Once a Doormat Now Untouchable (Caleb and Sydney) novel Chapter 721

In the hospital, Helen lay in bed, every trace of color drained from her face. She watched Leon step in from the balcony, his expression dark after the phone call.

Something stirred in her chest. She quickly arranged her face into an urgent expression and made a show of trying to sit up. "Mr. Kingston, I've already said your wife didn't push me on purpose. Please don't argue with her because of me..."

She had spent enough time beside Leon to develop a decent read on Diana. A woman that proud would never lower herself to explain a misunderstanding to her husband. The harder Leon pressed, the further apart they would drift.

What Helen hadn't expected was the look on his face when his eyes settled on her.

His gaze sharpened. He said nothing. He simply watched her, his scrutiny open and unguarded.

Helen maintained her composure for the first minute or so. Then the weight of his stare began to wear on her. Her scalp prickled, her expression tightened slightly, and discomfort edged into her voice.

"Mr. Kingston, why are you looking at me like that—"

Before she could finish, he spoke in a low voice. "Are you certain you fell because Diana pushed you?"

"I never said that." Helen's pulse lurched, but she quickly covered for it. "From the beginning, I said I wasn't sure whether I slipped or what happened. Everything happened so suddenly... And you didn't even wait for me to explain before you called Diana."

It had never occurred to her that Diana, despite all her talk of divorce, would actually turn around and explain herself to Leon. These daughters of old families all carried the same cool detachment, yet in the end, none of them could truly do without their men.

Leon paused before speaking again, his voice flat and cold. "Was it that you didn't get the chance to explain, or were you hoping I would misunderstand?"

He looked at her for a long moment. "Helen, you know very well what you were after."

It was the harshest thing he had ever said to her in all the years they had known each other.

Helen stared at him, her face turning even paler.

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