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!

and Noel promptly took off his own clothes to shield

Everyone was dumbfounded.

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

Cecilia’s legs entirely. The more exposed they were, the more chilling it was

from upstairs was

people to

kept asking, “Larry,

Larry’s parents moved away, they had told the old neighbors that they were making

assumed the young couple was having

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

hand, was furious. He looked as

but Noel did. “She’s not his fiancee. She’s my

so many people watching, she didn’t dare. She just wanted

wrapped Cecilia tightly in his suit, enclosing not only her body

the gratitude Cecilia felt, though unspoken,

lingering on Noel’s