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

and then. He asked, “Did he threaten you three

Three years ago?

couldn’t remember

couldn’t possibly

reminded Julian once more. “You shouldn’t malign him just like

a direct denial of

to cook up a

in his eyes was too

add, “I’m not Kayla

standing before him was, and not to be

my brother.” Fire burned in Julian’s heart over Diana’s words as he emphasized

of all people, Diana should be most clear

of the

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

another possibility, and he said to Diana, “If you think it’s not

how severely Diana wanted to punish Kayla,

only thing he couldn’t accept was Diana beating around

eyes changed the

way

As it turned out…

was heartless through and

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 make Kayla’s life in jail a living hell as long

simply too