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Julian smiled slightly, effectively charming the audience with an arch of his brows. “Are you trying to show concern for my family affairs?” Even though he said it with a smile, his tone was deeply intimidating. However, the reporter was filled with confidence. He was sure he could get something good from Julian, and that his news would become the headlines! But before he could continue, he received a call from his boss. When he accepted the call, he immediately heard his boss yelling at him, “From today onwards, you’re fired. No need to come back to the office!” His eyes widened with shock as his smug smile was wiped off his face. He exclaimed in disbelief, “But why?!” He was about to get the scoop on Julian’s private affairs and write the hottest headlines that would send their magazine flying off the shelves! Why was he suddenly fired?! His boss looked at the acquisition contract he had just received and the slew of lawyers in his office before replying to the repo
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However, Diana wasn’t one to suffer in silence and allow others to bully her anymore. Kayla had been testing her limits time and time again. It was time for Diana to let Kayla have a taste of her own medicine! She kept her phone and fixed her attention on Julian’s eyes on the screen. Her lips curled into a slight smile as she took a screenshot of their conversation. Then, she moved her attention to the design drafts. Kayla was displaying some of the design drafts again. From the livestream of the press conference, Diana could tell that most people were praising Kayla for the design flair. Some even claimed that Kayla’s drafts were so good she could practically be the successor of D&J. Be her successor? Diana smirked. Such a copycat wasn’t fit for that honor! “Don’t get so excited, everyone.” Kayla’s voice was still hoarse, and she didn’t say much throughout the press conference. Seeing that the event was about to draw to a close, Kayla took out a bunch of design drafts an
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Julian dialed Diana’s number immediately. “Where are you?” He must hear about the design draft directly from her. Coincidentally, Diana wanted to see him. “Come to the hospital.” With that, she went to the ward next door to visit Grandma. Seeing that the old woman was still resting, Diana didn’t wake her up. Instead, she tucked her into the sheets and returned to her own ward, waiting patiently for Julian to come over. This time, he didn’t come charging at her with a bad temper as he did before. He simply placed the design draft on the table and asked whether Diana found it familiar. “I do find it familiar.” Of course, she did! It was the design draft that she drew herself! But now, all the design drafts that she left in the Winnington family had become Kayla’s. Julian looked furious. “In other words, you’re really the one who leaked the design draft?” “You’re hilarious.” Diana couldn’t hold back a cynical chuckle. “You’ve already convicted me of plagiarism even bef
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Diana recalled what Kayla said at the press conference and said with disdain, “Just that? Is this the so-called proof you were talking about?” Just then, Kayla barged into the ward. She held her throat and looked right at Diana, and said sharply, “Don’t force Julian into a corner!” This was the first time the sisters saw each other properly after the birthday party. Diana couldn’t help but stare at the face that looked similar to hers. Looking at Kayla’s face once again confirmed how similar they looked. However, Kayla looked more like James, whereas Diana had Kate’s eyes. Kate was a beauty herself when she was young, and Diana had inherited Kate’s beauty. It added to her own exquisite features and enhanced her aura. This was something Kayla lacked, and formed the fundamental difference between how both sisters looked. When they were in the same room, it was easy to see that Diana had the upper hand in terms of her aura and charm; her eyes were clearly more beautiful than
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Even Kayla was almost lost in Diana’s powerful stare. Something suddenly clicked in Julian’s mind as his eyes darkened. His eyes, which were fixed on Diana, were crystal clear and chilly. “It’s not important whether I believe you or not. What’s important is the truth.” Diana smiled. Things would be easy as long as Julian thought that way. She wasn’t anxious to stand back up. Instead, she sat down on the floor, maintaining the same level as Kayla as she tilted her jaw. “We each have our own side of the story, and we’ll never get to the bottom of who plagiarized who.” She went on, “Since Julian said just now that it’s not important who he believes and that the truth is more important, let’s redesign some outfits and see who is more skilled. That way, we’ll be able to tell who’s the real plagiarizer.” Kayla began feeling anxious at Diana’s suggestion to compete based on skills and hurriedly countered, “That’s not fair! If we redesigned the outfit, you wouldn’t dare to copy min
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Julian found it rather hard to believe she knew how to create design drafts. “Why wouldn’t Diana know how to design?” Madam Fulcher suddenly entered the ward, surprising them all. “Many of my clothes were designed by Diana. If she didn’t know how to design, how would she be able to make my clothes so well-fitting and beautiful?” In this day and age, who would sew their clothes by hand? The corners of Kayla’s lips curled in a scorn, betraying her inner thoughts. Madam Fulcher glared at her. “Kayla Winnington. Not even a greeting from you when you see me?” Kayla hated Madam Fulcher from the bottom of her heart, but because Julian was around, she dared not show her disdain. Instead, she forced herself to smile in a bid to please the old lady. “Hello, Grandma. How do you do?” “I’m doing pretty well,” Grandma said huffily. “But it’s not any significant occasion, and here you are, kneeling to Diana. Are you begging for a present from her?” Madam Fulcher slapped her forehead. “O
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“Oh?” Madam Fulcher raised her brows. “For me? Are you trying to take this chance to emulate what my granddaughter-in-law has done by making clothes for me?” With that, she mumbled under her breath, “Not only do you have a face that resembles Diana so much, but are you intending to copy her behavior as well?” Kayla’s face flushed with embarrassment once again. She couldn’t tolerate it any longer. This damned old woman! How dare she insinuate that Kayla was imitating Diana and that she was Diana’s replacement?! However, it was true that Kayla had stolen the gratitude Julian had toward Diana for saving him when they were children, as well as his affection for Diana from her. But Julian continuing to love and protect her even after so many years was her own doing, wasn’t it? She had the ability to steal Julian’s body and heart away from Diana completely! Yet, even now, he still cared about Diana. Kayla forced herself to squeeze out a smile. “I am her sister, and we look
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In order to not expose the truth of her design style, Kayla had to look through all of Diana’s previous drafts carefully before she dared to lift the pen. But the moment she tried to draw something, she found herself unable to design whatever was on her mind. Designing was much tougher than she had thought… Kayla became increasingly anxious and finally decided to find a chance to find out Diana’s progress from Julian. Diana turned out to be even slower than her. She didn’t seem to have any intention to start drawing at all. Had Diana run out of design ideas too? After all, the drafts Kayla had found were from three years ago. It was entirely possible that Diana wasted her talent away during these three years, under Julian’s indulgence. Yet, Diana was the one who suggested this competition. Would she be so dumb as to do something she had no confidence in? After four days of being stuck, there were still no updates from Diana’s side. Kayla was unable to wait any longer,
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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
