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!”

all thoughts in his mind vanishing into thin air. He crouched next to Julian anxiously, trying hard to pry open his father’s

Julian kept his

he finally opened his mouth to speak. “It’s useless, Sean.

to have seen

I’ve never chosen Betty over you. I’ve always wanted to protect all of

human being was just too weak. In the face of these drugs

insufficient evidence before. Now that I’ve taken the pill and you’re injured, the police who’ll soon be here will

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

of their money. If that happened, many families would

disregard the well-being of others. But now, not only was he Sean and Betty*s father, but he was also

at stake, Julian couldn’t think of a faster way

had to use himself as bait, which might in turn bring

hoped they would be

wanted them