Julian's Stand in Wife novel Chapter 777

She called his name once more.

Her voice was mesmerizing, wrapping around Julian’s heart like a twine.

His long fingers slid down her lower back as he mumbled in a low voice, “Diana Winnington, what do I do with you?”

He couldn’t bring himself to hate her.

But he couldn't love her.

His words were too amorous.

Diana instinctively took a few steps back as she looked at him with fear. “Don’t come close to me.”

Each time he drew nearer to her, she never failed to feel a strong sense of attraction to him.

Julian standing in the narrow hallway suddenly made her feel like the tiny hallway was as vast as the ocean.

As much as she wasn’t desperate for romance, it was hard remaining ambivalent toward his outstanding appearance.

He was just too outstanding.

Diana fingers intertwined as panic and shame at her own thoughts filled her eyes.

“Simon Channing…” He finally broke the silence and turned away from her flushed face, suppressing the urge to take her right there and then. He asked, “Did he threaten you three years ago?”

Three years ago?

She couldn’t remember a single thing.

But Simon couldn’t possibly have threatened her.

“He’s your brother,” Diana reminded Julian once more. “You shouldn’t malign him just like that.”

That was a direct denial of Julian’s speculation.

Was he one-sidedly trying to cook up a reason for why Diana betrayed him?

The sorrow in his eyes was too piercing to see.

Diana couldn’t help but add, “I’m not Kayla Winnington.”

She just wanted to remind him to see clearly who the woman standing before him was, and not to be confused by his own feelings.

“I’ve already said that he’s not my brother.” Fire burned in Julian’s heart over Diana’s words as he emphasized once more, “And I’m not treating you as Kayla!”

That was something that, of all people, Diana should be most clear about.