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!”

in his mind vanishing into thin air. He crouched next to Julian anxiously, trying

his mouth shut

finally opened his mouth to speak.

have seen through

Mommy over me, but I’ve never chosen Betty

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

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

make use of the hurt

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

disregard the well-being of others. But now, not only was he

Julian couldn’t think of a faster way

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

time, he hoped they would be delivered

them so