Julian’s Stand-In Wife

Something was seriously wrong.

Not only was there a damp, bloody scent, but there also seemed to be someone crying-a suppressed, subtle sobbing.

If Noel hadn’t undergone special training before, he wouldn’t be able to discern it at all.

At this moment, the neighbor had returned with many other neighbors.

“Oh my!” Although she didn’t know why Larry’s door was already open, she assumed he was taking a shower when she heard the sound of water. “No thieves here! I made a big deal out of nothing.”

She was about to pull Noel out, muttering, “Next time I see Larry, I’ll have to apologize to him.”

However, Noel refused to budge.

“Hey, what’s going on?” The lady tugged a few times, and found that the young man she brought along was unmoving, rooted to the spot.

Tm here to save someone,” Noel declared. His aura at that moment could rival Julian’s, and he appeared very intimidating.

While the lady was about to say something, Noel broke free from her grasp.

Without waiting for the others to react, he picked up a rolling pin and smashed the bathroom window.

Bang!

Crash!

shattered, and Noel promptly took off

Everyone was dumbfounded.

or how Noel had come to her side, shielding her from the broken glass and

suit was short and was unable to cover Cecilia’s legs entirely. The more exposed they were, the more chilling it was for those standing

from upstairs was

going on here?” She shouted for a few people to help lift Larry, who was

kept asking, “Larry,

the old neighbors that they were making room for the child’s

assumed the young couple was having

this woman was now cradled in Noel’s arms, displaying a face of both terror and anger, along with a kind

furious. He looked as if he could devour

didn’t speak, but Noel did. “She’s not

so many people watching, she

his suit, enclosing not only

the gratitude Cecilia felt, though unspoken, was

gaze lingering on Noel’s hands around her