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!”

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

I was wrong.

couldn’t bear to see this and tried

She didn’t understand!

dug up the children’s grave, what difference does it make? Those two children were stillborn! But you are Diana’s father, a living person.

heart pounded harder in his chest with each

panic grew stronger

his forehead against the ground, the dull sound echoing in the hallway over and over

his forehead from the repeated knocks broke Kate’s heart. At the same time, she felt that doing this in front of everyone

she tried to pull James up,

a swift movement, he slapped

woman!

He immediately knew that Kate’s words had only served to fuel the fire that was already

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

your mother and I were

streamed down his face as he spoke, and he raised his palm to strike himself on

in bruises

This was a hospital.

commotion they caused became

conversation, some people concluded that Diana was heartless and cold,