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 his most despised

forgive me. I was wrong.

bear to see this and tried to

She didn’t understand!

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

pounded harder in his chest

panic grew stronger as

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

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

pull James up, he

with a swift movement, he

damned woman!

the second. He immediately knew that Kate’s words had only served to

the younger woman. He even grabbed Kate and forced her to kneel

your mother and I were

and he raised his palm to strike himself on the face,

covered in bruises that he stopped and looked at Diana with

This was a hospital.

were coming and going, and the commotion they

that Diana