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.”

was always like

they always argue whenever they

truth, it was because he never really listened to what she was saying. He only saw

every word she said with meticulous scrutiny, but he couldn’t see the vulnerability and sadness

just didn’t want

to convince herself that they had nothing

feel sad or wronged because

of them at odds, Sean felt uneasy. He held his sister’s hand tightly and looked at Julian.

he could call Julian “Daddy” with ease. Now, he couldn’t bring himself

Julian had come to reunite with

“What did you

Sean said. The word “Daddy” seemed to be stuck in his

you can’t say it now, just

gentler with Sean than he was with

our time. Daddy was wrong before. Daddy delayed coming here and picking you and your sister up. Daddy made you

if she, as their mother, didn’t do enough and made the children suffer. He was saying that the children would

Julian really meant it.

had complicated relationships with Oliver, Simon, and many