Julian’s Stand-In Wife

Diana had never seen Nina like this before.

Her heart felt constricted, as if there was a heavy stone on her chest. The feeling was so suffocating that she couldn’t speak for a while.

She just stared blankly at Nina.

The words were at the tip of her tongue. If she hadn’t said them, even Nina wouldn’t know how to bring this conversation to a close.

She was afraid Diana would keep harping on her and Vans, so she had to steel herself and continue to watch Diana coldly, forcing herself to say those words.

“Before, Julian…” she paused, raised an eyebrow at Diana, and continued, “Didn’t he treat you as a stand-in?

Essentially, Julian was just as scummy as Vans.

Diana’s own marriage wasn’t that smooth. Her love went through many hardships before reaching today’s harvest.

Nina didn’t think there was any difference between her and Vans and the past Diana and Julian. She couldn’t tolerate Diana constantly picking at Vans and calling her a mistress.

It was a stain on her and Vans’ relationship, a stab of a knife into Nina’s heart.

At the same time, the curiosity and anticipation on Diana’s face all crumbled.

for a moment.

as a substitute in Julian’s heart, and not because of

It was because…

of her vulnerabilities and

had actually used the thing that had affected Diana the most in her life to

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speak. Her

“You…”

to utter words

at that moment

“You should leave.”

downstairs, instructing

mood between the two friends wasn’t quite

send Nina home. Having had her heart practically torn open by Nina, Diana didn’t

she told him

also provide Diana with a bit of