Chapter 838

“Not romantically as a woman to a man, but as a friend I appreciate and as family who depend on each other.”

In fact, before he came clean about the fact that he liked women, she had treated him as she would a sister.

The expectant look in Simon’s eyes vanished completely.

“Your feelings for me…” she continued, turning away and pretending not to see how hurt he looked.

Her fingernails dug into the flesh of her palm as she tried her best to remain firm and not be soft-

hearted toward Simon.

‘They have nothing to do with whether you deliberately hid the truth from me or lied to me. You were wrong,” she concluded.

Had he told her that she was once married to Julian, she would have made preparations long ago.

She wouldn’t have let Betty follow Simon back to Richburgh earlier.

All the more she wouldn’t abruptly visit Julian at his place.

She even told Julian that she was going to get married to Simon, for crying out loud!

On top of it, she brought gifts to him and assumed the position of a sister-in-law by calling him brother.

He had glared at her with such fury in his eyes.

Yet she knew nothing, and acted like a bumbling idiot.

Everything that had happened was enough for Diana to want to dig a hole to bury herself in.

Subsequently, it seemed reasonable to her why Julian was so angry that he snatched the children from her and did the DNA test.

Simon knew full well he was a despicable and shameless man. Not only did he hypnotize Diana, but he even took advantage of Julian’s condition to force them apart and cause the twins to be born fatherless.

Even so, he didn’t think he did anything wrong.

He did that to let them have a taste of their own medicine.

He himself was born without parents, while Julian was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

Was he wrong in letting Julian’s children experience the pain he went through?

At the end of the day, Simon dared not admit that he was in the wrong.

He didn’t dare to think about the adorable twins, either.

He was afraid of losing control of himself and blurting out the truth from three years ago.

Anger boiled in Diana’s blood when she saw him remain silent. “Simon, say something!”

Even after everything, she still regarded him as a friend.

She needed him to explain himself.

“You really don’t want to tell me the reason I left for another place with my children three years ago?”

Simon knew if he told her the real reason, he would lose the chance to stand before her.

Conversely, if he said nothing, things between them wouldn’t change. She may doubt him and try to pry the truth from his lips, but she would still trust him to an extent.

He gritted his teeth, and decided to continue hiding the truth from her. “I really have no idea why you left Julian and Richburgh. If you don’t believe me, you can ask Julian. Back then, I didn’t have any chance to get close to you.

He hated me so much, I didn’t even have a chance to visit the Fulcher Manor.

I appeared by your side by pure coincidence.

I didn’t expect to bump into you in Stirling City.”

Diana fell silent upon hearing his reply. She had expected him to lie about the twins’ birth.

Since she couldn’t find out why she left Julian, she asked Simon other questions. ‘Then, what about the twins’ biological father? Who was he? Do you know him?”

She paused for a moment, feeling a twinge of pain in her chest. Yet, she continued. “Did I divorce Julian forthat man?”

Simon was stunned. He didn’t expect Diana to ask that question.

Simon tried to probe Diana. “Did Julian refuse to acknowledge the twins?”

“Not that. The DNA test results showed that he isn’t related to them by blood.” 1 How could that be possible?

Simon was familiar with Diana’s character.