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

kept his mouth shut

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

seemed to have

chosen Betty over you. I’ve always wanted to protect all

being was just too weak. In

asked me 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 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 of the hurt Enzo caused them to stop the latter

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

others. But now, not only was

faster way to

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

he hoped they would be

wanted them