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!”

anxiously, trying hard to pry open

his mouth shut

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

have seen

over me, but I’ve never chosen Betty over you. I’ve always wanted to protect all of

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

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

He also wanted to make use of the hurt Enzo caused them to stop the latter from listing

to be fleeced of their money. If

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

at stake, Julian couldn’t think of a faster way

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

they

wanted them