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!”

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

I was

couldn’t bear to see this and tried to pull him

She didn’t understand!

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

harder in his chest with each word Kate

behind Diana, and his panic grew stronger as

against the ground, the dull sound echoing

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

no matter how she tried to pull James

a swift movement, he slapped Kate across

damned woman!

Diana and saw how her face was turning colder by the second. He immediately knew that Kate’s words had only

panic in his heart grew, and he could only intensify his bows to the younger woman. He even grabbed Kate and forced her to kneel

I were foolish! Please,

raised his palm to strike himself on the face,

forehead and cheeks were completely covered in

This was a hospital.

the commotion they caused became the center of

people concluded that Diana