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There was a fleeting sadness in Sean's eyes. He knew. Julian liked girls. Otherwise, why would Julian always be so gentle with Betty while making various demands of him and consistently ignoring his feelings?Sean felt a pang of discomfort. Bitterness almost overwhelmed his small body, but he didn't say anything. He didn't want to ruin the good atmosphere they had at the moment. Deep down, however, he knew that he could never regard Julian the same way as he had initially, when he had eagerly anticipated and wanted to acknowledge Julian as his father.No one knew the loneliness Sean carried in his heart.Diana's fetus was in a rapid growth stage due to her pregnancy, voraciously absorbing her nutrients. Thus, she was a bit slow to notice Sean's slight unease. She happily picked up some food for her son, and said, "Sean, eat up."Seeing his mother so cheerful, Sean decided not to say anything. Yet, in his heart, he distanced himself a bit more from Julian. Julian, thin
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Fortunately, the twins had been with them at the hospital all along. Julian explained, "Our security personnel at home were seriously injured."He sighed. "I feel more at ease if you and the twins stay in the hospital. Once I've sorted out things at home, I'll come to pick you up."And then, there was the matter at the professor's house. Winnie said there was something important she needed to give to Julian, so he also needed to pay a visit there.Diana felt nervous upon hearing this. Enzo had dared to bring people to vandalize Collina Villa?! He even dared to harm those associated with Julian. He was truly insane.As a pregnant woman, facing off against a madman left her with almost no chance of winning. For the sake of her family, the best she could do now was not to hinder Julian. She would follow his instructions. She would stay in the hospital, and protect herself and her children.However, Diana held Julian back. "What about arrangements for what happened to the prof
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What first caught Julian's attention was not the surveillance footage. Regardless of whether the surveillance had captured Enzo's violence, he wouldn’t let that man off easily! But this pill... Julian’s mind lit up with a spark of recognition.He looked at Winnie and asked, "Who gave you this?"How could it be identical to the pill Matt Hughes had tried to give Diana before?—Sean and Betty sensed that something was amiss before returning to the hospital room.Betty tugged on Diana's hand, and pointed down the corridor. "Mommy, why are there so many people standing there? They all look very strong, and they're wearing matching black clothes.""It's nothing," Diana tried to reassure the children, fearing they would be scared. "Daddy sent them here to protect us."She was worried the children might run around, so she added, "For the next little while, don't go anywhere. Just stay in the hospital room with Mommy, okay?"Betty suddenly became nervous, her little face scrunchin
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Oh, no.Betty was really missing!Diana fell into panic, and started sweating profusely. She immediately rushed out of the hospital room to have people in the corridor search the building while she went to check the surveillance cameras."Sean, stay in the room, okay?" Diana dared not let the child wander around again. Otherwise, they would not find Betty, and Sean might also get lost.At that moment, Diana was consumed by guilt.Why didn't she watch over her child properly?When Julian left, the thing he worried about the most was her and the children.And now, shortly after he left, she had lost the Betty!Tears welled up in Diana's eyes, and her face was covered in sweat. She clutched her stomach anxiously, and arranged for everyone to search for the missing child.It was Sean who reached out and touched her hand, saying, "Mommy, don't worry."He wanted Diana to calm down and not hurt herself.He had heard the nurse say that Diana was pregnant now, and it was easy for s
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After that, Betty really didn't make a sound. The man took advantage of this moment and covered her mouth and nose with a cotton cloth soaked in a sleeping drug. Betty didn't even have a chance to make a sound before passing out.Then, the man hid with Betty under the bed. He didn't come out until Diana and the others left the room. Unexpectedly, another child had been left behind in the same room. It was a stroke of luck.The man grinned. "You're very obedient. You're a good kid."Also, a bit of a simpleton. He really didn't make a sound when told not to. Children from these wealthy families were like this. They were overly protected, naive, and utterly foolish!The little boy in front of him didn't disappoint his expectations. "Mister, I want to negotiate with you."Sean calmed himself down, and began negotiating with the man. "What kind of negotiation?" the man asked."Is what you're doing right now called kidnapping?"The man was momentarily stunned by Sean’s que
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"This kid thinks he's so clever." The one speaking was the man who had taken Sean and Betty from the hospital. His name was Tommy, and he used to work on construction sites. However, he had a reputation for being unreliable. The more serious workers didn't want to associate with him.He didn't mind. He would happily work for a couple of days when he felt like it, and then return to the dorm to drink alone whenever he got tired or annoyed. Even when he drank too much, he usually didn't cause trouble.However, one time, he got drunk and smashed a fellow worker's head open at the construction site. The court had ordered him to pay for the medical expenses and compensate the victim with twenty thousand dollars. Altogether, the total expenses he needed to pay added up to nearly a hundred thousand dollars.Tommy had no way out. Through some connections, he found Enzo. That was when Enzo started using him. He realized that Tommy lived up to his name—he wasn't just ruthless, but als
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Even someone as ruthless Tommy appeared somewhat stunned by Sean's actions. But soon, he reminded himself that Sean was just a child. What should he be worried about? Before this, Sean even naively made a deal with him."Hahaha! Exchanging yourself for your sister? That's laughable! What an idiot. I'm a kidnapper! Why would I make such a trade?" Tommy burst into laughter, causing Enzo to snap back to his senses.Enzo had to admit that Julian's son had some potential. Even in such a critical situation, the boy remained calm. Unfortunately, Sean was Julian's son, which meant Enzo had to make Julian bow down completely if he wanted to establish himself firmly in Richburgh. That was the only way he could become someone who surpassed the Fulcher family. It would also make the mastermind behind the scene happy.With that in mind, Enzo went straight for it. He tried to snatch Betty from Sean's arms. "Let go!" He forcibly pried open Sean's hands, and tossed Betty to Tommy. "Sepa
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Sean was taken aback for a moment. Then, his eyes revealed a hint of frustration. He saw the blacked-out screen of the phone, and instantly understood why Enzo had asked him that question.In this world, which father would remain silent after seeing their child covered in bruises? And instead of saying anything, simply hang up the video call? Sean realized he was being held hostage, a situation considered the most unpredictable in safety classes. Yet Julian seemed completely unconcerned, confirming Sean's fears that his father didn't care about him."You're wrong." Sean lifted his head, and his small eyes carried a coldness that seemed endless as he gazed at Enzo. Over this extended period, this boy hadn't cried out in pain. And now, faced with a situation where his parents didn't seem to care about him, he appeared even more composed than Enzo.This made Enzo start to reconsider if it had been a mistake for Tommy to bring Sean out. Perhaps...His gaze shifted to the next r
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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
