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 like

they always argue

was because he never really listened to what she was saying. He only saw her

meticulous scrutiny, but he couldn’t see

he just didn’t want to see

to convince herself that they had nothing between

shouldn’t feel sad or wronged

Sean felt uneasy. He held his sister’s hand tightly and looked

“Daddy” with ease.

that this time, Julian had come to reunite with

at him expectantly. “What did

“Daddy” seemed to be stuck in his throat,

you can’t say it now, just

Sean than

his usually firm jawline softened as he spoke. “Let’s take our time. Daddy was wrong before. Daddy delayed

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

Julian really meant it.

complicated relationships with Oliver, Simon, and many other men—it wasn’t