Julian’s Stand-In Wife

Chapter 281

This was the second time Julian had run his hands over Diana’s stomach. Last time, he had touched her at the same spot when he thought she was in pain due to her period, and had brought her to the hospital afterwards.

Back then, she hadn’t known about the babies in her belly. But this time…

The threat he had given her still rang clear in her mind.

Diana looked down at the slender hand resting on her lower abdomen. Yet, she didn’t feel the longing and warmth that she remembered in the past.

At this moment, she could only fear terror for him.

She feared he would attack her babies, and she feared….

That he would disappoint her yet again.

She raised her hand and pushed his hand away. “Don’t touch me.”

Her voice was loud and cold, though tinged with a hint of fear.

The back of Julian’s hand turned red from where she had hit him.

of force when pushing his

looked down, staring at her hand before he reached out to grab it. “Let

bruise from when he had accidentally touched her had gotten worse. Her hand looked like it was swollen. She hadn’t tended to it, despite being back for

would’ve given her the wrong impression. She pulled

me,

retort, he continued, “Don’t get any ideas. If you don’t want me to get the wrong idea about you and Oliver, and you don’t want me to insult him, you should just go

Once again, another threat.

personal insult. Thinking about it for a while, she finally said, “I came

was no change in it even

turned gentler as he moved to treat

the sweet moments they shared when they were married; when Diana

she had thought that the person he loved was her. Thus, she happily accepted all the

and was more than

knew that she had only

treated her, Diana could sense that his love

to overthink it and not to indulge in the warmth of his affection for her, no matter what. Doing her best to calm herself, she tried acting as if his tenderness wasn’t

“Julian,” Diana called softly.

Julian still kept his head down, carefully helping her apply the ointment. His voice was low

the meaning of this? Why did you come back to the villa to see me? Kayla will be unhappy when she finds out about

Julian forced Diana to apologize again, she would