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It was barely sufficient for all three of them standing in the room.Especially Julian, with his towering figure that made it even more cramped.But Sean and Diana had adapted well. Neither found it uncomfortable, nor were they upset with it.Julian’s heart ached.“How did you guys survive during your time at Stirling City?” he asked. This was his first time asking Diana about the three years she had disappeared.Diana was slightly taken aback. It had been around half a year since she returned from Stirling City.Before, she felt as if everything that her life Stirling City happened just yesterday. Now, however, Julian’s question made it seem like those days were just a blur of memories.“Nothing much,” she said as she snapped back to attention. She laid Sean on his bed, grabbed a storybook, and handed it to Julian. “It was the same as in Richburgh, three meals and one sleep a day.”Julian asked, “What do you eat for your meals?”“Cooked dishes.”“What kind of dishes? Who coo
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Her mood would improve with someone to talk to.“There weren’t enough rooms for everyone here, so we had to use a closet to carve out space.”Sean had too strong a sense of self-awareness. He didn’t want to share a room with someone else. The fact that he asked Diana to sleep with him proved how dangerous he thought Julian was.Thinking that, Diana felt like laughing.“Hey, big bad wolf.” She poked Julian’s shoulder, and patted the bed. “Quick, come here and sit down. Sean’s waiting for you to tell him a story.”Julian found himself being slightly over-sensitive.He felt so bad for Diana. Thinking of the reason she left him and his life during those three years, regret pierced his heart.She was all alone…Carrying the twins, cooking, and working.Julian couldn’t bring himself to imagine how Diana had survived those three years.He stepped forward, looking dazed. Sean whacked him hard. “Daddy! If you continue looking at Mommy that way, you’ll have to go home.”Julian was s
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Sean was very firm about his decision. “No!”Diana didn’t want the two to fight. She called out to Julian again, reminding him to give in to Sean. After all, it was good enough that Sean was willing to let Julian into the house to see them.Had Sean not allow him in or let him see Diana, Julian wouldn’t even have a chance to face off with Sean.Julian wanted to say more to Diana, but she had already left. She thoughtfully closed the door behind her, leaving him alone with Sean.Julian was still staring at the door, wishing he could bore a hole through it and see where Diana was heading to. However, Sean stood up and looked solemnly at him, saying, “Daddy, quick! Go to sleep!”Julian found his slumber as upsetting as eating fries without ketchup.Even after Sean had fallen asleep, he was still rolling around, unable to fall asleep.No way.He had to ask Diana why she called him “Sean’s daddy” instead of his name.Was she disappointed with him? So much that she refused to even c
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A sudden force pulled him straight into the room, and the door was shut with a bam.It was Diana.The night was dark, but he could still make out her features.He hadn’t seen her up close for a while. Her eyes were the same as before, still as a quiet lake and so mesmerizing to see.To Diana, Julian’s features looked even more sharp and exquisite. His long legs, broad shoulders, and narrow waist were accentuated by his fitting jade green suit. Julian could sense Diana looking at him.The fact that she pulled him in so quickly at such late an hour showed that she had in fact been waiting for him.Julian felt immensely grateful for not giving up and sneaking out after Sean fell asleep.“Sean really loves you,” Julian praised Sean immediately, feeling slightly embarrassed under Diana’s gaze.Diana nodded. “I know. What about you? Don’t you have anything to say to me?”Julian shook his head, his eyes turning darker. He quickly added, “Sean was right. I am a wolf.”A wolf that h
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“I had something on last night,” Julian said, looking at Diana when he answered the call.Her hair was still wet from the shower. She wrapped it up with a towel and was holding a hairdryer, waiting for him at the bedside.When Diana heard him talk about last night, her eyes darkened. “What did you have on?”“What did you have on?”Two voices sounded at the same time; one was Cecilia over the phone, the other was Diana standing right next to Julian.Julian swallowed past his constricted throat. “I was with Diana last night,” he confessed.Diana smiled. She mouthed her question, “Who is it?”“Cecilia,” Julian replied to her.The mention of Cecilia’s name made Diana’s smile freeze. She suddenly felt at a loss.What happened last night was real. Their feelings and passion for each other were real.But… Julian and Cecilia’s engagement was real, too!Diana clenched her fists, feeling upset beyond words.“Let me talk to Ms. Jarvis,” she said after a moment’s thought, stretchin
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His voice was loud, and his eyes were severe.“Daddy already liked you to begin with! He’s biased toward you, so he naturally treats you differently from how he treats me and Mommy!”Julian and Diana’s faces changed at his words. The two of them wanted to open the door at the same time.They moved simultaneously and ended up banging into each other, making them open the door a second too late.That was when they heard Sean yell out loud, “Step aside!”And then!Bam!Someone crashed on the floor.Betty’s cries pierced through the air.She had fallen.Sean was the one who pushed her.Diana had never seen the twins fight so intensely since they were born. Her heart ached. At that moment, she forgot to pursue who was in the right or wrong.Her heart ached for Betty who fell down, and for Sean who lost control over his emotions.He had never acted like this before.Sean was usually cold and unsmiling in his demeanor, but he would never yell so loudly at someone else. All the
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“Listen to me,” Julian said, unable to stay any longer.He had to quickly bring Betty to Vans.He could only persuade Diana by saying, “Sean probably really wants you to find him, comfort him, and give him a hug.”Julian did think about going to comfort Sean. However, Sean was already heavily guarded toward him. The boy would probably resist him even more. It was better for Diana to find Sean, and for Julian to take care of Betty’s wound.Diana knew that she should turn around right away, comfort Sean, and apologize to him. Yet, her feet were frozen to the ground.Her hands were still trembling, and her mind went blank.Even after Julian had left with Betty in his arms, she remained standing right there, not moving an inch.Sean didn’t cry at all.Diana couldn’t think. The moment she allowed herself to, her heart would break.She wished she could slap herself ten times. No! Twenty, or even a hundred times!She really shouldn’t have hit her child.How could she hit Sean…?
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Tears started welling up in her eyes once more.Sean noticed her expression, and added, “Mommy, don’t cry. It doesn’t hurt at all.”Diana looked at the little boy before her, her eyes now red with tears. To rein in her emotions and stop herself from collapsing, she had to say out loud, “You silly boy! Who said that you were smart? You’re a silly boy through and through!”How could a slap from his mommy not hurt?And yet, this silly boy was only concerned about comforting her! Diana had no idea how she could ever absolve the guilt in her heart. With trembling fingers, she sobbed, “Silly! Did you forget what Mommy told you? Just tell the truth if it hurts. Cry if you feel sad. There’s no need to hold it back.”He was still so young.These burdens were not his to bear.“I’m really fine,” Sean said, shaking his head. His expression turned solemn. “Betty is more hurt than I am.”As her brother, he really shouldn’t have pushed her down, no matter how panicked he was at that time. A
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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
