Julian’s Stand-In Wife

“Have you really not compared yourself with Betty before?” Julian asked in disbelief.

He knew Sean protected Betty all the time, always standing in front of her and defending her. But how could he possibly not compare himself to her in the midst of doing so?

‘You want to be protected too, right?” Julian grabbed Sean’s hand before he stubbornly stood up to walk away.

This was the first time the father and son pair held hands after so many days.

Julian ran his fingers over each one of Sean’s.

“Daddy’s protecting you.”

His words were sudden.

Sean’s heart leaped as he suddenly realized something. When he turned back, he saw that Julian had taken the pill.

“Daddy!”

vanishing into thin air. He crouched next to Julian anxiously, trying hard to pry open his father’s mouth and make the man spit

his mouth shut

opened his mouth to

to have seen

I’ve never chosen Betty over you.

was just too weak.

to give Sean the correct answer. “I’ve already called the police, but I had insufficient evidence before. Now that I’ve taken the pill and you’re injured, the police who’ll soon be here will see this hard evidence. They’ll stop Enzo’s

himself and Sean. He also wanted to make use of the hurt Enzo caused them

their money. If that happened, many families would become bankrupt

now, not only was he Sean and Betty*s father, but he was also the father of

a faster way to

bait, which might in turn

time, he hoped they would be

wanted them