Julian’s Stand-In Wife

Chapter 518

“What? What are you talking about?” Kate continued looking at Diana, anger burning in her eyes, as if they were archenemies rather than mother and daughter.

Diana felt her heart grow increasingly colder at Kate’s gaze. She gritted her teeth and was about to speak, but then she noticed a flicker of panic on James’s face.

Suddenly, he raised his hand and slapped himself hard. A loud smack resounded in the hallway.

It was even stronger than the force of Diana’s previous slap.

He looked at Diana with a face bearing the imprint of his palm.

“Diana, I’m so sorry. It was my fault. I shouldn’t have…”

“Shouldn’t have what?” Diana pressed, sharply and relentlessly.

“I…I shouldn’t have dug up your children’s gr-gra…”

James couldn’t even bring himself to finish the sentence. His whole body was already trembling like the final leaf on a dry branch.

Instead, he dropped loudly to his knees and bowed continuously to Diana as he pleaded, “Please, I beg you… I beg you!”

man, who always cared about his reputation, was now prostrating himself at the feet of

I was wrong.

see this and tried to pull

She didn’t understand!

were stillborn! But you are Diana’s father, a living

heart pounded harder in his chest

kept glancing behind Diana, and his panic grew stronger

against the ground, the dull sound echoing in the hallway over

broken skin on his forehead from the repeated knocks broke Kate’s heart. At the same

matter how she tried to pull James up, he refused to get

swift movement, he

damned woman! Shut

colder by the second. He immediately knew that Kate’s words had

could only intensify his bows to the younger woman. He even grabbed Kate and forced her to

and I were foolish! Please, will you forgive

as he spoke, and he raised his palm to

his forehead and cheeks were completely covered in bruises that he stopped and looked at Diana

This was a hospital.

were coming and going, and the commotion they caused became

and pieces of their conversation, some people concluded that Diana was heartless and cold, and they