Julian’s Stand-In Wife

Jim said patiently, “Go and take a look.”

He sounded as if he was smiling widely.

Diana put down the handset. She put the receiver facing up, so that she could call for help with anything she needed.

She wanted Jim to hear what was happening, to prove that she wasn’t deliberately keeping silent.

When she opened the door, she saw many clothes bags hanging on a rack, like presents waiting for Diana’s selection.

Next up was a meal trolley. It was piled with food; the first thing she saw was fresh caviar and birds’ nests.

Diana could smell their delicious aroma. Unfortunately, she didn’t have much appetite right now. She didn’t even have the appetite for durians, which she used to crave so much.

All she wanted was to see James Winnington again. There were some things that he needed to tell her, so she could find clues to progress to the next step.

Hughes,” Diana said, lifting her hand as a sign for the

don’t want to eat anything sweet. I’m also not hungry at such a late hour, and I

probably did it out of the kindness of his

if saying that would hurt

might not be hungry, but your

words stunned Diana. Why did it

and not her daughter-in-law… As if a pregnant lady was just a vessel with the aim of

for the sake of the

and physical

during this pregnancy.

field. He couldn’t possibly not know that a fetus was but a high-level

it would absorb nutrients from the mother’s body for the sake of survival. As long as

too high, her body wouldn’t be able to absorb them all after the fetus had its

Jim’s words upset Diana.