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Julian’s Stand-In Wife Chapter 109
Diana felt her heart melt into happy goo at Madam Fulcher's spirited declaration. She knew it! Madam Fulcher would always stand by her side. Even though the older woman was Julian's blood grandmother and Diana was an outsider, Diana always believed the older woman would help her.It was why she had made that call in the first place."Where’s Julian?" Madam Fulcher asked as she helped Diana off the floor. Madam Fulcher looked at Diana’s swollen eyes and trembling legs. Fury burned her almost immediately. She raised her cane, slammed it on the ground, and barked at Julian’s guards with a voice that couldn’t be fiercer, "Call your master this very instant!"The bodyguards didn't dare go against her, as she had once been a powerful figure. Plus, Julian was known to be a filial man. They immediately rushed to the ward."Sir! Madam Fulcher is here, and she's helping Madam Diana!"Julian immediately grew stressed upon hearing those words. "Grandma’s here?"How dare that woman bring
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After that exclamation, Madam Fulcher stepped forward and brought her cane down swiftly on Julian."Did you say that Kayla Winnington has returned?!"One hit."You've been married to Diana for three years, and you've been purely using her as a substitute?!"Two hits."Even if Diana was truly jealous of Kayla and wanted to do something to her, do you think an intelligent girl like Diana would do it in full view of everyone? Do you honestly think she doesn't have brains?!"Three hits.A strike of her cane accompanied each question, and Julian didn't dodge any. He never did when his grandmother hit him.But each time he was struck, Diana felt his pain as if it was her own. Even though she deeply hated his tyranny, distrust, and indifference just minutes ago, she still felt uneasy as she witnessed him getting beaten, to the extent that concern crept onto her face.Madam Fulcher glanced at Diana and instantly knew that she was right. Diana was a soft-hearted, kind, and affectionate
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Madam Fulcher choked at Julian's words, and her face reddened with anger. "What did you say? You're taking Kayla to your villa?!"Julian even wanted to tell Madam Fulcher that he was going to marry Kayla, but upon recalling Diana's condition for divorce, he bit back the words."Yes. It'll be convenient for me to care for her personally.""You must be out of your mind! If you take Kayla home, then where will Diana stay?!" Madam Fulcher slammed her cane on the floor, then shot Diana an apologetic look. "Diana, I should apologize to you. I knew why Julian wanted to marry you three years ago, but I didn't stop him. I thought that..."She thought that feelings could be developed between them and that once Julian discovered how good Diana was, he would forget about Kayla.She didn't expect her grandson to be more stubborn than expected. Even so, the old woman had seen the way Julian looked at Diana over the past three years, and how Diana had treated him. They weren’t pretending. It was
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"I-It's the truth!" Lyra was terrified and blabbered everything that came to mind, never considering the consequences. "Kayla said she found it at the lakeside, so you may have mistaken it!"Displeasure colored Julian's face instantly. "She found it?"He distinctly remembered Kayla saying that Luke had kidnapped both her and Diana. If that was truly the case, how could she have had time to find these earrings?There was only one possibility... Kayla had lied to him.In other words, it meant that Diana hadn’t lied to him about the kidnapping incident. The two of them had been brought to the factory one after the other; the difference was, Diana had been forced there while Kayla had gone there on her own. Kayla never thought of calling the police the first chance she got, because recording the video of Diana’s humiliation was her priority.Julian couldn't put into words the feeling coursing through him at the moment. It was impossible for anyone around him to read his deep, dark e
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"Kayla," Julian started once the door closed behind the two older women. "Have you ever lied to me?"Kayla's hands, which were hidden under the covers, tightened immediately. She couldn't stop her brows from furrowing as she endured the pain in her throat and asked, "Julian... What's wrong?"What the hell did Diana and that blasted old lady say to him?!Why did Julian leave the room and return as if he had turned into a different person? He even let Diana leave the hospital!However, Julian didn't let her change the topic and insisted, "Have you ever lied to me?"Kayla's heart thumped wildly in her chest. In fact, she had lied a lot!Even from the first day Julian saw her, she had been impersonating Diana to claim that she was Julian's savior. She had also lied about being kidnapped by Luke, and how she came to damage her vocal cords today. She had lied about everything that involved Diana!But she couldn't tell Julian any of that. The moment she confessed, things between them w
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"Diana," Grandma started again as she put down the safflower oil and faced Diana. She proceeded to tell Diana about how Julian and Kayla were acquainted."And that's what happened. She saved Julian's life, and he took this matter very seriously. That child... He suffered a lot when he was younger."Diana didn't expect there would be such a backstory behind their history. But what a strange coincidence! She had also risked her life to save a little boy in a cave when she was a child. However, the boy disappeared the next day without even leaving a message for her.On the other hand, Kayla met Julian, who was now devoted to her because she had rescued him.The two had similar looks, but their fates were very different.After mulling over the words, Diana said, "Was it hard for Julian when he was a child?""Yes." There were many things Madam Fulcher couldn't bear to mention again. "His parents died early, and my husband's health also deteriorated at the same time. The Fulcher family
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When Diana woke up, she was already at the Fulcher Manor. Since she got pregnant, her motion sickness worsened. Even though she had gotten off the vehicle, the dizziness remained. Placing her hand on the car to steady herself, she lost the battle with the queasy feeling in her stomach and stumbled to the side of the road to throw up.Madam Fulcher didn't approach Diana for a moment when she saw this. She took out her phone to secretly record the scene of Diana vomiting before quickly calling for someone to get a glass of water for Diana to rinse her mouth with. "She must have motion sickness after sleeping in the car for so long. I can't imagine how exhausted she must’ve been for the past two days!"With so many things that had happened, it was inevitable that her mood would be low. When her emotions were down, all her bodily functions would also be poor. Seeing how torturous it was for Diana to throw up so hard, Madam Fulcher made up her mind. "I'll nurse you back to health befo
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When Diana first learned she was simply a substitute for Kayla, the first person she directed her anger at was Nina. Later on, however...Diana sighed. "I know you had good intentions. You were always doing things for my sake."Had Diana been in Nina's shoes, she would have done the same and prioritized her friend's health rather than rashly told her the truth. Besides, Nina had been so anxious about it to the point of passing out from sheer agitation.If they were talking about apologies, Diana should be giving one to Nina; in the end, she was the one who was always worrying and burdening Nina.It was a good thing they were friends; best friends, in fact!Diana smiled. "Don't worry about it anymore, Nina. I'll be relying on you to help me raise my baby in the future, you know?"She was filled with confidence and continued, "Once I sort out the money with James tomorrow, you'll have to accompany me to the hospital for my check-up."Having gone through the incident in the aband
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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
