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!”

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

kept his mouth shut

finally opened his mouth to speak.

to have seen through

never chosen Betty over

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

just now why I didn’t call the police,” Julian said, now ready to give Sean the correct answer. “I’ve already called the police, but I had insufficient evidence before. Now that I’ve

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

were going to be fleeced of their

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

faster way to gather hard evidence that could

bait, which might in turn

hoped they would be

them