Julian’s Stand-In Wife

The moment Sean yelled, Julian heard Betty’s voice in the midst of the choruses of the electronic lock warnings.” Daddy!

Sniff… Come quickly! Mommy… Mommy’s bleeding…”

Bleeding?

Julian’s face turned ashen immediately.

The image of Diana bleeding on that rainy day emerged in his mind.

No!

Impossible!

She wasn’t pregnant this time.

How could she be bleeding?

She couldn’t be having a miscarriage, either!

“Let me take a look first,” Julian said, striving to keep his composure. He yelled to Diana to stop her from her wild

counterattacks, and hurried over to her.

At the next second, his countenance changed.

His face paled.

How did this happen…

How did this happen?!

was bright red, a sharp

fainted from

in his arms and yelled for Noel, instructing the latter

hospital.

that his legs were too weak to support him. He simply

Diana.

day kept

bowstring.

seemed to have

him up, and stretched his arms

the past, Julian would never

there was crippling fear

in his life. Yet, at the thought of anything

to her, he found himself growing

no idea how he managed to

the chaos and children

in step with Noel

Julian stepped into the car, Sean grabbed the door handle and said icily, “I don’t want you coming! You

hurting Mommy!”

the door

have fainted!

never-seen-before coldness filled

chills down

like a warning