Julian’s Stand-In Wife

Julian’s Stand-In Wife By South Wind Dialect Chapter 386

Diana did need an outlet right now, but she didn’t feel that she and Oliver were close enough for her to vent to him.

And yet, he was the only person here that she could confide in.

“I have a friend…”

Diana felt a little hypocritical when she started like that, but seeing that Oliver didn’t have any judgemental look on his face, she was relieved and continued, “I have a friend who’s in the same situation as me. Divorced and has just lost a baby.”

It was so obvious that she was actually talking about herself, but Oliver played along and pretended not to have noticed it.

“Okay. And what happened after that?”

His eyes were warm, and his voice was gentle. Without realizing it, Diana started to spill everything.

“She blames herself for the loss of her baby. She really wanted to get a proper explanation for the loss, but the baby’s father kept letting go of the woman who hurt her. This incident made my friend realize that it was impossible for her husband to actually love her, so she decided to be firm and get a divorce. Apart from that, my friend’s now ex–husband used to treat her as a substitute for the other woman.”

Diana traced her finger on the glass, helplessness in her eyes as she continued, “But…”

“But?”

but wonder about him, and sometimes subconsciously

met Oliver’s eyes, a feeling of uselessness evident on her face as she said sadly, “The story should end with her isolating herself

do you have to give the story an ending? Wouldn’t

was stunned by

“Develop…naturally?”

world, and stop focusing so much on her ex–husband,” Oliver said. “I assume your friend’s ex–husband must be an outstanding man. Otherwise, a woman wouldn’t love him so much. Isn’t it normal for a good man to be attractive? Why would your friend think it’s only normal

Diana was dumbfounded.

had ever spoken to her

Julian hadn’t been a

about how to stay away and have clear boundaries, but unbeknownst to her, everything she did only made it easier to get

Diana seemed

to Oliver as she raised

friend hasn’t even heard my advice yet. How would you know

Diana froze.

had

to cover up. “I’ll give her a call after we eat. We’re close, so I can probably guess what’s on her mind, even if

indeed brighter

lightened along