Julian’s Stand-In Wife

Chapter 1005

“Okay,” Julian said with a nod, even before Noel completed his sentence.

He was probably annoyed with Noel.

Noel smiled bitterly. He did something he shouldn’t have done. It was right of Mr. Fulcher to be annoyed with him.

To his surprise, Cecilia refused to let him go.

“Mommy, where are you going?”

Her words stopped Noel dead in his tracks.

“I…”

Before Noel could say anything further, Cecilia pulled her wrist out of Shiloh’s grasp and clung to Noel. Her touch made him feel like he was being thrown into a furnace. His entire body burned as he stood stock-still, staring at Julian.

Embarrassing.

Noel felt utterly and completely embarrassed.

and said defensively, “Mr. Fulcher, please don’t misunderstand. Ms. Jarvis sees

the stool. He said firmly, “Sit still and let the doctor

Noel a look and dismissed the

prescription. “This is the prescription. I’ll get

in the market were inferior in quality, and Shiloh trusted only

“Sure,” he agreed.

to the door

returned to the room, Cecilia

still in the middle of the day. Julian was standing right there, so he didn’t expect her to slip away right

standing guard at the

had disappeared in the blink

with displeasure, and he went off in search of her. But no matter how hard he tried,

a long while, he received a call from

stammered. “M-Ms. Jarvis has been running

leave so quickly,

stilted. He paused for a moment before

apart from Noel, work in the office just had to wait. Julian

demand Noel to keep her