into a soft smile. Her eyes

shimmered.

"| just feel... really happy right now."

Everything surpassed what she had once dared to imagine. The

painful years behind her felt like a distant dream,

He studied her in silence for a long moment, then crouched and

straightened her slightly crooked hat.

“If you're happy, that's enough. I'm happy too." He reached out

and gently tapped her rounded belly. "She'll be just as happy as

we are."

She nodded firmly. "Yeah."

She would be a good mother. And Julian, who had once taken in

a lonely girl who meant nothing to him and indulged her without

restraint, would surely cherish his own child even more

That night, Sydney slept deeply. When she woke, she reached

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across the bed and found the other side empty.

After a moment, she remembered that he had told her before

sleep that he needed to go to the company in the morning.

She lingered in bed for a while before getting up to wash. Lately,

she had grown lazier by the day.

After breakfast, she hesitated, then called Julian.

He answered at once. Faint background noise suggested he was

ina meeting room.

“You're awake?"

"Yes." Not wanting to delay his work, she spoke quickly. "My

condition is stable now. Alan is handling the more serious

patients at the clinic. But Madam Hutton's legs..."

Her voice faded to a near whisper. Given how carefully he had

been guarding her lately, she expected him to refuse.

When he did not respond at once, she hurried on. "She's at a

critical stage in her rehabilitation. The treatment isn't

complicated anymore. It won't exhaust me. And it will give me

something to do."

"When do you want to go?" he asked in a low voice.

“You're agreeing?" She had not expected him to concede so

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easily. Afraid he might change his mind, she blurted, "Then |

want to go now.”

He paused briefly. “All right. I'll have Peter and the others take

you."