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

asked, “Did he threaten you three

Three years ago?

remember a single

Simon couldn’t possibly have threatened

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

direct denial

to cook up a reason for why Diana betrayed

his eyes

but add, “I’m not

him to see clearly who the woman standing before

he’s not my brother.” 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 be most

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

beating heart and burning love for her. How could

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

matter how severely Diana wanted to punish Kayla, he would be willing to

was Diana beating

the look in Diana’s eyes changed the moment he

all the way here despite knowing her relationship with

As it turned out…

was heartless through and

fend for herself. He could

was simply