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Diana was afraid Julian would catch a cold. That would be troublesome, so she went to get a quilt and laid it over him before climbing into bed. Once she lay down, however, thoughts of how Kayla had used this bed made her feel uncomfortable. She couldn't settle down. However, Julian was already occupying the couch. Though he didn't explicitly say it, she knew he didn't want her sleeping there.Diana couldn't understand what was going on in Julian's mind, so she simply accepted this and tossed and turned all night. The following morning, she woke up with dark circles under her eyes as she didn't sleep well.By then, Kayla was already sitting downstairs. Kayla regretted returning to the Winnington residence last night, especially since she received a tongue-lashing from Lucy and understood her position better. Julian was already showing signs of being moved by Diana, and Kayla shouldn't have fallen for Diana’s tricks and caused a scene. Sure enough, when she returned early in the m
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"Oh dear..." Kayla purposely looked at Diana with huge, innocent eyes. "Are you unhappy I'm here, Diana? If you are, I can... leave..."Diana froze in pain. She didn't have time to think about why Kayla was acting up again and could only feel the stinging soreness on her feet.After all, Kayla was wearing heels.It was fortunate Diana was sitting down. If she had been standing up, Kayla's action might have caused her to fall.When Diana thought of that outcome, her face twisted into an unsightly look. She shoved Kayla away, snarling, "You're crazy! Get off me!"Kayla collapsed to the ground in one smooth motion and looked at Diana with an aggrieved expression. Her voice was muffled as she cried, "D-Diana...! W-why...?""What's the point of pretending?" Diana was unused to seeing her in this state. "You clearly stepped on my foot first. I didn't cry from that, yet you are?!"Besides, Diana hadn't used a lot of strength when she pushed Kayla. Yet, Kayla sat on the ground as if she
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If Julian insisted on continuing his probing, then Diana would insist on telling the complete truth. Sadly, Diana knew Julian didn't care about it at all.Julian might go on and on about justice and fairness, but at the end of the day, he would still favor Kayla regardless of the facts.What had Diana expected?She laughed mockingly to herself. It was because Julian had given her the bed last night that she felt that perhaps he wasn't as cold and cruel as she thought.In the end, that was only wishful thinking. It wasn't because of that.It was only because Kayla wasn't around, and perhaps when he saw Diana's face last night, he only thought of Kayla and was considerate toward her.She had spent three years as Julian's substitute wife, so how could she not understand how he thought?He treated her well because he was good to Kayla. In his mind, Diana Winnington didn’t exist.Diana was going to divorce him, and Kayla was the one he wanted to love and spoil. Diana had finally fig
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The following day, there was still no sign of Diana. There had also been no delivery boy bringing takeaway to the villa.She just had a miscarriage. She couldn't have fainted from not having anything to eat or drink for long, could she?When Julian returned from work and noted again that it was only him and Kayla sitting down for dinner, he couldn't take it anymore. "I'll go upstairs and check on her."Kayla looked at the untouched food before Julian and said unhappily, "You should eat, Julian. I'll go check on her.""She won't open the door for you," Julian said as he gestured for Mr. Carter to bring the room key. "I'll go. You should eat."It sounded like he was saying this for her sake, but in reality...His heart and mind just weren't here anymore.He wanted to see Diana.Kayla clearly noticed this, and she gritted her teeth harshly as she chewed her food. She wasn't willing to take things lying down like this, so she quickly put down her cutlery and said, "I'm also very
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"Stubborn," Julian muttered. He watched as Diana was about to drift off to sleep again and was confused. "Have you lost your mind from hunger?"They were in this situation, yet she still didn't know how to say anything nice to him.Diana snorted at his question. "No, I'm not hungry."When she said that, her eyes sparkled brightly as if she was telling the complete truth. As soon as the words left her mouth, her stomach rumbled loudly.Of course she was hungry! The baby was hungry too!For the past two days, she had eaten all the snacks she could find in the room, which helped her maintain her body functions. But she couldn't find anything this afternoon, so she decided to sleep.If she was still in this situation, she planned to call Madam Fulcher and ask her to come for a meal. That way, Diana could eat with the pretense that everything was normal.She didn't expect Julian to come into her room tonight with Kayla. The sight of them standing together annoyed her, especially when
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Another loud rumble sounded out from her stomach.If Diana had a mirror, she could see how red her face was as she stared at the food. Julian saw her embarrassment and prompted her, "You can eat all of this if you apologize to Kayla.""I won't." Diana lost most of her appetite when she heard this. There was no need for her to apologize. She hadn't done anything wrong.Forget about how blind Julian was! She would still accept if it happened only once or twice, but she wouldn't go along with him on everything."Kayla has done so much wrong to me, yet I don't see her apologizing," Diana said. She rolled over, covering herself with the blanket, intending to sleep.Julian, as usual, ignored her words. However, it didn't look like he was going to ignore her not eating. He also seemed quite obsessed with wanting Diana to apologize to Kayla."Kayla, go ahead and eat."With that said, Julian carried his own portion of food to Diana's bedside. "Hmm... It tastes good."Then he deliberat
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Julian shot Diana a disgusted look, as if he wasn't the one who had just eaten by the bedside. "Go to the coffee table."This was as far as he could tolerate. He didn't continue eating because he really couldn't eat in an environment like a bedroom; he had only done so to lure Diana out.Under Kayla's gentle persuasion, he finally compromised and had a few bites of dessert after dinner. When Diana ate the dessert, she choked and rushed to the bathroom as she almost threw up."Is there fish in this?" Diana called out from the bathroom."Yes," Julian said with a nod, wondering why she had suddenly rushed to the bathroom with her mouth covered. "It's sashimi."Not only was it fish, but it was also raw!Diana was disgusted and terrified. What if the fetus growing in her was affected by her carelessness, and parasites made their way into her body from ingesting raw food?!Because of this, she didn't bother holding back and threw up.Julian didn't find it weird. To him, Diana alrea
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"Throw up here," Julian said as he quickly put his hand in front of Diana's mouth and anxiously assisted her back to the bathroom. "Do you still feel uncomfortable?"For an instant, Diana believed that Julian's concern was genuine. That was, until he whipped his head around quickly and said, "Kayla, go ahead and leave this place so your clothes won't get dirty."The worry was genuine...but it wasn't for her.Disappointment flashed in Diana’s eyes, but it was gone before she noticed. She tried to push his hand away and said, "I'm fine."However, Julian didn't let go of her hand or remove his hand from her face. "If you need to throw up, go ahead.""Kayla’s gone," Diana said, smiling bitterly. "You don't have to worry whether I'll throw up now or not."Julian was confused. What does Kayla leaving have to do with whether or not Diana would throw up again? He really couldn't figure out what was going on in her mind. Exasperated, he said sarcastically, "Fine. Do whatever you want."
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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
