Julian’s Stand-In Wife

Chapter 777

She called his name once more.

Her voice was mesmerizing, wrapping around Julian’s heart like a twine.

His long fingers slid down her lower back as he mumbled in a low voice, “Diana Winnington, what do I do with you?”

He couldn’t bring himself to hate her.

But he couldn’t love her.

His words were too amorous.

Diana instinctively took a few steps back as she looked at him with fear. “Don’t come close to me.”

Each time he drew nearer to her, she never failed to feel a strong sense of attraction to him.

Julian standing in the narrow hallway suddenly made her feel like the tiny hallway was as vast as the ocean.

As much as she wasn’t desperate for romance, it was hard remaining ambivalent toward his outstanding appearance.

He was just too outstanding.

Diana fingers intertwined as panic and shame at her own thoughts filled her eyes.

“Simon Channing…” He finally broke the silence and turned away from her flushed face, suppressing the urge to take her

there and then. He asked, “Did

Three years ago?

remember a

couldn’t possibly have threatened

brother,” Diana reminded Julian once more. “You shouldn’t

direct denial of Julian’s

one-sidedly trying to cook up

in his eyes was too piercing

but add, “I’m not

who the woman standing before him was, and not to be confused by

that he’s not my brother.” Fire burned in Julian’s heart over Diana’s words as he emphasized once more, “And I’m not treating you

that, of all people, Diana

the night and the intimacy were for her and her

represented his beating heart and burning love for her. How could she not

said to Diana, “If you think it’s not enough for her to just be behind bars, you can

severely Diana wanted to punish Kayla, he

couldn’t accept was Diana beating around the

the look in Diana’s eyes changed the

way here despite

As it turned out…

heartless

sake of a woman who gave him a child, he could leave another woman behind bars to fend for herself. He could even tell her, his potential sister-in-law, that he could

simply