Julian’s Stand-In Wife

Those were indeed Julian’s exact words.

He was so frustrated, he couldn’t even reply.

After a while, he snapped, “Are you done?”

“No!” Diana took a deep breath. “You’re right. You were basically raising children while not knowing a thing about them. You’ve never experienced the pain and heartache of giving birth. How could you be anything but a happy and ignorant father?”

“Watch your words, Diana!”

The way Diana said it made it sound like he had been cheated on, and had raised children that weren’t his.

Now that it was confirmed that the two children were his flesh and blood, her words made him uncomfortable.

Julian crouched, annoyed. “The children are still here. Could your temper be any worse? It’d be great if you scared them all away. You’d be happy, wouldn’t you?”

This man never had any kind words for her. Diana was hurt by his accusations, but dared not speak loudly again.

“I’m more upset about Betty’s condition than you are,” she said. “Regardless, you have no right to criticize me.”

Julian sneered. “Everything you say is unacceptable, as always. I don’t know where you got such a temper.”

always

always argue whenever

listened to what she was saying. He only saw her

but he couldn’t see the vulnerability and sadness hidden behind her

he just didn’t want to see

tried to convince herself that they had nothing between them

sad or

He held his sister’s hand tightly and looked at

with ease. Now, he

Julian had come to reunite

looked at him expectantly. “What did you

said. The word “Daddy” seemed to be stuck in his throat, and he couldn’t say it

If you can’t say it now, just wait and

was much gentler with Sean

spoke. “Let’s take our time. Daddy was wrong before. Daddy delayed coming here and picking you

mother, didn’t do enough and made the children suffer. He was saying

Julian really meant it.

Diana’s emotional life was a mess. She had complicated relationships with Oliver, Simon, and many other men—it wasn’t