Julian’s Stand-In Wife

She saw the man she loved since she was young look at her with coldness she couldn’t even imagine possible.

It was a chill that pierced straight to the bones.

The kind of chill that came from being flung into the deep end of the ocean, and almost drowning in it.

“Why do you find it disgusting?” Fanny demanded.

Since she lost her baby, Oliver didn’t offer a single word of comfort, not to mention show any concern for her body.

She already felt so insignificant and lowly. She felt miserable to no end, and pain filled her heart too.

She looked at him, and asked again, “Why do you find it disgusting?”

Fanny clenched her fists, curling her body up into a ball as she stood in a stance clear opposing Oliver.

Her expression was broken, telling of her sorrow and confusion.

And…

Hatred that billowed like waves inside her.

pain, yet he didn’t show any concern for her. She even had to ask

her calling him brother

him look even more menacing. He drew closer till he was right before Fanny, his hands that were cold

He tightened his grip!

She felt even more suffocated as her

this man who strangled her at her weakest

It felt as if she had never known him, even after so

a brother in her heart, the man who

out from her throat, which was still

right under

to remain alert as she asked him, wide-eyed,

still throbbing with pain, but it was nothing compared to the pain she felt in

face was

expression felt like daggers piercing

his face even more hideous. “I tendencies. Fanny Smith, you just have to hear it from me despite already knowing the truth, is

had a feeling she had accidentally opened up a

them might break into pieces, leaving behind only hatred and pain. The happiness they finally

to yell out loud

the pain she felt in her body was so overwhelming that she couldn’t open

on the verge of death as she lay across the backseat, waiting for Oliver to throw