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The Richburgh Airport looked cold and empty, with hardly any people although there were still flights operating.Today was the new year’s eve. Many were busy celebrating with their family.Each time this year, courier services throughout the entire country grind to a halt since they had to go on break too. Even major shopping malls closed their doors. Public transport wouldn’t be available as readily, too.Today was a day of celebration for everyone in the country.The Stewarts were no exception.Kiki couldn’t understand it. “Dad, why didn’t we go back to our hometown earlier this year like always? Why must we fly on the new year's eve?”She mumbled about the airport being cold. Then she flung a jacket at Doreen, telling the girl to put it on. Shiloh looked at her helplessly. “You’re still young. Don’t ask so many questions.”He seldom talked to Kiki in that tone. At once, Kiki became furious. “I’m already 30! How am I still young? After what happened at Winding Highway, you
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Aside from Diana, Grandma wouldn’t acknowledge anyone else as her granddaughter-in-law.“But…” Julian said, his heart breaking, “She left us way too early.”That was why she could never give the necklace to Diana.Diana thought about the time Grandma left them. Her heart broke, too. Her chest felt tight and suffocating, as if someone had stuffed wet cotton in it. The two of them stared silently at the jade necklace for a long time.“Grandma actually gave me a lot of jewelry. The funny thing was, I once thought of giving the earrings I got from her to my mother Kate. However, she told me the truth and helped me see how stupid I had been. Grandma was so thoughtful of me, I owe her so much,” Diana said, her heart breaking even further.She suddenly had the urge to cry.Her parents had never given her love and kinship. Grandma was the only one—Grandma more than made up for the family Diana never had.The two of them talked for a while. When they finally left the room, they bumped
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However, he had dragged her to the border, took her away from her lover during her pregnancy and labor, and stripped her children of their rights to be with their father…Yet, he never mistreated her throughout the entire time.He even helped her a lot, aside from not taking advantage of her memory loss and crossing the line with her.And Kiki…If Simon hadn’t suggested for Diana to lose her memories, she might have died along with her twins.Just then, fireworks exploded in the sky, the loud sound ringing in the air. It was ear-splitting. Diana stood on the second floor, drinking in the beautiful scene in the night sky.What a lively and exciting night.It must have taken Simon a lot of courage to come here.Having spent three years with him, Diana knew the fragile vulnerability beneath his smile.He was now a crippled man, too. Although he single-handedly caused his own disability, in light of everything that happened between them, she couldn’t bring herself to label him a g
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Even the wall decorations looked bleak and depressing.Diana’s heart leapt. What on earth was she doing?It was so rare for the whole family to spend the new year’s eve together so happily. Why was she making things miserable, just because of Simon?Yes, Simon wasn’t that wicked. However, it was true that he had impure motives toward her. What was more, he put her in harm’s way and took advantage of her.At the very least, Diana was capable of discerning right from wrong.Still, she couldn't deny that Simon had taken great care of her during her three years in Stirling City. He had been a great help to her. Her heart ached when he saw her turn away and leave in his wheelchair.“Julian,” she said, holding his hand. “I don’t have anything to say to him. Let’s go downstairs and call the twins for dinner.”Julian nodded, and went downstairs with Diana. It was just a few steps, but he walked very slowly.It was only until they reached the first floor, until Simon’s retreating figure
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Simon still wanted to claim Diana as his own.He looked possessively—almost obsessively—at her. However, that look gradually gave way to clarity.Diana didn’t know what was going through Simon’s mind, and didn’t notice his obsessed expression. She smiled, and said, “Please don’t take it personally. Julian needs time, too.”Simon nodded in understanding. “It’s good enough that you came out.”“Thank you for remembering the wall decorations,” Diana said smilingly, taking hold of the wheelchair handle. The wheelchair shook slightly. She had to try pushing it a few times before it could budge. Pushing it along the road, she said, “Why did you leave right after sending your blessings?”She chuckled, and her next words shocked Simon. “Didn’t we agree to celebrate the new year together? We have to at least have dinner together.”Never had Simon expected Diana to describe him as someone who would give others his blessings. It impacted him so much, his hands started trembling.He remain
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At that time, they would also gather for a meal on the new year’s eve.This time, Julian joined them.Her real father.Betty enjoyed her meal with great happiness.Her pure, crystal-clear eyes brought a smile to Simon’s face. He caressed her head. When he recalled what Diana once asked him, his heart ached.The twins…Didn’t seem to treat him very much differently.Simon thought the twins no longer wanted anything to do with him after they acknowledged Julian as their father. He even thought of leaving the twins behind in Richburgh as he took Diana away.That would truly be tearing the family apart.Compared to the warm happiness in the air right now, his original plan seemed inhumane—to say the least.He almost couldn’t taste the food in his mouth, save for a slightly bitter aftertaste.Simon didn’t eat much. After the meal, Julian wanted to bring Diana to launch the fireworks. “I’ve prepared everything.”He turned back to look at Simon. “Hey cripple, you coming?”Diana s
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Diana was stunned.Her face flushed red. Thankfully, the lights were off at night.She suppressed the strange, nagging feeling she had of Simon, and hugged Julian’s neck. Nodding, she said, “Julian, let’s have another baby.”“Another baby?!” Julian’s voice rose to a high pitch.Smack! The lights went back on. White lights flooded the entire room. The passion in the air dissipated at once.Diana furrowed her brows in confusion. “What’s the matter?”Julian remained silent, his face tense. He threw open the sheets, and caressed Diana’s stomach at the place where her scar was.Her physical condition was unique. As much as she used a variety of lotions and treated her wound with care, the scar remained.In the past, she didn’t think much of it whenever she looked at it. Yet, Julian looked so solemn as he gazed intently at it. Diana’s chest tightened with emotion, and she asked indignantly, “Do you despise me for it? Are you worried that the scarring will get worse with another chi
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When Julian remained silent, Diana felt like she was being disregarded.She just wanted to make her voice louder and make her actions bigger, so that her husband would look at her more and care more for her.All the better if he could comfort her, too.She didn’t flare up.She was just hinting to her husband that she needed him.Thankfully, Julian wasn’t a block of wood. His heart was very much occupied with Diana and her feelings. He saw through her, and said with a chuckle, “Are you still angry now that I’m hugging you?”“Not anymore,” she said, shaking her head and suddenly finding herself rather pretentious. She buried her face in his broad chest.“I don’t hate you,” Julian said, his tone growing more gentle when he saw how embarrassed she felt. “I am actually slightly angry.”Diana didn’t understand. “What are you getting angry at?”“I feel angry at myself and at you. Before, I did consider having another child with you. Later on, though… I thought about the scar on your
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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
