Once a Doormat Now Untouchable (Caleb and Sydney) novel Chapter 76

Chapter 76

Marcus hesitated, and his worry tightened his voice. “Mr. Sterling.”

Julian responded with cold detachment, his face unreadable. “Mr. Shepard, are you afraid I’ll traffic her off into some remote mountain?”

Marcus fell silent. He recalled rumors and ramblings from Alan suggesting a past intimacy between Julian and Sydney. Before that, Julian had seemed like a good brother.

After a moment, Marcus nodded. “In that case, thank you, Mr. Sterling.”

Julian nodded once, then lifted Sydney in a single motion and placed her sideways inside the car.

The sudden movement snapped Sydney into a daze. She scrambled on the leather seat and blinked up in confusion, murmuring, “Marc…”

The car cruised quietly. Under scattered streetlights, Julian’s profile looked harder and colder, impossibly sharp in the gloom. “Do you have a good relationship with Marcus?”

His voice cut through the fog clouding Sydney’s mind, easing her tension with its familiarity. She rested her head against the headrest, hazy but honest. “Yes, we get along. Marc treats me well.”

His gaze lingered on her pale, delicate cheek. His voice grew patient and coaxing. “But Jules doesn’t treat Precious well?”

“Jules?”

It had been years since anyone called her by that nickname. Maybe the alcohol loosened her nerves. She whispered softly, voice thick with resignation, “He… He doesn’t want me anymore.”

Even in her drunken haze, she remembered how coldly he had sent her back to Eloise’s side seven years ago. It was etched permanently in her heart. She had trusted him as family, but he treated her like trash.

“He never stopped caring.” Julian’s expression remained unreadable. He opened his mouth to speak, but her eyes glazed over as sleep took her.

Before drifting off, Julian asked, “Still living at Viridian Garden, right?”

“Not anymore. I’ve moved,” she slurred in reply when he pressed. “Aurum Road, Haven Building 2, Unit 21.”

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