Once a Doormat Now Untouchable (Caleb and Sydney) novel Chapter 691

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Chapter 691

At this hour, a call like that could only mean one thing. There was an answer.

Julian no longer intended to keep anything from Sydney. Good or bad, she had the right to know.

The moment Sydney saw Diana’s name, her body tensed. Julian had not said a word, but she could already guess why Diana was calling.

At her side, Yoyo seemed to sense her tension. It rubbed its head lightly against her leg, offering silent

comfort.

Sydney pulled her gaze from the phone and looked at Julian. She did not hesitate. “Answer it.”

Julian saw that she had steadied herself. He guided her to a seat nearby, then put the call on speaker.” Hello, Diana.”

“Is Sydney with you?”

On the other end, Diana’s voice remained steady and cool, though a trace of fatigue lay beneath it.

That only confirmed Sydney’s guess.

Before Julian could respond, she spoke. “Diana, I’m with him. Go ahead.”

A brief pause followed.

Diana and Florence had already agreed to tell Sydney everything about this matter from beginning to end, without hiding a single detail. But now that the moment had come, even Diana hesitated.

“Here’s the situation.” She spoke in a calm, deliberate tone. “This afternoon, I met with the officer who handled the car crash involving your adoptive parents. I confirmed the information you wanted. Just now, I also received the relevant case files and reviewed every detail myself.”

She paused, her words measured and precise. “I can say with certainty that our family was not involved.”

The moment those words landed, Julian felt the woman beside him relax.

While Diana spoke, Sydney had nearly forgotten to breathe. Now the weight pressing on her chest finally lifted, and she drew in a deep breath.

‘Thank God.‘ She had not yet seen the evidence. Still, something in Diana’s voice carried its own certainty.

Sydney wanted to believe her, but before she could respond, Diana’s tone turned heavier. “However, my father did have a foolish idea at the time. I’ll explain the reason face to face another day. Mr. Tarrant rejected him immediately. He feared the matter would reach Grandpa, so he dropped it. As for your adoptive parents‘ movements, those were indeed leaked.”

Diana then relayed everything Joshua had said, except for the matter involving Theodore and Megan’s aunt. It was not that she wanted to hide it from Sydney. She simply did not want Julian to know.

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Letting Julian, the son–in–law, know how entangled Theodore was in matters between men and women would not benefit Sydney.

After that, Diana added in a quieter tone, “Later, I’ll have Nina send copies of both case files to Delta Mansion. If anything still seems questionable, you can contact me at any time.”

A clear explanation and solid evidence were all laid out without reservation.

Even without seeing the files, Sydney’s doubts had already faded. She spoke with quiet sincerity. “Diana, thank you for looking into this so thoroughly and for telling me everything so openly.”

She knew how busy Diana was. Yet within a few hours, Diana had unraveled the entire matter, confirmed every detail, and told her the truth without holding anything back.

Even Theodore’s brief, misguided thought, something with no concrete proof, would have remained

unknown if Diana had chosen not to mention it.

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