Julian’s Stand-In Wife

Chapter 120

“Holy sh*t!” Nina was unable to hold back from cursing. “So James is planning to use that contract so that you’d owe the Winningtons thirteen million instead?”

“I think that’s his plan,” Diana said, exasperated. “He kept going on and on about how he wanted justice for himself and Kayla, but essentially…”

James had simply never seen Diana as his daughter.

It seemed the Winningtons would do anything to keep Kayla happy.

“That’s weird,” Nina said as she pondered over the flawed logic of the story. “No matter how angry James is, he should know that you want the money to pay Julian so that you can divorce him. Isn’t that exactly what the Winningtons want? But now that they’re not giving you the money, then…”

“I don’t know.” Diana shook her head. “Perhaps he thought I was being too outrageous when I said all those things. There’s also Kayla’s throat…”

Before Diana could finish, she spotted a luxury car stop at the hospital’s entrance.

It was a sleek, black Rolls Royce; one of Julian’s cars.

Suddenly conscious of which department they were in, Diana immediately turned around nervously. “Nina! Julian and Kayla are here!”

exclamation, and all thoughts about why the Winnington family refused to give Diana the money flew out the window. She followed closely behind Diana and ducked behind a tree,

wait here for a bit. If Julian goes to meet

Julian noticed anything, it would

to explain things so he won’t panic if he doesn’t

Vans never replied. Even when it was Diana’s turn to

that he might be in trouble, Nina rushed to Vans’s office to check on

returned to

had come looking for

other leads, Nina could only return to the waiting area at the gynecology department. Once Diana was done with her ultrasound, she would try and contact Vans one more time

Kayla had her checkup, she and Julian were supposed

he hadn’t been able to contact all week. With

office.

noticed Nina sneaking out of his office toward the

Kayla almost instantly. “Julian, my period is irregular, so I’d like to see a gynecologist. Could you go with

and Diana were like two peas in a pod; they were inseparable. Since Nina was at the hospital, it would mean that Diana

a hint of surprise in his eyes. When he

spoke, he gently ushered