Julian’s Stand-In Wife

Julian’s Stand-In Wife By South Wind Dialect Chapter 149

Even Kayla was almost lost in Diana’s powerful stare.

Something suddenly clicked in Julian’s mind as his eyes darkened. His eyes, which were fixed on Diana, were crystal clear and chilly.

“It’s not important whether I believe you or not. What’s important is the truth.”

Diana smiled. Things would be easy as long as Julian thought that way.

She wasn’t anxious to stand back up. Instead, she sat down on the floor, maintaining the same level as Kayla as she tilted her jaw. “We each have our own side of the stories, and we’ll never get to the bottom of who plagiarized who,”

She went on, “Since Julian said just now that it’s not important who he believes and that the truth is more important, let’s redesign some outfits and see who is more skilled. That way, we’ll be able to tell who’s the real plagiarizer.”

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Kayla began feeling anxious at Diana’s suggestion to compete based on skills, and hurriedly countered, That’s not fair! If we redesigned the outfit, you wouldn’t dare to copy mine. This plagiarism incident would just be swept under the rug and forgotten, like what happened to my throat…”

Her throat…

as he recalled the words Diana yelled along the

had said that she was not afraid of him investigating

who didn’t investigate it thoroughly. Instead, he

instinctively wanted to sweep things under the rug and leave

was a trace of fatigue in his eyes. He lowered his head and looked gently at Kayla. “Kayla, if you feel bad about your throat, I can look into the

eyes. She quickly said, “Julian, it’s already very troublesome for you to accompany me to my follow–up visits with the doctor. I don’t

was a smart man. When he heard Kayla’s words,

less and less like that little girl in his memory who risked her

the answer

his heart was tightly bound to that gratitude he felt toward

become less and less like that girl in

harshly.

that night where death stared at him in the face, she was

wouldn’t be alive

nodded and glanced at

why the incident with Kayla’s throat was never looked into. It wasn’t because of Grandma, but because Julian had already keenly noticed something and knew that

not stand up for

on Kayla’s side without