Julian’s Stand-In Wife

Chapter 301

As children, Julian and Diana didn’t know each other.

At that moment, Julian’s mind was simply wandering too far off track. However, the one thing he was certain of now was that Diana was definitely not Kayla’s substitute.

Or rather, Julian had never really seen Diana as a substitute from the very beginning.

He thought he had seen her as one because he used to think the feelings he had for Kayla were love, and that any woman he fell in love with would never compare to her.

It never occurred to him that he had never loved Kayla in the first place.

Seeing how Julian was lost in his thoughts, Kayla’s tears flowed down her cheeks even faster. Her voice, with her mangled throat, sounded like nails on a chalkboard as she wailed pitifully, “Julian, if I did something wrong, why don’t you just tell me? I can’t live without you! You were the only reason I managed to overcome my illness while I was abroad! You filled my mind. All I could think of was returning to the country to stand before you when I was fully recovered.”

can’t accept this! I don’t want any of the money, cars, or houses you offered!

She had never shown Julian such a wretched state before, and he found himself faltering; especially after

his true feelings for Kayla may be, it was undeniable that Kayla’s feelings

gone abroad. His firm determination gradually softened, and he consoled

“I’ll station Noel here to care for you. You can just let him know if you

with me,” Kayla reminded him, trying to use her tears to change his mind. “But you didn’t… Can’t you just

turned to him before saying slowly, “I swear I’m not going to say or do anything. I just want to spend

for a while before finally

and got to work on the couch in the same room. Kayla gradually stopped crying, and even had calm conversations with Julian during

fault for not sorting out how I truly felt back then, but I do know that I

hard to do simple things like holding her hand or hugging her. The only two times he had done it recently was to

initiate any intimate contact with Kayla. Even if she took the initiative, he would resist as