Julian's Stand in Wife

The weather at Jacroaof was different from that of Richburgh.

Although it wasn’t cold, the change in temperature made Diana’s nose itch. She kept sneezing.

“It’s humid there,” Julian voiced his doubts. “Why does your nose still itch?”

Betty listened in on their conversation. Hearing her daddy’s question, she subconsciously glanced at Diana.

Mommy didn’t look too well.

Quick-witted Betty immediately got on tip-toes. Before Diana had a chance to reply to Julian, she said, “Daddy, don’t you know why Mommy doesn’t feel well?”

Julian replied, “Of course I do. It’s just, she’s at a different place. Her nose has always been sensitive. When she was a child, she suffered allergic rhinitis, but she didn’t take care of it. She—”

Beep.

Before he was done talking, Diana hung up on him.

True, she suffered from allergic rhinitis. Her condition couldn’t be treated completely, even after trying over so many years. She would always suffer from a relapse during seasonal changes.

Still, the relapses were never severe. She would sneeze and suffer a runny nose for a few days, and would usually recover very quickly.

Not only did her allergic rhinitis worsen as she advanced in her pregnancy, but it

relapse was worse than the

her allergic rhinitis was related to her pregnancy. The thought of associating both of them never crossed his

that, Diana felt that he didn’t care enough

She was pregnant!

she was his wife,

he disregard her

down! She

had hung up on him because the signal was poor, and immediately

rejected all of his

when Julian belatedly realized that he might have touched a

conversation with her had been brief, and he uttered less than ten sentences to her. He ran through everything he said in his mind, but he

there was anything he did

That would be…

and immediately

wanting to speak

Betty refused to

she reminded him with a text. “Daddy, did

pondered for a moment.