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 threaten you

Three years ago?

couldn’t remember a

couldn’t possibly have

reminded Julian once more. “You shouldn’t

direct

up a

in his eyes was too piercing to

add, “I’m not Kayla

just wanted to remind him to see clearly who the woman standing before him was, and not

said 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

something that, of all people,

in the middle of the night and the intimacy were for her and her

burning love for her.

thought made him consider another possibility, and he said to Diana, “If you think

to punish Kayla, he would be

accept was Diana

the look in Diana’s eyes changed the moment he said

wonder Julian chased her all the way here despite knowing her

As it turned out…

heartless through and

He could even tell her, his

simply too