Chapter 419
Julian’s Stand-In Wife
Soon, Dianaâs soft voice rang out.
âI donât want to see him.â
It was as Julian had expected, but it didnât stop the irrepressible throbbing in his heart when he heard her confirmation. With those words, he stepped back further. He threaded lightly like a thief sneaking around, afraid the people in the room would see him.
âThen, donât worry.â
There was a flash of disappointment in Madam Fulcherâs eyes, but she put the phone away. âIâll give them the order. From now on, as long as youâre here, Julianâs not allowed to come in. With this, you can stop worrying and eat in peace. Will you also visit me more?â
Diana felt a little ashamed at Madam Fulcherâs words and quickly assured her, âIâll definitely come to see you more often. But, not letting Julian in while Iâm here seems a little too muchâ¦â
After all, Julian was Madam Fulcherâs grandson. There was no reason for Diana to get in the way of the man carrying out his filial duty of visiting his grandmother.
âWhat does it matter? As long as youâre happy, Iâm willing to do anything,â Madam Fulcher said with a sigh. With regret in her tone, she continued, âThings have come to this point, and he reaped what he sowed for insisting on being with Kayla.â
And the two babiesâ¦
Madam Fulcher was heartbroken just thinking about it.
âDonât worry,â she said after a while. âSo long you donât yield, I wonât ever let the two of you have a chance to meet in my mansion.â
Outside the door, Julian stood with his head hung low. His long eyelashes dropped, casting shadows beneath his eyes and hiding the disappointment in his expression.
However, he couldnât make himself leave. He wanted to see Diana just a little longer.
Just a bit more.
Julianâs gaze was direct and burning.
While sitting in the living room, Diana could feel that someone had their eye on her the whole time.
However, she didnât look around again because Madam Fulcher was by her side.
However, the feeling of being watched never disappeared.
It wasnât until after dinner when Diana had finished taking Madam Fulcherâs measurements, that she finally looked up in the direction of the door.
Yet, there was nothing there.
Perhaps she had been overthinking it.
In such a safe place as Madam Fulcherâs mansion, who would dare stare at her for so long?
Diana sighed in relief. As she was about to help Madam Fulcher upstairs, she saw a black shirt peeking out from the corner of the door.
The material was sleek and flowing, and the figure wearing it was thin; yet, there was an unmatched intimidating air around him.
The only person who commanded such a powerful aura like that could only be Julian.
But when Diana stopped to look again, there was nothing there.
âWhatâs wrong?â Madam Fulcher asked worriedly when she saw Diana standing still.
ââ¦Itâs nothing,â Diana said. She looked over a few more times, and still saw nothing. âPerhaps I saw it wrongly.â
But⦠Was she pining for Julian so much to the point she imagined his figure�
A heavy sense of exasperation welled up in her heart when she thought that. She clenched her fist tightly, her nails digging into her palm. Then, she gathered herself and continued helping Madam Fulcher up the stairs.
Seeing her leave, Julian let out a breath of relief and got out of his hiding spot in the flower bed. He didnât care and persistently followed Diana, even with dead leaves and branches all over him.
He only turned away from her when she disappeared upstairs. Then, he slowly left the old mansion and got into his car.
As for Diana, the feeling of being watched still hadnât faded.
After she helped Madam Fulcher into her room and got into the cab, she could still feel like someone was watching her.
The last time she had a bad feeling like this was when Luke kidnapped her.
What if this timeâ¦something similar happenedâ¦?
She first tried calling Nina, but there was no answer. Nina was probably on an assignment, so Diana hurriedly hung up and didnât dare continue to call her friend.
But apart from Nina, the only people she knew in Richburgh were Julian, Fanny, and Oliver.