Julian's Stand in Wife

Chapter 518

"What? What are you talking about?" Kate continued looking at Diana, anger burning in her eyes, as if they were archenemies rather than mother and daughter.

Diana felt her heart grow increasingly colder at Kate's gaze. She gritted her teeth and was about to speak, but then she noticed a flicker of panic on James's face.

Suddenly, he raised his hand and slapped himself hard. A loud smack resounded in the hallway.

It was even stronger than the force of Diana's previous slap.

He looked at Diana with a face bearing the imprint of his palm.

"Diana, I'm so sorry. It was my fault. I shouldn't have..."

"Shouldn't have what?" Diana pressed, sharply and relentlessly.

"I...I shouldn't have dug up your children's gr-gra..."

James couldn't even bring himself to finish the sentence. His whole body was already trembling like the final leaf on a dry branch.

Instead, he dropped loudly to his knees and bowed continuously to Diana as he pleaded, "Please, I beg you... I beg you!"

This man, who always cared about his reputation, was now prostrating himself at the feet of his most despised daughter.

me. I

and tried to pull him up.

She didn't understand!

does it make? Those two children were stillborn! But you are Diana's father, a living person. How could she

in his chest with each word Kate

behind Diana, and his panic grew stronger as

against the ground, the dull sound echoing in the hallway over and

broken skin on his forehead from the repeated knocks broke Kate's heart. At

matter how she tried to pull James up,

with a swift movement, he slapped Kate across

damned woman!

at Diana and saw how her face was turning colder by the second. He immediately knew that Kate’s words had only served to fuel the fire that was already burning bright in Diana's

only intensify his bows to the younger woman. He even grabbed Kate

I were foolish!

spoke, and he raised his palm to strike himself on the face, one slap

forehead and cheeks were completely covered in bruises that he stopped and looked

This was a hospital.

and going, and the commotion they caused became the center of

people concluded that Diana was heartless and cold, and they