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!”

to Julian anxiously, trying hard to pry open his father’s mouth and make the man spit out the

his mouth

finally opened his mouth to speak.

have

Mommy over me, but I’ve never chosen Betty over you. I’ve

just a pity. He was just a human being, and a human being 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 pharmaceutical company from

didn’t just want to save himself and Sean. He also wanted to make use

going to be fleeced of their

level, he could very well disregard the well-being of others. But now, not only was he Sean and

putting his life at stake, Julian couldn’t think of a faster way to gather hard evidence that could stop Enzo’s pharmaceutical company from

use himself as bait, which might in turn bring blessings upon

time, he hoped they would

them so