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!”

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

me. I was

to see this and tried to pull him up. “Get

She didn’t understand!

what difference does it make? Those two children were stillborn! But you are Diana’s father, a

in his chest with each

his panic grew stronger as

continued hitting his forehead against the ground, the dull sound

broke Kate’s heart. At

tried to pull James up, he refused

with a swift movement, he slapped Kate across the

damned woman! Shut

was turning colder by the second. He immediately knew that Kate’s words had only served to fuel the fire that was already burning

to the younger

your mother and I were foolish! Please, will you

his face as he spoke, and he raised his palm

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

This was a hospital.

commotion they caused became the center of

some people concluded that Diana was heartless and cold, and they began to