Julian’s Stand-In Wife

Diana felt as if someone had hit her head with a brick.

This was the child she had painstakingly brought up day by tedious day, night by torturous night, through all the fatigue of not getting even three hours of sleep a day.

She thought she understood him, but in actual fact, Julian’s words had more power over her child than she did as his mother.

Not only was Sean willing to acknowledge Julian, but he was even willing to go home with Julian and abandon his mother.

“Mommy, don’t be sad.” Sean remained very clear-minded. ” It’ll be good for everyone if Betty and I go home with Daddy.”

That was especially so given Betty’s condition. “The house we’re staying in belongs to Uncle Simon. We’ll have to return it to him one day.”

Since they now had a father, he didn’t want Mommy to be involved with other men.

That might make Daddy angry.

Sean had been seriously contemplating what getting married meant.

Of course, he understood that his mommy and Mr. Julian were currently divorced.

But this didn’t change the fact that they were his and Betty’s parents.

the ties between all four

Da-” He paused for a moment. After a while, he finally used the term he longed to for so long, but was so foreign to him. “Daddy’s place has many beautiful rooms. It has everything, and it’s just like a playground. Betty will surely love it there.

Daddy’s rich and powerful.

harm

dare hurt us,

words hit Diana’s head like a

he

were far superior

very own son, whom she single-handedly raised,

she was on the

expected herself to

didn’t let

and said to Sean, “You’re so smart, Sean. You’ve

you want to go with Daddy, go

back and rushed into the room. She

stayed outside for a second longer, she feared she might just burst

had never felt so

her