Julian’s Stand-In Wife

“Sir.” “Yes?*

“Women need to be coaxed.”

“Coaxed?” Julian didn’t understand. “Coax who?”

Which woman was worthy of such effort?

“Grandma isn’t around anymore, and Di…” He paused for a moment before continuing viciously, “Do as I say and treat Diana Winnington like she’s dead “

Since their reunion, Julian knew Diana was no longer the same Diana he knew.

He didn’t have a place in her heart. She would even criticize him harshly.

Mrs. Lay disagreed with him.

To her, Julian was being too harsh.

But before she could persuade him, he spoke first. “Mrs. Lay, if you gave birth, could you possibly not know who the biological father of your children is?”

Mrs. Lay shook her head, stunned by Julian’s question. “No.”

Julian said, “But that’s what happened to Diana.”

He acknowledged that she was a good mother, but it didn’t mean he approved of her actions.

would have reunited with his children much earlier. He wouldn’t

need to be apart from them in the first

him of his right to be with his children over the

believing that she had come clean about the twins’ origins and made peace with him because of her

reason for her to think

before. A week ago, she was acting right here-pretending to suffer from heat stroke,”

right to expect

felt sensed

when

was told, and not

Diana from entering the villa, Diana came calling the very

first day after the twins

After finishing up work at the studio,

spotless kitchen that was worlds apart from the chaos of the past, when she

gathered the toys the twins

began wondering how Betty

Did her condition worsen?

it

What about Sean?

Did he miss her?

the clover bracelet Sean left behind, feeling increasingly uneasy with each

throwing away the twins’ bracelets. Could he watch over

end up