Julian’s Stand-In Wife

Chapter 693

“Fine. I won’t go back.

Diana understood Simon’s intention. He had been brought to the Channing family at a young age, and as a result, developed a twisted mindset. He had no good feelings toward Julian, and he simply couldn’t stand to see Julian happy or doing well. It wasn’t necessarily about her staying with the Channing family tonight.

“I’ll go to my best friend’s place.”

At this point, she could only trouble Nina. Maybe she could help shield the latter from Vans’s harassment.

“I won’t return to celebrate the New Year with Julian.”

However, she could still make phone calls and video chat with Julian.

As a single, cold bachelor, Simon obviously lacked experience in love. He couldn’t think of various ways for lovers to stay in touch. It was possible to spend the New Year with him through electronic devices as long as Simon didn’t reveal this information to Julian.

Diana felt reassured by that.

Simon hesitated for a moment, then said, “No.”

a guest room in the villa

He wanted to experience what it was like to have Diana accompany him

him to be so overbearing. From this perspective, he did resemble Julian; but what did it matter

lying to Diana, making her believe that Julian still

stern tone, he added, “If you

was better not

impact this would have on

been aware of it too. Yet, she had never mentioned it

aspect troubled Diana to

reasons. Moreover, not telling Julian was probably a way to protect him, to shield him from knowing that his parents had long fallen out of love, and to protect him from

However…

her? Their so-called brotherly relationship might

Diana said, “Don’t threaten me. I

that proves your connection to the Fulcher family. That’s the only way I’ll believe

absent from Julian’s side on

prepared, he handed her a document.”