Julian's Stand in Wife novel Chapter 416

Julian’s Stand-In Wife By South Wind Dialect Chapter 416

Getting frostbite as a child was common for Diana, but meeting someone from such a good family as Oliver wasn’t.

So, she immediately recalled the past; her eyes lighting up as the memory came rushing.

“You were the boy back then! You were wearing a suit and a tie, and even gave me two sweet potatoes to eat!”

“Yes, that was me,” Oliver replied with a smile. “I’m honestly surprised you remember.”

Oliver was so relieved, like the thing he was most worried about had finally fallen into place.

“How was the person you wanted to save? Was he okay?”

Diana’s excitement faded a little at the mention of that.

“I don’t know. I tried very hard to help him warm up all night. When I went back with some firewood the next day, he was gone.”

Oliver hadn’t expected that turn of events. “He was about our age, I think. He looked very frail, and I didn’t think he could have left on his own.”

Diana was surprised. “You saw the boy?”

“Yeah,” Oliver said with a nod. “But we were so young back then, and I don’t remember what he looked like.”

Only Diana’s gentle yet steely eyes had lingered in his memories.

“That’s fine. Maybe he survived,” Diana said, smiling. “As long as he lived, then my efforts weren’t in vain.”

Warming the boy up had taken all of Diana’s body heat.

“That was the first time I saved someone. Back then… I actually didn’t want to live anymore, but I suddenly found that I could still be useful alive, so I didn’t think about dying during that winter anymore.”

Oliver felt his heart ache as he listened.

He was sure Diana didn’t have a good childhood, but he never expected it to be bad to the extent that she didn’t want to live anymore.