Julian’s Stand-In Wife

Chapter 167

Diana had to admit, Julian’s features were attractive no matter where he was. Even though she didn’t think too much about it, she felt uncomfortable when Julian’s deep eyes were fixed on her.

His presence in this room was simply too overwhelming.

Clearing her throat, Diana waited for the man to leave. When it was clear he had no intention of doing so, asked seriously, “It’s already late. Why aren’t you leaving?”

Julian seemed more surprised than her when she voiced her question as if she had said something

pathetically stupid. “We’re not divorced yet.”

she

The man was more serious than her as he explained, “If we stay in different rooms right after reconciling,

how would it look to Grandma?”

Grandma would instantly know that they had lied. Julian’s words did make sense…in a way.

Still, something was still weird. Plus, Diana didn’t want to sleep on the same bed that Kayla had slept in. She quickly said, “I’ll sleep on the couch.”

The couch could be pulled out to be a small single bed. Though it wasn’t big, it was comfortable enough for one person. Diana quickly thought about it and knew it would work, so she turned around to get a quilt from the cupboard.

Snap!

suddenly went

came through the darkness.

and sleep.‘

was speechless. Sure, he could sleep since he was

to make her

into darkness so abruptly, Diana couldn’t get her eyes to adjust so quickly and didn’t dare move for fear of tripping over something. She stood stiffly

Snap!

beside the bed lit

annoying,” Julian said, his brows wrinkled in displeasure. He glared half–heartedly at her and quickly stood and dressed. “Hurry up and come to

take the couch. Seeing how Diana was standing unmoving in place, he even reached out as if he was

her to bed.

This was too much!

help but shrink

sharp voice echoed through

did feel that her reaction was excessive.

face when

then on, his arms and embrace

with Julian and put on a strong front, but it turned out that there was a deeply rooted fear inside her that