Julian’s Stand-In Wife

Julian’s Stand-In Wife By South Wind Dialect Chapter 184

However, the touch she so desperately yearned for never transpired.

On the contrary, she could only feel his cold finger against her face. “There’s something next to your mouth. I’ll remove it for you.”

Julian gently flicked his finger against her mouth. “It’s gone.”

Kayla distinctly remembered checking in the mirror multiple times to make sure her mouth was clean while she was waiting behind the door. How could there be anything on her face?

Kayla’s tears instantly fell. “Julian… Do you not like me?”

Why did he always refuse to touch her?

“That’s not true.” Julian ruffled her hair. He then removed his coat and draped it around her tear–soaked pajamas. “Didn’t I tell you? You’re too precious, so I can’t touch you so casually.”

Julian had spoken in a loud voice. However, he suddenly heard footsteps behind him.

He quickly turned around. “Who’s there?”

There was nobody in the corridor, but there was the sound of a door being closed from the direction of Diana’s bedroom.

Did she come out?

to bed and closed her eyes, but

give back Julian’s phone to him.

had long known how she and Kayla were different. Yet, when she heard how affectionately Julian spoke to Kayla, and how he treated her with such gentleness…

experienced Julian’s heinous behavior on this bed on far too many

used to spend every night and at times every waking moment together… She wondered, was that

She couldn’t be certain.

to hers. She kept recalling the nights they spent together, and how she would respond sweetly to his words. Yet now, everything felt like poison to her. Gradually, she began to let it all go. She caressed her stomach

the next day, she went

breakfast, she didn’t linger. She also didn’t pay attention to which room Julian came out from. Instead, she returned to

She couldn’t let herself fail in the designing work she was

final touches on the outfit, Diana realized the day

having meals downstairs, Diana didn’t once

fact, she didn’t even

unknown point of time, someone came

other was probably for the better. After all, Julian was getting suspicious. Earlier, Vans called Diana to tell her that Julian asked him about her retching, and it

going her way. With her and Julian rarely seeing each

she needed to do was to wait