Julian’s Stand-In Wife chapter 1288

Julian departed after he spoke his piece, leaving Noel in a daze.

Regardless of whether Noel could comprehend or achieve it, Julian believed he had given enough guidance.

If Noel still didn’t understand…

Well, he might never find a bride.

A sly smile graced Julian’s face as he walked briskly toward the bedroom.

Ever since Jim returned to the Hughes Manor, it seemed as though every member of the Hughes family had an invisible silencer installed in their ears.

No one seemed to hear what others were saying, and no one was talking. The entire family was quieter than pin-drop silence. Even the servants brought tea and water with lightened footsteps.

Clank.

it made a soft noise. Before Jim could turn to look, the servant who had brought the tea knelt down on the

welled

and

at her briefly, and

came over, covered her mouth,

the same young servant who had

he wiped his hands with a warm white towel. He looked at the man across him, whose

thudding sound of the stick striking

He felt a

slow breath, and looked at the man before him. Jim seemed kind, but was far from

“I understand,” Simon said.

the spread of food on the table, pretending nothing had happened. He made an

you for the

“If it weren’t for the car breaking down halfway and you offering me a ride, my latest

brought them together today. It was as if they had ended up

how much he had sacrificed to create this opportunity. Even the car with the flat tire Jim had encountered on the road was the result

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