Chapter 1167

Julian’s Stand-In Wife chapter 1167 Vans was just the son of a mistress. How could he be so arrogant in front of the Stanleys?

“Have I ever told you about my background?”

When Vans returned home, he found Nina standing at the door, struggling to enter the passcode.

She saw him approaching, and her heart ached in pain.

The marks on his face…

She really wanted to ask Vans what had happened.

Didn’t he go and propose to Lina? Wasn’t he done with Nina? He didn’t want her to pester him anymore, did he?

Now, he appeared before her in such a sorry state, covered in fingerprints and dirty clothes. Who was he trying to impress?

Tears welled up in Nina’s eyes, but she quickly wiped them away.

She wasn’t Diana; she couldn’t match the latter’s composure.

She knew how serious Vans’s obsession with cleanliness, and choked back a sob. Yet he seemed wholly unperturbed, even with soup stains on his shirt.

Vans looked at Nina with an apologetic gaze. “Don’t cry.”

Why should she cry?

Vans even managed to smile.

This was the woman he wanted to marry.

Even in his lowest moments, even when she saw the side of him he least wanted her to see… She would still cry for him.

After hearing those words, Nina couldn’t hold back any longer.

Sobbing, she said tearfully, “No… I can’t, I can’t help it.”

As soon as the words left her mouth, she burst into tears.

Vans couldn’t help but chuckle. Ignoring the pain on his face, he patted her head. “Come home with me.”

The home he referred to was his place.

Nina knew she should refuse now, but she couldn’t bring herself to do it.

“I’m pretty masochistic, too,” she muttered to herself.

Unable to resist any longer, she followed him into his house.

As soon as the door closed…

She found herself pinned against the door panel. Vans asked, “Do you want to hear about my background?”

Something stirred in the depths of her heart.

Nina had grown up in a comfortable household. While her family wasn’t wealthy, her parents had done their utmost to provide her with the best life possible. Her life had always been simple and stable.

There was only one thing-her decision to become an entertainment journalist in Richburgh. It had made her the disobedient and unfilial daughter in her mother’s eyes.

Nina and her mother would often have heated arguments over this.

Her mother always said, “Your job is nothing but intrusive paparazzi work! You have no shame, spying on people’s privacy like this! What kind of journalist are you? Don’t pretend to be something you’re not!”

Despite their arguments, her mother would still send her hometown’s delicacies through her dad during holidays.

So, Nina couldn’t understand why Diana’s parents could be so cruel.

To abandon a child at an amusement park and pretend that the child had run away, all to make room for the mistress’s daughter?

Since that incident, Nina had actively avoided anyone with a mistress status, including their children.

She hadn’t expected Vans’s mother to be one as well, and the realization left her momentarily stunned.

She felt like she had been living in a deception all this time.

“Why didn’t you tell me earlier?” she asked.

“Because to me, my mom has always been amazing,” Vans replied.

When he spoke of his mother, his expression softened considerably. Even the frown lines on his face seemed milder.

Vans sensed that Nina was considering leaving, so he lifted her up and trapped her between his arms, and kept holding her that way.