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

before he

had gotten worse. Her hand looked like

a look would’ve given her the wrong impression. She pulled away her hand firmly from

me, who?

He glared at her. Before Diana could reply with an angry 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.

ruefully. She didn’t understand why Julian was so fond of taking everything she did or said as a personal insult. Thinking about it for

indifferent. There was no change in it even when Diana mentioned

as he

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

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

did for her and was more than willing to return his

now, she knew that she had only

her, Diana could sense

for her, no matter what. Doing her best to calm herself, she tried acting as if his tenderness wasn’t

“Julian,” Diana called softly.

head down, carefully helping her apply the ointment. His voice was low and sensual, tinged with an alluring compulsion that perhaps even

meaning of this? Why did you come back to the villa to see me? Kayla will be

Julian forced Diana to apologize again, she would be very