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Diana couldn’t wait any longer, and pulled Betty toward the ladies. “Betty.”She repeated herself many times, saying cautiously, “If you don’t need the toilet, wait for Mommy outside. If anyone calls you, don’t just leave with them. Do you understand?”Betty nodded. “Mommy, I’m not stupid.”Although she wasn’t as smart as Sean, she had some basic knowledge. How could she let herself get abducted by a stranger?!Diana felt a little more assured, but her mind was occupied by her full bladder. “Wait for me. I’ll be out very soon.”She had been holding her pee in for so long, she couldn’t even walk straight.Her gait was crooked. The moment she saw the washroom, she rushed in. But…She had walked into the wrong place!It was the gents’ room!Diana stood right outside, looking at the urinals in shocked silence.If only Julian were here right now. He would surely haul her into his arms and take her away at once! But now…She could only stand there in a daze, looking at the men
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She had already decided to take Betty out for fun by herself.Now that she knew Jim had made such detailed arrangements, she found it inappropriate for her to bring her daughter with her to his place.What’s more…The driver had seen her walking into the wrong washroom. She really didn’t want to go to the Hughes household.“I’ll definitely visit the Hughes household in a few days’ time.”She was thinking of going over to say hi to Jim after she was done getting some fresh air in Jacroaof and right before she left for home.“But,” the driver said, looking like he was put in a difficult spot when Diana rejected him. Jim had sent him on a mission. “Professor Hughes said that he has prepared a gift for you…”Diana was confused. “Weren’t the air tickets the gift?”The driver chuckled. “Of course not,” he said, as though he had found a reason to persuade Diana to go back to the Hughes household with him. “The professor said that you’ll find out what the gift is when you arrive at h
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Through the driver’s attitude, Diana sensed something was out of the norm. She tried to probe. “We haven’t made plans on where to go, and we don’t know when we’re heading out or which hotel we’ll be staying in…”“That’s alright,” the driver said. “I’ll just wait right downstairs at your hotel. Anytime you need a car, just tell me. If you don’t, I’ll just wait downstairs.”He was definitely not allowing Diana out of his sight.The alarm bells in Diana’s heart rang even louder, but she knew she couldn’t say no to him. She could only go into the hotel and get some rest first before playing it by ear.Jim didn’t expect Diana to not follow the driver back home. Thankfully, his subordinate was quick-witted enough to not leave Diana alone outside.He wouldn’t feel at ease leaving a pregnant lady all by herself.Thinking about it, he told the driver to book a room right next to Diana’s hotel room. “After I’m done with this experiment, I’ll head over. Make sure she stays safe when I’m n
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“Kissy kiss! I miss you!”Julian’s phone started beeping, and many messages started popping out on his screen the moment he switched his phone on.Aside from missed calls, all other notifications were for the texts that Betty sent him.He glanced through the messages quickly, a warm smile appearing on his face.His wife and child kept him in mind even when they were out. Not only did his wife was so thoughtful to prepare a gift for him, but even his daughter sent him so many messages telling him she missed him. Very soon, he sensed that something was wrong.Wait! Did the mother-daughter pair just go on a holiday by themselves? Diana was a pregnant lady! Pregnant with twins, no less!What’s more, she was going overseas right after what happened with Fanny and Nina.Diana was already in a mentally unstable state. It would be terrible if she met with any problems while overseas! Julian quickly dialed a number on his phone.His phone had just started ringing when Oliver came
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“That was so long ago,” Julian said with a disdainful roll of his eyes. He stuck his hands in his pockets, and stood up from the bed. “As long as you survive this ordeal and overcome the sorrow in your heart, I won’t be scared, even if you start having feelings for Diana again.”A smug smile stretched across his face. “Anyway, Diana’s mine. No one can snatch her away from me.”He even showed Oliver the photos Betty just sent to him. “See? My wife went overseas, and even thought of buying a present for me.”He looked so proud of himself.If Fanny had really died and her death wasn’t a lie that Oliver fabricated, Oliver would probably die of anger, with how he kept showing off his lovey-dovey life with Diana. Thankfully, Julian had a modicum of conscience left in him. He belatedly realized that he shouldn’t have done that in Oliver’s face.He quickly kept his phone in his pocket. “Whatever it is, Oliver, I want you to be well. As for Fanny, for all we know, she’s in heaven waiting
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Whatever he had said about letting her give birth to another baby before letting her out was a lie.In truth, he wanted to lock her up there forever.Until she loved him again.Only when she finally let go of her hatred toward the Channings would he be able to let go of the hatred he felt over her killing their baby. Oliver couldn’t hear her voice, but Fanny could hear his. The phrase he muttered under his breath, taunting her to go on and try, was a switch that triggered an explosion within her.She grabbed the cup next to her and flung it to the surveillance camera.It had only been two days.Two days!She was on the verge of going crazy!This place was so quiet, she could hear her own breath. The pin-drop silence was such, even a tiny sound was as loud as a bomb. It pierced her very soul.And…Her injuries. Oliver showed no concern for them.He had gone completely insane.Perhaps he was already a madman to begin with.His father wasn’t a decent person, anyway!Ho
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The weather at Jacroaof was different from that of Richburgh.Although it wasn’t cold, the change in temperature made Diana’s nose itch. She kept sneezing.“It’s humid there,” Julian voiced his doubts. “Why does your nose still itch?”Betty listened in on their conversation. Hearing her daddy’s question, she subconsciously glanced at Diana.Mommy didn’t look too well.Quick-witted Betty immediately got on tip-toes. Before Diana had a chance to reply to Julian, she said, “Daddy, don’t you know why Mommy doesn’t feel well?”Julian replied, “Of course I do. It’s just, she’s at a different place. Her nose has always been sensitive. When she was a child, she suffered allergic rhinitis, but she didn’t take care of it. She—”Beep.Before he was done talking, Diana hung up on him.True, she suffered from allergic rhinitis. Her condition couldn’t be treated completely, even after trying over so many years. She would always suffer from a relapse during seasonal changes.Still, the rela
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Wasn’t it normal for her to get fat when pregnant? She didn’t expect Julian to pay so much attention to her figure.When they first found out that she was pregnant, he even told her that no matter how she changed, he would always find her as beautiful as she had been when they first got to know each other.Yet now, despite her efforts to keep her weight under control, he could see that she had grown fatter.Was he really that indifferent about it?Diana was very frustrated.She wished she could throttle Julian right there and then, and stuff his face in a toilet bowl.A pity she could neither grab his hair nor any part of his body right now.To be fair, Julian couldn’t touch her as well.Diana decided that over the next few days, she wouldn’t answer his calls or talk to him.With that determination, she switched off her phone. She even did the same with Betty’s phone. “Don’t you dare secretly contact Daddy,” she warned.That was fine for Betty. She was confident Daddy cou
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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
