Julian’s Stand-In Wife

She stared at Marcus, who looked back at her. “You want to go see him?”
Nina nodded. ‘Yes, I do.”
He would never force anyone to do anything.
Click.
The door was unlocked.
Nina stepped out of the car. She then turned to Marcus, and asked, “Aren’t you coming out too?”
Marcus was stunned. The amused mockery in his eyes faded, but he went along with her without a word.
Nina held his arm, and walked toward Vans.
Vans’s face was dark with displeasure. “Nina.”
Whenever they were at the peak of passion, Nina had a penchant for biting him, and he would grunt like that. It sounded like
sandpaper and waves crashing against a hard rock at the same time.
It sounded so deafening to Nina, her heart shook. She instinctively wanted to let go of Marcus.
Marcus sensed her intention, and grabbed her hand. “Mr. Stanley.”
He placed Nina’s hand back on his arm, and stretched out his other free hand.
“I’m Marcus Jensen, Ms. Ashlee’s current boyfriend.”
He said it with a tone of provocation.
Vans wasn’t about to back down. “Is that so? What a coincidence. I’m her boyfriend, too.”
Marcus said with feigned shock, “Mr. Stanley, did you break up with Ms.
Jennings? I heard that Jennings Pharmaceutical Co. has an alliance marriage arranged with the Stanleys, and it involved the two
of you.”
The mention of Lina immediately weakened Vans’s threatening posture.

However, he was frequently by Julian’s side. He was adept at playing dumb to take advantage of someone.
He wasn’t naturally of a gentle and mild demeanor. At this moment, Marcus’s words simply blunted his edge slightly.
“That’s none of your business, Mr. Jensen.” With that, he reached out to Nina.
“Come with me.”
He didn’t want outsiders around when they resolved issues between them.
Nina looked at him, and then back at Marcus.
Then, the scene she witnessed of Vans and Lina looking like a match made in heaven just this morning at the wedding boutique
flashed past her mind.
Vans didn’t show her any favor at that point. He didn’t defend her or stand up for her at all.
On the contrary, she did so much for him.
Her heart clenched with pain.
“No.”
Her hand remained firmly on Marcus’s arm, with no intention of moving toward Vans.
Vans’s face darkened even further, and he growled, as if trying to suppress the raging storm in his heart. “Nina Ashlee!”
Nina had made up her mind. She held onto Marcus’s arm, and said, “Mr.
Stanley, if there’s nothing else, we’ll be off.”
Vans’s brow arched as he saw Nina turn to leave. “If there really is nothing, why did you come out of the car to see me? Was it
just so you could inform me that you have a boyfriend? Nina Ashlee.”
Vans added with absolute certainty, “Seems like you care a lot about me.”
With that, he drove off before Nina made it to the car.

“Forget about a man like that,” Marcus said upon seeing her tears roll down her cheeks uncontrollably. He glanced at her and
entered the car first to wait for her, giving her time to herself.
Nina stood unmoving in the same spot for five full minutes.
She had no idea what went wrong between her and Vans, but she knew for sure that the chasm between them was getting wider
by the minute.
He cared less and less for her by the day.
Even today...