Julian’s Stand-In Wife

Archery was a sport Sean really liked.

But…

“You can’t even pull a bow, and you want to compete?”

“Not just that. He’s barely as tall as the bow!”

“What is he doing here, trying to act tough at his age?”

“I heard there’s some nepotism involved. He’s just here to try things out. He won’t stay for long.”

Everyone at the competition murmured under their breaths, mocking him.

They wondered how rich his family had to be to send him into the training camp to pick up skills necessary for a successor at such a young age.

“Which family could it be? Leonard knows every rich and powerful family there is in Richburgh, but we’ve never seen him talk to this kid.”

“Yeah, and his surname’s Winnington.

“I’ve asked around. Among the Winningtons, there’s no one called Sean.”

at Sean in disdain, as rumors

mimic of society. It was filled with relationships, networks and

stepped in, because this was

to the rules of society when would be akin to fish in

down upon others, and various unspoken rules abound in the

all these people, Sean was at the bottom of the

he got

who was part of the training

involved comparing

family of higher

wasn’t sad about it. His brain was like a machine, precisely filtering out all unfriendly voices so

Sean admitted, not the slightest bit embarrassed.

laughed. Everyone thought he was trying to

go home and be with your mommy. Watch out, you might die

“I won’t die. There’ll be an archery competition a week later. At that time, I’ll see you in the arena. I’ll be

What arrogance!

least one month to be able to lift the bow and arrow

yet, what did Sean