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

then. He asked, “Did he

Three years ago?

couldn’t remember a single

Simon couldn’t possibly have threatened

brother,” Diana reminded Julian once more. “You

a direct denial of

trying to cook up a reason

his eyes

help but add, “I’m not Kayla

just wanted to remind him to see clearly who the woman standing before him was,

Fire burned in Julian’s heart over Diana’s words as he emphasized once more, “And I’m not

something that, of all people, Diana should

of the night and the intimacy were for her

beating heart and burning love for her.

another possibility, and he said to Diana, “If you think it’s not enough for her to just be

severely Diana wanted to punish Kayla, he would be willing to carry it

couldn’t accept was

Diana’s eyes changed the

Julian chased her all the way here despite knowing her

As it turned out…

was heartless through and

fend for herself. He could even tell her, his potential sister-in-law, that he could

was simply