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Larry’s parents were shocked.“What…what do you mean by that?!” The old couple saw the crazed look in their son’s eyes, and were so frightened their hands started trembling under the table.Larry smiled, telling them not to be afraid.“I’m just asking.”Cecilia hadn’t said yes to marrying him yet. He wasn’t in a rush to kill her. The moment she agreed to marry him… No, the moment she agreed to be with him, he would make his move.He would never allow any accidents to happen until they got married!Meanwhile, Julian and Noel stepped out of the car. This area hadn’t been developed, and mud was all around. Noel was worried about dirtying Julian’s shirt. “Mr. Fulcher, shall I grab you some shoe protectors?”Julian glanced at him as he continued walking forward. “I’m not that particular.”Just as he said that, he stepped right on the side of the drain with his newly bought hand-made Italian leather shoes.Julian mumbled, “Perhaps I do need shoe protectors.”The shoes themsel
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After a while, Julian turned around and left the courtyard.The shocking scene from just now lingered in his mind. That was so for Noel, too. It was only after both of them got into the car that they spoke almost at the same time.“Mr. Fulcher, did you see that just now?”“Noel, did you see that just now?”Noel replied to Julian first. “I did. That man’s house was filled with beer bottles. The smell of alcohol hit me the moment he opened his door. It was so strong, I almost fainted.”Noel’s reply gave Julian some time to collect himself.He pinched his thigh hard. He could feel the pain. This proved that everything was real.That was when he said, “What about the boss of the café? Did you see that?”Noel fell silent.He saw it.But he…didn’t dare say it.Julian immediately understood. “Did you get a good look at his face?”His voice was soft, as if he was mumbling to himself. Despite that, the sound sent shock waves into the air.Noel nodded. “I did.”“He’s not James,”
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Jim’s words were strange, and Simon shuddered in discomfort. However, he wasn’t able to pinpoint exactly what was wrong.Jim was temperamental. While he looked bookish on the outside, he was vicious through and through.Simon said nothing more, and decided to just wait and see.At the very least, he was right by Jim’s side. If Jim really made a move on Diana, he would find out immediately.What Simon didn’t realize at that point was that his phone couldn’t receive any signal.That was the case for Diana, too.Her phone was no more than a block of metal.She could surf the web and watch videos, but she was unable to leave comments, make calls, or log into her social media accounts.It was the same even when she tried it out with Betty’s phone. She couldn’t contact Julian, and wondered if he even came at all.Diana felt uneasy as she laid on the bed with Betty in her arms, trying to put her daughter to sleep. When Betty finally fell asleep, she in turn was unable to sleep. She
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The numbers on the screen never moved, too.Sean sat on the floor as he applied ointment on his wounds. He did as Lucas told him, and did something to Diana’s phone signal.He did it in cooperation with the professor, to remind Julian to take care of his wife.However, Sean had thought about it. Lucas was an outsider, after all. His words couldn’t be entirely trusted. Therefore, he decided to play some tricks of his own, like causing some commonly-seen faults in the hotel, including stopping an elevator from operating. If Lucas had other ulterior motives or intended to harm Diana, Sean hoped that Diana would realize something was off upon encountering those faults.He couldn’t do anything in here right now. Although he didn’t know what was happening outside, not causing trouble to Daddy and Mommy was his priority.As it turned out, Diana did realize something was wrong.This hotel felt just like a huge tomb to her.It was too quiet.So quiet that it was eerie.Her stomach fe
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She waved her hands, suppressing a sudden wave of morning sickness that hit her.Strange.Did her babies know that she was feeling disgusting right now?Diana didn’t want to be in the same place as James. She stepped back, clearly expressing her intention to avoid James.James looked hurt.He looked exactly the image of a middle-aged man who was wounded by his loved one. It repulsed Diana even more.“Even if you’ve lost your memories, there’s no need to act pitiful with me.”If James of all people claimed to be pitiful with her, no one else under the sun could be considered pitiful.James finally said, “You know me?”An expectant look flashed past his eyes.Diana knew how that felt. When she lost her memories in the past, she eagerly looked forward to anyone who could tell her anything about her past.It was as if knowing her past could help her piece together a complete life. No matter how good life was, she felt that something was missing without her memories.It was a ve
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Diana was confused.James said, “Ms. Winnington, the professor has given instructions that you can only head out in vehicles belonging to the Hughes household. This is to prevent any accidents that might happen if you were to ride in other vehicles. You’re pregnant, and protecting you is a priority. It’s always good to be careful.”He wasn’t wrong to say that, and Diana could sense the genuine concern in his voice.Diana suppressed the strange feeling creeping up in her heart. She didn’t even have the capacity to sneer at James. All she could feel was an inexplicable chill down her spine.“At this point…” Her face had turned pale, and she glared angrily at James. “Are you trying to protect me in my pregnancy, or monitoring me instead?”With that, she stomped back into the hotel. She headed to the reception, and asked a question she did not ask before. “Hello,” she greeted.The receptionist saw Diana return, and straightened before greeting her back respectfully. “Ms. Winnington
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Back to Diana’s phone conversation, Jim chuckled when he heard her question.Aside from his laugh, Diana could make out some other sounds in the background.It sounded like someone was chatting. Either that, or there was an ongoing discussion. Or perhaps even some gossiping.Diana suddenly felt antsy. “Professor Hughes… Are you…are you teaching a class right now?”If she remembered correctly, Professor Hughes was addressed as such because he was indeed a professor in a college.Although Diana heard that he seldom lectured and that his title was just a form of address, there was still a remote possibility that he might be in a class.“I am in a class,” Jim admitted. He switched out of loudspeaker mode, and the noises in the background suddenly disappeared.All that was left was Jim’s voice echoing into her ear drum.It felt like a hard slap on Diana’s cheek.Goodness!What in the world did she just ask him? She asked him if he liked her when he was in a class!“Ms. Winningt
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Since his room in the hotel had been tidied up and was ready for him, he could go there for some rest after the lecture.Yet, what he unwittingly said about her giving birth soon made all the students explode in excitement.“Spread the news! Professor Hughes has a wife and a child!”“Share it with everyone! Professor Hughes’s wife is about to give birth!”Their words spread like wildfire through text, until almost everyone in school became aware of it.All the bystanders were so excited by the news, which had spread at the speed of light, to Old Mr. Hughes.Jim, the subject of the gossip, was the only one who remained calm and nonchalant about everyone’s questions. His indifferent yet polite and gentlemanly smile continued to stretch across his face.Back at the hotel, Diana was restless after hanging up her call with Jim.The fact that she could not contact Julian was strange enough.Even if he didn’t come, he would at least give her a call.But now, both hers and Betty’s ph
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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
