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

Julian kept his

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

have seen

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

pity. He was just a human being, and a human being was just

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.

to make use of the hurt Enzo caused them to stop the latter from

fleeced of their money. If that

only was he Sean and Betty*s father, but

a faster way to gather hard evidence that could stop Enzo’s

in turn

he hoped they would

wanted them so