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!”

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

me. I

and

She didn’t understand!

children were stillborn!

in his chest with each word

kept glancing behind Diana, and his panic grew stronger as her

hitting his forehead against the ground, the dull

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

she tried to pull James up, he refused to get

movement, he slapped

damned woman! Shut

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

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

I were foolish! Please, will you

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

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