Chapter 540

And yet, what had Diana done in turn?

She actually demanded him to crawl back to the Winnington residence all the way from the hospital!

Did she even consider what that would do to his reputation and image?!

She didn’t think of him at all!

However, Kayla was different.

Even if Kayla’s appearance was ruined and she saw through his intentions to reconcile with Diana, she still didn’t speak ill of him. She still treated him as family, and looked up to him as her most respected father.

When they left the hospital yesterday, Kayla even added that if she married Julian, she would make him the proudest father-in-law in the world!

Listening to those words made Kayla so much better than Diana in comparison.

Diana had been married to Julian for three years, and he hadn’t taken a single penny from her.

In fact, Julian’s offerings were all done for Kayla’s sake.

The more James thought about it, the more he felt it was the right decision to abandon Diana back then.

With that in mind, he pretended to slap himself.

“I was wrong! What comparison? How dare a wretched creature like you compare yourself to Kayla!”

Saying that, he grabbed a pair of scissors and aimed it at Diana’s cheek.

“You ruined Kayla’s face! How can you still shamelessly parade around with her face?”

Opening and closing the scissors in his hand, he continued, “One day, your mother and I will personally make you pay back everything you owe Kayla!”

If they weren’t in such a public place as his company…

Diana had many reasons to believe James would really lay hands on her face.

He might even involve Kate.

Just imagining that scene…

It would truly be a joke.

“What makes you think you can hurt me?” Diana smiled, as if nothing James did could affect her.

In truth, only she knew how devastating the pain inflicted by a loved one could be.

“Let me tell you right now,” Diana said with a changed tone. She raised her head, and when she spoke, it was with a voice carrying unprecedented arrogance. “Right now, I am Kayla’s substitute.”

James was stunned. “What do you mean by that?”

“Literally what I just said,” Diana said, turning to leave after dropping this.” You might as well tell Kayla.

I’m sure she’ll understand.”

When it came to matters concerning Kayla, James didn’t waste a single moment. As soon as Diana left, he immediately went to Kayla’s side.

When he pushed the door open, Kayla was waiting to change her dressing. The wounds on her face were even more shocking than yesterday’s. Even James couldn’t help but swallow harshly out of fright.

However, he dared not show the slightest displeasure in front of Kayla. Rather, his resentment towards Diana intensified when he thought of how things had come to this.

Forgetting the reason Diana had gone from being a wealthy girl to a country bumpkin, he snarled angrily, “It’s all that country bumpkin’s fault!”

Kayla raised her gaze and asked in a hoarse voice, “What’s wrong?”

James felt increasingly uncomfortable listening to it, and quickly conveyed the words Diana had him relay to Kayla.

“Dad, don’t be angry,” Kayla comforted James, though a hint of resentment appeared at the corners of her mouth. “The more she says things like that, the more it proves that she doesn’t know how much Julian loves her.”

Perhaps her poor sister was still trapped in the pain of being a substitute, which made Kayla smile triumphantly.

“The less she knows, the more painful and embarrassing it is for her, and the more time we have.”

When James heard these words, the heavy feeling in his heart dissipated. He exclaimed in earnest, “Kayla, you’re amazing!”

“It’s not that I’m amazing. It’s that she and Julian are fated to be apart,” Kayla said as she pondered.

“Don’t you think they’ve always missed each other despite their mutual affection?”

Even back when they were children, Diana’s act of saving Julian became Kayla’s credit and the golden ticket she currently held.

“That’s right!” James seemed to have regained his confidence. “You’re right as always.