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“Yeah,” Vans said. “Humidity and moisture are eczema’s best friends. Some children’s eczema conditions flare up during deep winters and intense summers.”Julian turned silent at Vans’s words.Vans couldn’t help but tease him. “Why do I seem to know more about your son than you do?”Julian glared at him, effectively shutting him up.“I’ve said enough,” Vans said, waving his hand.He didn’t understand what Julian was thinking.Julian didn’t care about Diana and Sean, right? Yet, he insisted on coming over to help with their clogged bathtub the moment he heard about it. He even said that hiring a plumber would be a waste of time.Was it really?Getting a plumber to their door and solve the problem was just one phone call away, and cost only a bit of money. Yet, Julian insisted on doing it himself.Perhaps… He just wanted to do something for them with his own hands.However, he didn’t want them to know about it. He also forbade Vans to tell them about it. He really was a contra
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After the water started flowing again, Diana would look at him in worship and exclaim, “Julian, you’re amazing!”The whole process was actually very simple.Julian never let Diana do anything, which made it seem as though he knew how to do everything.Julian savored the way she looked at him. Each time, it made him feel as though he could be content being an ordinary handyman, gardener, or carpenter—instead of the CEO of Fulcher Inc.He used to help her tend the garden, and even made her a sofa with his own hands.She would always be elated seeing him get his hands dirty fixing things.Perhaps because such trivial matters often grated on one’s nerves, and he was always around to help her with these things.After that, he would then stay around and take a bath with Diana. The temperature would start to rise as their desires for each other grew…His mind went back to those swelteringly hot summers, where such passion and joy were a mere touch away.It felt like such a long tim
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It had been so many days since Diana found her memories.Yet, Julian didn’t even give her a single call.He finally responded to her invitation for a meeting as Mr. Whatever, but he refused to admit it was him.Even until now, Diana didn’t send Mr. Whatever any message. Julian didn’t ask any further, too.The thought made Diana rather angry.She had her expectations, but she had been let down repeatedly over the past few days. She had mustered her courage, and even cried tears of anger over him.But now…Nothing mattered anymore.“I just need to pretend that I never loved this man before, just as I was at Stirling City back then. All will be fine,” Diana said, looking at Nina with a smile. She sounded like she was talking to Nina, but she was in fact cheering herself up. “It’s not that difficult.”“But the twins’ father…”“So what? We didn’t even know about Julian’s existence during those three years, and we survived all the same.”Now that they knew about him…Sean had bec
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A few days ago, after Diana found her memories and came here for the first time, one of the security guards recognized her immediately even though he didn’t speak with her. This time, in the middle of the day, the same security guard greeted her as Mrs. Fulcher from a distance away.“I’m not Mrs. Fulcher anymore,” Diana corrected him. “Just call me Ms. Winnington.”The security guard looked as if he was put in a difficult spot, but he corrected himself quickly. “Ms. Winnington, please come in.”With that, he took some fruits from the security guard post. “This is for you.”“Why do you have this?”“Mr. Fulcher gave it to us,” the security guard said as he looked toward the cemetery. After a slight pause, he added, “Over the past three years, Mr. Fulcher would always come here alone. Each time, he’d place some fruits at the tombstone without a word.”Since then, Noel would always prepare a bunch of fruits and place them at the security guard post.“For some reason, Mr. Fulcher w
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And Diana would always be Grandma’s little darling. The Fulcher cemetery was private property. Generations of the Fulcher ancestors rested here. One glance was enough to tell of the scale of the place.Tombstones of various sizes stood across the cemetery. It was a shocking to anyone who visited. Aster and Star’s tombstone was the only one that was bright yellow, giving it a childlike and lively vibe.The twins took in the solemn sight before them. “Is that our brothers?”“Yes,” Diana smiled as she caressed their heads.She suddenly felt glad that she drank herself into a stupor back then and refused to let Aster and Star’s tombstone be gray, just like the others.She had boldly decided to paint the tombstone bright yellow.Sometimes, death wasn’t the end point. Forgetting them was.Diana held the twins’ hands and began introducing them to Aster and Star, then introduced Aster and Star to the twins.The twins listened on seriously.Diana didn’t have a lot of words to describ
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Julian had always been sharp and intelligent, on top of being calm and frank. Yet whenever it came to anything involving Diana, he would turn dazed and foolish. But Diana wasn’t actually with them now, and Julian…“I’m fine,” Julian said, looking as if he had just woken up from a daze. “I just felt a sudden pain in my chest, that’s all.”“Is Shiloh not doing his job? He’s supposed to look after your health!” Vans asked. Julian had just recovered from a fatal condition!Even now, a doctor of Shiloh’s skill and reputation hadn’t been able to name Julian’s condition. He could only treat Julian based on the symptoms.Back then…Vans had personally witnessed how Julian suffered from the condition.At his worst, his entire person went as pale as a sheet. Not only did his health worsen, but he looked as if his life was sucked out of him.The memory of how weak Julian looked back then made Vans tremble. “Julian…” He was afraid. Julian knew what Vans was worried about. Smiling, h
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If one couldn't feel loved while being in love, it meant no love was left.Diana didn't want to continue discussing with Nina; it was pointless.All she knew was that she had waited for Julian for a very long time.After putting in so much effort to reunite with him, she finally had the chance to see him again.Yet, Julian had never thought to cherish it.He clearly knew what she had sacrificed for him three years ago, and that he could imagine how much she had endured during these three years.Despite that, he acted as if he hadn't thought about or heard anything—as if nothing had happened at all.She just wanted to see him once.Was that too much to ask for?It wasn't.He just didn't care about her feelings. He didn't care about her thoughts. In his heart, Cecilia was the only one who mattered.Diana smiled. "But none of this matters now."Crying today had indeed improved her mood significantly.She wouldn't let Julian keep troubling her and plant negative thoughts in he
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"You mentioned before that if a woman with two children comes to see the boss, I should call you," Wanda said.Wanda's voice was soft and gentle, as if trying not to startle Fanny. However, to Fanny's ears, it rumbled as loudly as thunder. It genuinely startled her, and her heart seemed to tighten. After a while, she gathered the courage to reply. "Alright."She knew it.It had been three years.This day had finally arrived.Fanny couldn't say whether she was happy or sad. She had feared and anticipated this day since she married Oliver three years ago.When Oliver returned home from work that day, there was an unusual absence of a prepared meal on the table. Fanny loved cooking, especially since her workload had become less hectic. She saw cooking as a pastime and enjoyment.In the past, Oliver wasn’t picky about food. He would eat anything, especially when he worked in the emergency department. He would be so busy, getting a bite was a luxury.Later, when Simon's identi
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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
