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.”

Enzo said that, the door opened even before Lina could

figure popped out from

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

the yard to keep their laundry when he saw someone

the incident with Lina, so he decided to take

he overheard

Enzo with a trembling finger. “You’re

didn’t manage to hit Enzo right in his face,

Enzo.

held his cheek that was scratched by Ian’s nails. He spat

out

But you’ll soon no longer be

this old man into a ghost

lifted his foot

bodyguard that Julian arranged beforehand stopped Enzo.

Julian left behind. He felt even more grateful

stretched his arm out to call for

the two bodyguards Julian

the two bodyguards’ faces,

That was for Lina!

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