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.

in such great pain, yet he didn’t show any concern for her. She even had to ask him why he

did he find her calling him brother

which made him look even more menacing. He drew closer till he was right before Fanny, his hands that were cold and wet with rain

He tightened his grip!

She felt even more suffocated as her breath

her bloodshot eyes as she looked at this man who

felt as if she had never known him, even after

to mention, the fact that she saw him as a brother in her heart, the man

I acting?” She squeezed her words out from her

right under

remain alert as she asked him, wide-eyed, “Why

was nothing compared to the pain she felt in

was so

felt like daggers piercing

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

she had accidentally opened up a Pandora’s

everything between them might break into pieces, leaving behind only hatred

yell out loud shut him

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

verge of death as she lay across the backseat, waiting for Oliver to throw out that bait that was going