All Chapters of Once a Doormat, Now Untouchable: Chapter 701 - Chapter 710

A brief silence settled over the line.Then Eloise spoke through gritted teeth. "Why? Don't tell me you can't handle one woman, not with everything you have behind you."She's Julian's weakness. She's the Huttons' weakness. Get hold of her and you have both of them by the throat. Wiping the slate clean for me and Victor would be nothing for you. One decision. That's all it takes."Eloise was done with this life. Done with every day of it. Back when she still had a place in the Sterling household, even after Julian stripped her of real power, people had kept their heads down around her.Now they crossed the street when they saw her coming. Some did not even wait until she was out of earshot before the mockery began."Things are different now," Jeremiah said. "One wrong step, and I won't just lose DK. I'll lose everything."The Huttons and Julian were almost certainly turning over every stone in search of him."I have to be careful. I need to wait for the right moment.""There is

Sydney blinked and stepped closer, curiosity pulling her in. "What is it?"Diana patted the empty space beside her. "Sit down."Agatha watched with a warm smile. "Sit, sit. Look at you, Sydney. The moment you saw her, you lost your head."The smile in Diana's eyes deepened.Sydney touched her nose, a little embarrassed, and sat. She leaned in to read the cover of the document in Diana's hands.'A Share Transfer Agreement?'Something Julian had said the night before surfaced in her mind. "In a couple of days, you'll be one of Hutton Group's major shareholders."She pushed the thought away almost at once. It couldn't be what she was thinking. The Hutton Group's market valuation was in the billions. There was no reason for them to hand shares to an outsider.While her thoughts drifted, Diana slid the document from its clear sleeve and held it out. "Take a look?""Diana…" Sydney hesitated.Julian settled into the seat across from her. His expression was gentle. His tone was not.

Diana delivered the words without a trace of emotion.It was clear she hadn't made this decision out of wounded pride or heartbreak. She had made it for the Hutton family, as she did with every difficult call.Albus' tone softened slightly. "Is there no other way? Leon isn't a fool. If you stepped in and helped him clean up his side, he would listen to reason.""Grandfather." Diana did not answer the question directly. Her voice remained level. "Just now, while he was downstairs, that secretary was waiting for him in the car."That alone told Albus how much Helen mattered to Leon. If he had been willing to do what needed to be done, he would have done it the first time Diana made her displeasure clear. He would have made the woman disappear quietly and completely. Instead, he kept letting her resurface.Albus' gaze turned cold and sharp. His decision came without hesitation. "Then if it's over, end it cleanly. Don't let that boy drag it out or string you along. Next time you retur

But Diana didn't say it aloud. She had no intention of placing obstacles in the path of her own divorce. The Kingston inheritance was far too valuable to surrender lightly. No matter how composed Leon liked to appear, he would never give it up without a fight."What I mean is, I have no obligation to cover for your stupidity." With tat, she ended the call.Yes, stupidity.What had Leon been thinking, believing she was the kind of woman who swallowed her grievances and stayed silent?He had brought the divorce to his grandfather's attention. She had brought the reason behind it. That was only fair.He hadn't earned the right to ask anything of her.She walked into her bedroom and was about to toss her phone onto the sofa when she remembered Hugo had seemed to want to say something before she cut him off. She checked her messages.Nothing from him appeared among the unread notifications. Whatever it was, it couldn't have been urgent.She had spent most of the previous night handl

Raymond let out a short laugh. "I had nothing better to do, so I checked the security feed."The irony was almost amusing. He was the only person in the Hutton family who had insisted on linking the estate cameras to his phone. His reasoning had been completely serious: he wanted to know the exact moment Sydney came home, in case no one bothered to tell him.That day, Diana hadn't been at the villa, so she had known nothing about it.The explanation seemed to settle something in her expression."If I'm not the right person to handle this directly, you certainly aren't. The last thing we need is someone running a story about our family bullying a defenseless woman."Given Raymond's reputation in the public eye, people would have no trouble framing it that way.He brushed the comment aside. "I mean, I'm just—""You're just what?" Diana cut in, her voice calm and even. "Ray. Every word you utter and every move you make reflects on the Hutton Group now. You can't behave the way you