Once a Doormat Now Untouchable (Caleb and Sydney) novel Chapter 72

“What about Sydney? You think she’s just average?” Penelope asked.

Caleb didn’t know how to answer.

Since their marriage, he and Sydney had barely spent time together, let alone worked side by side. All he really knew was that she had been quietly working at the clinic for the past few years, never drawing much attention. If anyone there praised her; it would probably be because she was Marcus‘ junior.

Recalling the scene at the restaurant, Caleb didn’t wait for Sydney to return home. He called her directly.

She picked up almost immediately.

“What is it?” Her voice was calm and distant, enough to throw him off.

“Don’t you think you owe me an explanation for what happened at dinner tonight?”

“Explain what?” she asked with a soft, cool laugh. “Why I exposed the fact that my husband cheated on me? Or was it something else?”

She hadn’t expected him to have the nerve to call and question her.

Caleb frowned. Something felt different about her. The first few times she snapped at him, he’d assumed it was just anger. But this didn’t feel the same.

“I told you, Penny and I aren’t what you think. Are you really not going to stop until you drive her away?”

“Exactly,” Sydney said, dropping the last of her polite veneer. Her voice sharpened, every word colder and more precise. “I won’t stop until she’s gone. So? Has she left yet?”

She had swallowed that bitterness for too long. She had tried to let it go. All she wanted was the divorce. Nothing else mattered anymore.

What she hadn’t expected was for Caleb to turn it around, act like the victim, demand answers and question her. As if she were the one at fault.

“You’d better forget it!” he snapped.

This was the first time she’d truly gone toe–to–toe with him, and Caleb barely recognized the woman on the other end of the line. He was furious, but he reminded himself that she was still young.

Forcing down his anger, he softened his tone. “Sydney, she’s just different to me.”

Sydney didn’t flinch. Her voice dripped with sarcasm. “fferent how? Because it’s hotter when the little brother–in–law hooks up with the big sister–in–law?”

“Shut up! Are you insane?” Caleb hadn’t expected those words from her. A vein pulsed in his temple. “II living in this house is so unbearable for you, fine! Let’s get divorced!”

He hadn’t even realized what he’d said until it was already out. And by then, it was too late.

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