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 contrast

almost fainted from

quickly hauled Diana up in his arms and yelled for Noel, instructing the latter to fetch the car and take them to

hospital.

he tried to stand up, he realized that his legs were too weak to support him. He

Diana.

miscarriage on that rainy day kept playing non-stop in his mind, making him

bowstring.

seemed to have

held him up, and stretched his arms out.

the past, Julian would

now, there was crippling fear in

never feared anything in his life. Yet, at the thought of anything that had to do with

he

although he had no idea how he managed to squeeze

amidst the chaos and children crying around him. It took

to walk in step with Noel toward

Sean grabbed the door handle

hurting Mommy!”

insisted on locking him outside the door

have fainted!

coldness filled

chills

was like a