Julian’s Stand-In Wife

Sean gently pinched Betty’s face.

Betty nodded. “When will you and Daddy come out?”

Sean had no idea.

The only thing he knew was that Enzo didn’t intend to let them leave in one piece. Ever since Enzo gave him that pill, Sean had a bad feeling.

Perhaps both he and his father wouldn’t make it out of this place alive. Ensuring his sister’s safety was the most ideal outcome.

“Very soon,” Sean said, trying to persuade Betty not to be sad. He then told

Tommy to send Betty away, while he headed back to the house where Julian was locked in.

This was the first time he saw his father in such a terrible state.

Julian looked like very dizzy, his hands clutching his head and his eyes shut tight. When he heard Sean’s footsteps, he opened his eyes.

“Sean, I…”

need to say sorry,” Sean said, stepping forward to hold Julian’s hand. He looked around, and saw that there was no one

to feed

feed Julian the

like a case of a child accidentally feeding his father poison, thereby

he took out the pill, his hands

“Daddy, I’m sorry too.”

had agreed with Enzo earlier, Sean

matter how biased Julian was, Sean still saw him as a father. He couldn’t possibly do something as wicked as poisoning his

mother’s safety. The only thing Sean could do was to let Julian make the critical

the pill. He could only hear Sean’s apology, which made him

anything to let me down. I’m the one who did. I should be protecting you, but you keep having to shoulder the burden as the older brother. Don’t you worry. After this drug

wear off, and what its side effects were. Yet, so long

said, thinking that Sean was silent because he was afraid. “Sean,

not be scared?! They were