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He was very excited about it.The announcement system started playing the reminders. “Please fasten your seatbelts. The ride is about to begin.”Very soon, the roller coaster started moving slowly. It began accelerating, getting faster and faster by the minute. The scenery zoomed past them.Suddenly, the roller coaster accelerated even more. Diana tightened her grip over Julian’s hands. She couldn’t hold herself back from shrieking.She felt rather embarrassed when she realized what she did, but when she paid attention to her surroundings, she saw that people around her were screaming even louder than she did.Shrieks resounded in the air.On the other hand, Julian remained silent throughout the ride.“You’re impressive!” Diana yelled as she shut her eyes.Such extreme circumstances often drove one to say things one usually wouldn’t say. She howled loudly and boldly into the air, releasing the troubles she had suppressed in her heart. They seemed to vanish in the air along with
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Diana bought a bottle of water, and patted Julian’s back. Worried, she said, “What’s wrong? Weren’t you feeling all right just now?”The moment the roller coaster took off, Julian immediately had a bad feeling.Had he known this would happen, he would never have said what he said to Betty.Why did he insist on bringing Diana along for this experience? Why did he tell Betty he’d bring her on the roller coaster once she was older? He never wanted to step foot into a roller coaster again in his entire life!Forget bringing Betty on it…The moment they landed, he had the urge to call Noel and acquire all the roller coasters in the country, and destroy them all.What kind of monstrosity was it to cause so much fear in a person? Sitting on a roller coaster and watching it from below were two completely different experiences.Diana, on the other hand…Was so excited about it.She even dared to open her eyes and yell out loud. He, on the other hand, went stiff. He didn’t dare to d
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“Why not?” Diana asked in surprise.Simon seized the chance to mock Julian, and said indifferently, “Because he’s afraid.”Sean glanced at Simon, and the two nodded in agreement.“Who says I’m afraid?” Julian piped up immediately.He glanced in the direction of the roller coaster. “It’s just one more round on the roller coaster. What’s there to be afraid of?”Diana noticed something was wrong. “Just now, you didn’t puke because you had a full breakfast?”She waved her hands, annoyed at her own carelessness. “It’s all my fault for being so excited that I neglected your feelings. Let’s not go.”Now that she thought about it, Julian remained silent throughout the ride. She even had a faint memory of him grabbing her hand.However, that slight pain disappeared in an instant. She thought nothing of it, but now that she looked at her wrist, she noticed a faint red mark on it.He didn’t make a sound even at the peak of the roller coaster!How frightened had he been at that point?
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Diana eventually didn’t let Julian take the roller coaster again.She knew Julian wanted to defend his pride in front of Simon, so she decided to use her own discomfort as an excuse. “I want to go home.” “Alright.” Julian confirmed with her once more. “Are you sure you don’t want to ride on it one last time?”“We have plenty of opportunities in the future. We can always come again next time,” Diana said. “We don’t need to force it this time.”Her words pleased him.Julian said happily, “You’re right.”They had all the time in the world.In the future, they would have the chance to come again.“Let’s go home,” Julian said, as he called the driver. The driver set up the ramp and pushed Simon into the car before carrying the twins inside. Finally, he left the front row seats for Julian and Diana.Simon could see them each time he looked up. Diana could tell that Simon felt uncomfortable. She had reminded Julian many times that she wanted to exchange seats with Betty, but Julia
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In those three years in Stirling City, she had already belonged to Simon.He was merely claiming what had been his right now!The foreboding look in Simon’s eyes was something Diana had never seen. His emotions were running wild in his eyes.Simon…Diana had never seen him in such a terrifying state, even when she had zero trust in him.What he was doing right now was enough to wipe away all the affection she had for him—the three years they spent in Stirling City, supporting and helping each other.No matter how much she struggled, he didn’t show any signs of stopping.Fear took root in her heart. She was like a trapped animal in the hands of a hunter, with nowhere to run.She was still trying her best to find a way to escape.Unfortunately, the disparity between a woman’s strength and that of a man was too great.Despite Simon’s disability, he took advantage of how Diana drew closer to him just now and successfully trapped her in his arms.Right now, as long as he didn’t f
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“Julian,” Diana said, clearly angry.She wasn’t an object! And certainly not a prize for both brothers to compete over!She was a person!A living, breathing person with her own thoughts and emotions!“Sorry.” Julian finally stopped. Seeing the anger in Diana’s eyes, regret washed over him.He failed to control the possessiveness buried deep in his heart.This possessiveness shouldn’t have come out now, when what Diana needed most was comfort.He sighed in relief at how he managed to stop himself at the last moment. He looked apologetically at Diana, and held her hand tightly.He then pulled Diana to Simon, shielding Diana from Simon with his own body so she didn’t need to get too close to Simon.He looked at Simon, and scoffed. “Did you have fun following us to the amusement park today? Probably not. “But you still had to pretend to have fun. That’s what you are, Simon.“Just like your legs. You clearly only had yourself to blame for turning out like this, yet you had to
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The room suddenly went silent. All Diana could see before her was the video that was playing.The video was very clear, playing back the scenes of Simon’s accident that day. She saw herself push Simon.Instead of dodging her, Simon kept moving back in the direction she pushed him in.Just then, a car drove past him.Bam!The bloody scene resurfaced once more.Diana subconsciously tightened her grip on Julian’s hand.“Don’t fear,” he comforted her tenderly. “Watch closely.” His voice had the mysterious power of calming her heart down in an instant.There must be a reason why he was showing her this video. Diana focused her attention back on the video as it replayed.“Wait!” At the 3:20 mark of the video, Julian suddenly said, “Play it at 0.5 speed.”That would slow the video down, and give everyone a clearer look.“How…how could this be…”Diana’s eyes widened as her face turned pale.“How could it be…”Simon…The car would have simply brushed past Simon. He clearly ha
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Julian knew Simon was two-faced, but he didn’t expect the latter to be so shameless.Even after reaching this point, Simon was still trying to implicate other people. “I’m not as despicable as you are,” Julian said calmly. The mockery in his voice was clear. “If I really wanted to frame you, I wouldn’t have gone to such great lengths and make the police come here to verify the evidence.”All he needed to do was to say one word, and the court would have pronounced Simon guilty of his own accident immediately.Yet, he didn’t.Diana knew Julian couldn’t be bothered to do something like that. She patted his hand to comfort him, signaling him that she trusted him.Simon smiled.It was a bitter smile.“Diana Winnington, did you forget?“Did you forget who stayed by your side when you gave birth to the twins? Who helped you when you were raising them?“When you were in labor, it hurt so badly…”He pointed at Julian, and went on through gritted teeth, “Where in the world was this m
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“Life is all about reconciliation.” Decades passed in the blink of an eye. Diana’s children had all grown up.Kate and Isaac had both passed away. Even Diana’s old friends, Fanny and Oliver, had left the world too.Fanny was never able to get pregnant again after that rainy night. She had gradually let go of her desire to get pregnant under Oliver’s persuasion.They stayed relentlessly by each other’s side, albeit childless. Over the years, having experienced all that life had to offer and being each other’s best friend, Oliver died on a peaceful night, never awaking again.Fanny held his hand while sending him off, and closed her eyes forever as well.Diana had seen too many people off in her lifetime.She had grown old herself, too. She could see her life slowly ebbing away.“Julian, I’m so happy to have lived my life with you.” She had transformed from a disgraced young woman to Mrs. Fulcher, respected by all in Richburgh. Julian even took care of her in person when she
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He blurted those words instinctively.He had been waiting so long for a pair of daughters, yet when the doctor came over, he saw a pair of sons instead.Diana thought the hospital must have made a mistake and kicked up a fuss, insisting that she had a pair of daughters. She insisted for them to check the footage from the surveillance camera to see if there was a mix-up. The culprit, Julian, could only stand guiltily at a corner and mumble, “Actually…sons are fine too.”As long as it was their children, it didn’t matter whether they were girls or boys. Either way, Diana was the only woman he loved his entire life. Even his love for his only daughter Betty didn’t match up to that.After witnessing Diana giving birth, Julian’s love for Diana went up a notch, to the point of paranoia.For the rest of their lives, he made sure to never let her worry or touch cold water.He took great care of her.Kate finally appeared two years after Diana gave birth.When the mother and daughter
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Nina mentioned the Jenningses. “The Jennings family is gone overnight, just like that.”Diana wasn’t shocked.She guessed that Julian had wanted to do that for a while. Not just for her and to seek justice for the Lemmington family, but also for Simon.Although Julian never allowed Simon to call him his brother, he had wanted to annihilate everything that was involved with the Hughes family since Simon’s death.Him making his move on the Jenningses indicated that the time had come.“Congratulations,” Diana said to Nina. “Has Vans come back to you?”“No,” Nina said with a shake of her head. “Lina Jennings isn’t the only thing standing in between us. We have problems of our own to overcome.”Diana sighed. “I think Marcus is pretty good.”She felt relaxed and comfortable around him.Even if Vans came round and worked with Julian to bring down the Jenningses, and had no feelings whatsoever for Lina, Diana wasn’t exactly eager to be with him.As if they had telepathy with each oth
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“He doesn’t need to be jailed,” Fanny said, confused. “One word from him, and his lawyers will be able to exonerate him. I just don’t understand why he’d rather go to jail.”“He wants to pay for his father’s sins,” Diana said with a sigh.Fanny didn’t know what to think of that. Was Oliver innocent, or not? He even went to such great lengths to stop her.Yet, the moment she declared that she would never compromise and would rather be under the protection of Diana than to be involved with Oliver, he clearly looked like he was in a daze.Diana noticed that Fanny hardly smiled over the past few days, and rubbed her hand comfortingly. “He just wants a clean start with you.”Fanny’s heart shook. She couldn’t sleep the entire night.The next morning, she told Diana, “Today’s the day of his trial and sentencing. I want to see him.”Diana asked Julian to send a few bodyguards with Fanny on her trip there.When she returned, she looked as if a heavy burden had been lifted from her shoul
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Fanny bet that he wouldn’t dare.That was equivalent to eliminating all chances he stood with Diana.Julian witnessed the scene unfolding before him. Instead of getting frustrated, he stood quietly there, ready to protect Diana, as he watched Fanny and Oliver fight it out with each other.Oliver was confused. “Why not?”He glanced at Diana, and went on, “I did like Diana in the past, but I have since given up on those feelings for her. Fanny Smith, is your heart made of stone? Can’t you tell who the woman I like is after all this time?”Fanny was stunned, feeling suffocated as if something was stuck in her throat. “Don’t tell me it’s me.”Oliver was dumbfounded. Who else could he be talking about? The stars in the sky?Fanny felt indignant under his glare. “If you like me, why did you say that I’m just a child-bearing tool for you?”“If I didn’t say that, would I be able to keep you confined in the villa? Would I be able to dash all your hopes and make you feel hopeless?”
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Oliver would never let her go. “Fanny Smith, don’t even think about leaving me in this life!”That was when Diana and Julian hurriedly made their way.Sean located Oliver very accurately. Diana saw the scene unfolding before her, and couldn’t help but recall everything that happened in Jacroaof. She hurriedly told Noel to take Sean outside and wait. She couldn’t afford to gamble on Sean’s safety. She didn’t want Sean exposed to any form of danger right under her nose.Her actions made Oliver tense. “Diana, do you think I’ve gone mad?” He grabbed Fanny’s hand, as if he was holding onto the most precious treasure in the world.Diana didn’t answer him, but she threw her bag that Julian was helping her carry toward Fanny.She was exerting so much force for a pregnant lady, looking as if she wanted to fight with Fanny.Even Julian didn’t know what Diana was trying to do, not to mention Fanny herself.By the time he snapped back to attention and wanted to stop Diana from doing s
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However, Fanny must let go of her hatred and past grudges first.The mention of children made Fanny waver. The hatred in her eyes grew even more intense. “Oliver Channing! The cheek of you to mention children!” What gave him the right to say that?!“We agreed,” Oliver said. He didn’t find anything wrong with that. “Fanny, if you want to leave that villa and be free once more, you must give birth to a child of ours.”“What about the child I lost just a few days ago?” Fanny demanded. She found him unreasonable. “Over the past few days, have you ever thought of him, or felt like you let him down? We haven’t even resolved the issues between us, and you want me to get pregnant again. Are you really ready to be a father?!”“I want you to get pregnant again?” Oliver said as he drew closer to her. His eyes were dark, looking as if he wanted to crush Fanny and put her in his pocket. “Weren’t you the one who tried to seduce me by wearing a revealing dress in my house? Fanny Smith, do
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Julian stopped talking to the butler, but he was already making plans in his heart.He returned to the study, and told Diana, “Fanny and Oliver have been fighting for a long time, and it might be over something that might potentially destroy their relationship.”In fact… “Fanny might no longer love Oliver right now.”However, the fact that Oliver faked her death and confined her was enough to show that he still cared for her.If he realized that Fanny no longer loved him, he might do something even crazier.“Let’s hurry up and save her, then!” Diana said.“Wait,” Julian said calmly, “I’m not done with my prediction.”“What?”“Oliver really doesn’t like you now.” Julian’s mood lifted as he arrived at his final conclusion. “We can step in to help Fanny.”Diana was dumbfounded.She had thought that Julian went to such great lengths to analyze the situation for the sake of saving another. To think that his possessiveness took over, and he prioritized figuring out Oliver’s feeli
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The three of them entered the study.None of them expected to see a portrait of Diana right in the middle of the study.The portrait was most likely drawn by copying a photo. In the portrait, Diana was eating something with a smile. It looked like the day when Diana encountered a pervert on the train and Oliver stepped in to help her and treated her to a meal.Did she smile so tenderly at him at that time?“You couldn’t have smiled so happily at that time when we were fighting over Kayla.”It was a portrait, not a photo. It was likely that the owner of this portrait added his own interpretation and features when he commissioned this portrait.“He still has feelings for you,” Julian said coldly.He no longer wanted to interfere with the affairs of the Channings.However, Diana disagreed. “If he really had feelings for me, he wouldn’t hang my portrait up so boldly right here.”The fact that Oliver could display the portrait for all to see proved that his feelings for Diana were
