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The way he addressed Kayla grated harshly in Diana's ears. Adding to the terrible situations she had gone through in the past two days, Diana could feel herself growing more and more upset.In the end, she was only one woman.A woman who had been living and relying on her own since she was a child, and had tried hard to obtain love and warmth.If she could, she would have liked to return to the past three years where she had relied on Julian. Unfortunately, everything shattered the moment Kayla arrived.And Diana, the rightful Mrs. Fulcher, no longer had the right to voice her objections after getting kicked out by the man she loved. Up till now, her life was still influenced by his status. Thus, she had no choice but to endure Kayla’s incessant harassment.Diana only wanted to use this job to get a fresh start on her new life. Unfortunately, Kayla was also here. She was forced to put up with Kayla until her patience finally ran out, and she fought back. And now, hearing Kayla add
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It was a divorce plan.Diana recalled the diet plan that Fanny had provided her. Since she was giving birth to twins, she could only hide her pregnancy until she reached the fifth month, even with a strictly controlled diet and guaranteed nutrition.After that, others would definitely notice her bulging belly.She had to finalize her divorce with Julian and disappear before the time limit was up, which was around New Year's Eve. How could she ensure that the divorce was finalized within this time frame?Diana pondered about the issue for a while, but came up empty.In the large, white document before her, only one word was written on it. Patience.She hadn't finished her day's work, but when Diana saw that everyone had left and was alone in the office, she lost the desire to work late. As she was distracted by this thought, she received a call from the villa.Albert's voice came through the other end. "Ms. Winnington, it's time for you to come back and prepare dinner.Diana
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Kayla had an oblivious look on her face, as if she had Diana's best interest in mind. She said innocently, "Diana. Since you’re the Fulcher family's maid, you'll anger Julian if you eat at the same table as us."Julian glanced at them both and said, "She's right. You don't deserve to eat."Diana was speechless. Was she supposed to starve?Well, the dishes on the table weren’t exactly great. After a while, she simply gave up.Fine, she wouldn't eat with them if they didn’t want her around.She would return to her room and order takeaway instead.So she turned around and replied mechanically, "Okay."She looked like an obedient, sweet, and submissive doll.Julian watched her retreating back as she went upstairs, and an inexplicable emotion suddenly welled up within him.His heart was constricted.He couldn't let Diana stay, but he also felt deeply unhappy if she left.He was stuck in limbo.Diana wanted to go to bed and rest quickly after eating, but seeing as tomorrow was a
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Kayla thought that after she returned, Julian would end his ridiculous marriage with Diana and make Diana disappear from their lives completely.Yet, despite the excruciatingly long wait, their divorce kept getting delayed.Instead of things going smoothly for her, Julian's heart seemed to be gradually changing.Diana sighed, breathing slowly as she pondered about what to say. She glanced at Kayla; she decided to throw out some bait under the pretense of confiding in the latter in a heart-to-heart talk, and said, "Let's be honest. I understand your feelings. As you know, I'm going to be a mother. I want to leave Julian more than you think. I want to hurry and divorce him because I'm afraid he’d do something to my babies. But..."Diana's tone suddenly changed. "It doesn't seem like he wants to divorce me at all.”Kayla was shocked.Diana's words had merit; it was exactly what Kayla was seeing at this moment.Indeed, Julian was wavering.The thing was, he didn’t realize it himsel
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Even so, Diana responded sweetly and said, "Understood, Mr. Fulcher."She would keep her act up as a maid to the end.Diana's voice sounded sweet since she was obedient, but one could hear her teeth gnashing. There was life in her voice, as if she was no longer a paper doll. "Maid," Julian repeated, for a reason he couldn’t understand. "Make sure you do it well."If he heard correctly, Diana's breathing sounded rougher after hearing the way he called her. There was more emotion in her response.Julian's heart suddenly felt lighter. He looked at the bedside table briefly before finally turning around and leaving the room. Kayla waited for him to leave before shooting Diana a vicious look. "If it's true that Julian really doesn't want to leave you, then I'll help you. But you need to work with me."How could Julian not want to divorce Diana? It was the first thing on his list! The reason they were forced to delay was only because of Madam Fulcher.However...Kayla was willing
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So, Julian wanted her to wear a maid uniform?Diana was stunned speechless once more. "This is humiliating!" Diana finally understood why Julian had set the alarm to wake her up in advance. He even had Albert deliver the dress to her personally!It was an apparent attempt to humiliate her."I won't wear it," Diana said firmly, looking straight at Albert.Albert had a serious look. "If you don't wear it, we’ll have someone come and help you. It's the master’s orders."It meant that Diana had to wear it, even if she didn’t want to.Diana was sure Julian was capable of such a feat. After all, what's the difference between doing this and forcing her to the cold operating theater for an abortion she desperately refused?Julian had never respected her, and did as he pleased based on his mood swings.He truly meant it when he claimed he didn’t love her.All the more reason Diana wanted to get a divorce.Diana stood rooted to the spot, thinking about how empty her divorce plan was.
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Before Julian's lips could curl into a smile, he cleared his throat loudly. His sudden action startled Diana, who dropped the spoon into the pot from shock."What is it now?" Diana asked, annoyed. She turned around, only to see Julian's expression as black as the bottom of a burnt pot."It's nothing. You can eat once you're done cooking, but don't serve it yet," Julian said, his voice hard. "Kayla wouldn't be happy if you did."After saying that, he left.Albert saw Julian's eyes closed tightly as he exited the kitchen, his handsome features crinkled together, and asked nervously, "Sir, do your eyes feel uncomfortable?” In truth, Julian was annoyed with himself for saying those things earlier. Without realizing it, he blurted out, "Yes. My eyes hurt from looking at that ugly thing in the kitchen."Diana heard his words from inside the kitchen, and was confused. If Julian said she was ugly, wasn't he calling Kayla ugly as well?After all, the two sisters looked very much alike.
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Kayla didn't want boring things like those dull chrysanthemum flowers to taint her room. Diamonds and jewels suited her so much more!Diana didn't say a word about it. She simply carried the flowers away and continued placing them in the other rooms.When Julian returned from work, he saw the flowers as soon as he entered the room. Some of them were in bloom, and some were still budding; they added life and cheer to the empty room.More importantly, he knew who had placed the flowers here.Whenever that woman saw beautiful plants and flowers, she posted pictures of them on her social media. Whether they were expensive or didn’t cost much, it didn’t matter; all of them were equally exquisite in her eyes.Julian felt his mood gradually improve, and he went downstairs after changing his clothes. As he reached the bottom of the stairs, he bumped into Albert, who was heading to the kitchen to prepare the dishes."Are there chrysanthemums in your room?"Albert froze, guilt flashing in
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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
