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However, that didn’t mean that Julian was biased. They were all his children. How could he not care for any of them?Rather, he just saw Sean as a man.As a man to another, Julian was more reserved in expressing his emotions.Sean deliberately turned his face away, giving Julian some time to calm down and pretend not to see the boy’s eyes turn red. Oliver patted Julian’s shoulder, saying, “See the way Sean talks. His logic and way of thinking isn’t like a three-year-old at all.“I used to hear about children skipping grades in school and being seen as prodigies after graduation, but I had my doubts.“After seeing Sean, I finally understand how different talented people can be.“Just because you’ve never seen it, doesn’t mean that others are lying.”Julian glanced at Oliver.“You’ve only just realized? Seems like I’ve been too kind to the Channings. To think you just understood the huge disparity in intelligence between people through my son.”Oliver suddenly had the urge t
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This seemed to be a case of the lower downs having ways to get around established policies.Sean suddenly became even more curious about the inner workings of the squad. At the same time, it made him more cautious.However, sometimes, simply being cautious wasn’t enough.He recalled the older boy’s cold eyes, and tried his best to suppress the uneasy feeling in his heart as he waved Julian and his sister goodbye. “Daddy, Mr. Channing. Quickly take Betty back home. I’ll be fine in the training squad. If you don’t go back now, Mommy might think something happened and get worried.”Diana was pregnant, and it was of paramount importance that she remained in a good mood and emotionally stable.Just like that, Sean bade them farewell.Julian and the rest finally drove away, and Sean’s little figure disappear in the distance. The entire time, Sean never looked back.Julian couldn’t help but say to Oliver, “What a calm and composed boy. He’ll certainly be more successful than I am in
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The dark sky looked as if a huge hand had torn a hole in it. Everything was still hazy and gray; Diana could barely see the flowers that had bloomed outside the window.She pulled the curtains close and glanced at Julian, who was deep asleep.Quietly, she tiptoed out of the room. Diana had no idea what time Julian returned home. At first, she really wanted to wake him up and ask him about Sean.Seeing him sound asleep showed her how tired he was. Sean had just joined the training squad and didn’t come back with Julian, proving that he didn’t change his mind at the last minute as Diana had secretly hoped.She and her son were probably going to meet only one year later.The thought made her uncomfortable.She could only try to distract herself by not thinking about what could happen to her son at the training squad.As she forced herself to calm down, a thought sprung to her mind. Suddenly, she recalled where she placed the folder Jim had given her. She smacked her forehead. T
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Diana hurriedly wiped her tears away, then gazed at her daughter. She calmed down, so that Betty wouldn’t become more upset. “I’m okay. Come here.”She carried Betty up on the stool before the sink. “Mommy will help you squeeze out some toothpaste and brush your teeth.”Betty behaved and did what Diana told her to, but she was clearly in low spirits.Memories of Sean kept running through her mind. She remembered how she would stand at the sink and brush her teeth with him by her side. Sean had been with her ever since she was a zygote. Now, she suddenly found herself apart from her brother after being with him for four years.“Sean’s heartless,” she said out of the blue, not in a rush to brush her teeth.Her brows were knitted tightly, and she was pouting so hard that her lips could pull a horse cart.Seeing her daughter looking like that, Diana’s low spirits were lifted. She pinched Betty’s cheeks. “Sean just left and here you are, badmouthing him and saying he’s heartle
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Diana wasn’t in the mood to banter with Betty. Her mind was in a mess.“Your daddy and Mr. Channing said that they were going to lie to someone else?”Betty nodded. “Yep!”Betty didn’t remember what specifically they were planning to lie about. At that time, all she cared about was the meat on the table that was disappearing fast. She didn’t have the mind to pay attention to what they were saying.All the more she didn’t keep what they said in mind.She only told Diana about it because she felt embarrassed about not remembering a single thing during her trip to send Sean off. That was what drove her to eagerly tell Diana about whatever she managed to remember.Julian and Oliver…In Diana’s impression, those two men didn’t share a good relationship. In fact, they didn’t share much of a relationship at all.Yet, they were working together to lie to someone.Who would they lie to?Were things at the training squad worse than she imagined?Were Julian and Oliver in cahoots to li
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It was a warmth exclusive to Diana and the twins.The chaos in Diana’s mind was immediately soothed.She looked at Julian and asked, “What exactly is going on? Does it have anything to do with Sean? Was everything alright when you sent him to the training squad yesterday? Why did you return so late?”Diana shot him with many questions at one go.That was when Julian realized that she must have felt miserable the entire day yesterday. Her imagination must have run wild, especially when he returned so late.At the end of the day, she was just worried that something might have happened to Sean.Yet when she saw that he was still asleep after a late night, she couldn’t bear to wake him up early in the morning despite her worries.She must have heard something from Betty. Unable to bear it any longer, she threw his sheets aside.Julian looked at Diana even more tenderly.“The fact that I’m able to fall asleep shows that it has nothing to do with Sean,” Julian said with a sigh. He c
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How could things be so far-fetched?What’s more, was it true just because Jim claimed so?Diana bit her lips, and decided to discuss the matter with Julian at home. She couldn’t distrust her own husband while trusting another man whom she just got acquainted with so easily.Jim arranged to meet her at a very surprising choice of location.It was the weekend. The zoo was crowded, as if everyone in the city was gathered there. People were everywhere.Diana stood at the entrance, looking at the bustling crowd as her hair stood on end.Had she known that there were so many people here, she would have suggested an alternative meeting place.Jim, on the other hand, was very excited. He stood in front of Diana with one arm outstretched, helping her block off surrounding people that might bump into her, in a considerate and gentlemanly manner.At the same time, he didn’t forget to keep his distance from Diana so that she wouldn’t feel uncomfortable.“There have been new additions to t
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If Diana saw through his intentions and had her mood ruined, it wouldn’t be good for the growth of her babies.Jim’s worry made his smile even warmer and kinder. In turn, Diana felt even more embarrassed. “Professor Hughes,” Diana explained anxiously, “I…”“I know.” Jim stopped her from going on, and brought her to another corner of the zoo.It was where visitors could feed the alpacas.Many children were carried in the arms of their parents as they fed the alpacas. The adults were all smiling so kindly as the children played happily.The atmosphere was cheerful, and lifted the moods of all who were there.Jim made sure Diana was following closely behind him. “You’re pregnant, and there’s many people around. Be careful.”He led her to a place that was less crowded, and sat her down so that they could look at the children feeding the alpacas.The alpacas had long necks. The scene of their mouths moving as they chewed was so adorable, Diana suddenly regretted not ever bringing
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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
