Julian’s Stand-In Wife

Enzo stopped the car, then let Lina out before alighting himself. He walked toward Ian’s house, and stood right outside the door.

What a familiar place it was.

Lina didn’t notice the disdain in Enzo’s eyes at all, and mumbled, “Those two old fogies were so arrogant! They even said

that their ugly daughter had a fling with you.”

The moment these words escaped her mouth, she knew they were inappropriate. She hurriedly added, “Not a fling, but

“You’re not wrong to say that,” Enzo said, not minding Lina’s vulgar choice of words.

Both of them didn’t excel in school and weren’t exceptionally cultured people. They were considered academic failures by

the world’s standards.

Despite that, they lived comfortable lives thanks to their parents and the Jennings family’s wealthy background. But when

the Jennings family became bankrupt a few years ago, they descended to the bottom rung of the social ladder.

Heavens knew what Enzo did to climb up from that bottom rung to where he was right now.

He had heard worse than Lina’s vulgar words. “You’re not wrong to say that. I did have a fling with their ugly daughter.”

opened even before Lina could react

popped out from

and Diana left, Ian had been keeping his wife company in the room as she recuperated. He was

to keep their laundry when he

incident with Lina, so he decided

was when he

with a trembling

slapped Enzo. Although he didn’t manage to hit Enzo right in his face, it was enough to

Enzo.

held his cheek that was

old man out of the

I’m a human! But you’ll

this old man

his foot to

that Julian arranged beforehand stopped Enzo. “Mr. Jennings, please show some

this man was someone Julian

completely. He stretched his arm out to call for all his bodyguards in the

subdued the two bodyguards Julian

bodyguards’ faces, then slapped them

That was for Lina!

even Mr. Fulcher wouldn’t ask me to show some self-