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.

lot of force when pushing his

hand before he reached out to grab

gotten worse. Her hand looked like it was swollen. She hadn’t tended to it, despite being

wrong impression. She pulled

not me,

continued, “Don’t get any ideas. If you don’t want me to get the wrong idea about you and Oliver, and you

Once again, another threat.

why Julian was so fond of taking everything she did or said as a personal insult. Thinking about it for a while, she finally said, “I came back because I thought Kayla would stop bothering me after

indifferent. There was no

actions turned gentler as he moved to treat her

they were married; when Diana was the only woman in his eyes, and when Julian would

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

her and was more than willing to return his love the

had only been a

Diana could sense

in the warmth of his affection for her, no matter what. Doing her best to calm herself, she tried acting

“Julian,” Diana called softly.

His voice was low and sensual, tinged

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

to apologize again, she would be very