Julian’s Stand-In Wife

Chapter 990

Now, Julian seemed like a child who had done something wrong. His thoughts were a mess, and he was unable to understand where Diana’s sadness was coming from.

“In our children’s hearts, you want to replace me, their dad. Shouldn’t I be the sad one?”

Julian quickly took Betty in his arms. Like coaxing a child, he used a tissue to gently wipe Diana’s face. He comforted her softly, “Shh. Don’t cry. Be good. Let me wipe away those tears, okay?”

Seeing his slightly hunched and nervous appearance and his increasingly soothing tone, Diana’s heart suddenly softened. It was like being brushed by a feather, a gentle touch.

She lowered her head. She acknowledged his words, like a child admitting her mistake. “I won’t cry.”

She had such a good boyfriend. In moments when she was being difficult, when she was stubbornly trying to take everything on herself, thinking she could handle and balance everything, he always offered her the greatest patience.

Independence…

It wasn’t about not relying on others.

It was about maintaining independence while relying on someone.

Just like now.

to have time to process her

she didn’t

fool for not

laughed inwardly at

of self-reassurance,

her arms, embracing

there when she

him for never dwelling on her mistakes, and for

flustered. He hadn’t done

that

perhaps, needed to be appeased

boyfriend needed improvement. His mind wasn’t even as good as a child’s. No

or did much, an unspoken, heartwarming sensation enveloped them at that instant. Even

seeing Daddy and

such a

Diana, “How about from now on, whenever I return from the Jarvises, I take care of Simon together with

as a mother, she had to consider taking care of her children; as a girlfriend, she had to consider her boyfriend’s feelings. She couldn’t just accuse

Besides…