Julian's Stand in Wife novel Chapter 6

It must be because Diana was so materialistic! She had annoyed him so much, especially when she demanded for more conditions for their divorce. Yes, this was the reason she kept lingering in his mind.

Julian thought he had treated her well in the past three years, no matter the circumstances. She shouldn’t be asking to leave so quickly just for the sake of money.

Was she really that strong, or did she have no conscience?

Julian felt sick when he thought of the way Diana was so hesitant to speak up.

Fortunately, Kayla popped back in with a broom. “Julian, be careful.”

Her appearance interrupted Julian’s musings. His eyes became clear again when he looked at Kayla. “Give it to me.”

He took the broom, cleaned up the glass shards in silence, and then continued cooking. After that, he ate together with Kayla.

“You can put roses with the lilies. They look good together,” Julian suddenly said as Kayla was cleaning up the dishes.

Kayla paused for a moment, and the expression on her face turned ugly.

“Julian, I actually…don’t like roses. Have you forgotten?” Having said that, she seemed to have thought of something. She turned around, took out the bouquet of roses, and placed them in front of Julian. “This should be the flower my sister likes, right? Although we’ve never met, I secretly asked about her when she first came to Winnington Mansion.”

That was three years ago.

When Julian heard Kayla using the word ‘secretly’, he felt as if a needle was pricking his heart. “I was the one who let you down three years ago.”

He shouldn’t have married Diana, and he shouldn’t have given up on Kayla so easily.

He should have kept looking…

Kayla looked as if she was about to cry, and she put a finger to his lips. “Don’t say that, Julian. Everything was done out of my own free will.”

“Kayla…” Julian sighed. “You don’t have to hold back when I’m here.”

Kayla broke down completely at this. Her tears flowed endlessly, like a river.

It looked as if she wanted to cry to relieve all her sorrow that she accumulated in the past three years.

“I won’t buy roses again in the future…” Julian stretched out his hands and slowly hugged Kayla.

Unbeknownst to him, the Kayla whom he thought to be crying miserably on his shoulder was actually smiling sinisterly.

Three years ago, in order to deal with the sister she had never met, Kayla used stomach cancer to win the affection of the Winnington family. With that move, she managed to snatch the maternal love that was originally Diana’s. Three years later, she successfully won over Diana’s husband again with just a few tears.

What could Diana use to compete with her?

Kayla suppressed her grin, and then raised her hands, as if she was wiping her tears. She said softly, “It’s already late, Julian. I want to rest. When will you be going home?”

To Julian, however, she was exactly the same as the young girl in his memory; still so clean and pure.

Yet, his mood rose slightly upon hearing her words, which sounded as if she was driving her away. He didn’t hesitate to say, “I’ll go back now.”

The sweet smile on Kayla’s face froze for a moment. She expected that Julian would stay!

Still, there was no need to rush. The most important thing at the moment was for them to slowly make up for the three years they lost. Everything else could be done slowly.

When Julian was about to reach the door, he suddenly turned around again and asked, “Kayla, when will you be going back to Winnington Mansion?”

Kayla was stunned for a moment. The tears at the end of her eyes hadn’t been wiped away yet. Her eyes were wet and moist, and she looked a little pitiful as she said sadly, “I… I’m not ready yet.”

After all, she was adopted by the Winnington family. Even if she resembled Diana, she was not the Winnington family’s biological daughter.

Julian could understand her uneasiness.

“I’ll accompany you to go back tomorrow.” He was afraid she would miss everything there.

Sure enough, Kayla smiled brightly and exclaimed happily, “Thank you, Julian!”