Julian's Stand in Wife

Chapter 439

Diana paused at the hesitant tone and asked, 'What's wrong? Will it be inconvenient for your cousin?"

"That's not it," the landlord replied. "It's just... My cousin lives off of collecting rent. While he does have a lot of money, he doesn't usually meet people, especially beautiful women. He gets tongue-tied when he does. Still, meeting in person is needed to talk about the terms of investment. Are you willing to have a screen between you two when you meet him?"

"That won't be difficult," Diana said, understanding an introvert's behavior." It's good enough that he has an interest in investing. You can set the time and place."

The landlord was silent for a while. Then, she quickly replied, "We can meet at the restaurant near your studio. We'll make the reservations and meet tonight, is that okay?"

"That soon?" Diana felt that this was going surprisingly well.

There was still some doubt in her mind.

"Yes," the landlord replied. "I don't have any reason to lie to you anyway, and I'm still waiting to collect rent from you. If you're doubtful, you can bring someone with you."

"I didn't mean it that way." Diana hurried to explain. "For a moment, I find your cousin's sudden appearance a bit too coincidental...”

Basically, this stranger came when Diana was near the end of her rope.

then a socially awkward,

she wouldn't have had

others to invest in her, he wouldn't have

awkwardly. "It's not like I can do anything. He just has too

a moment and wondered if Julian had

thought, perhaps the essence of wealthy people was all the same; having too much money would always be trouble. They always had to find ways to spend or make more money and earn interest from it.

she was a

chest and said, "Please tell him I'll

was something fishy about it the more she

profits and liked to take advantage of things suddenly be

where to spend his money, they wouldn't just come to her out of the blue like

off work early today and drove over to wait for

It was mostly decorated with redwood, and the walls and

felt like they had entered

At the same time...

be a nouveau riche