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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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Kayla had a point, so Albert nodded in agreement. "I'll try to be as stealthy as possible so he doesn't find out."That would be best.Kayla pulled out a jade piece and placed it in Albert's hand. "Thank you for your hard work."Albert refused to take it. "I appreciate your kindness, but after working so many years for the Fulcher family, I do not need this."The reason he disliked Diana had nothing to do with the favors he was doing for Kayla. He simply felt that Diana wasn't good enough for Julian and hoped that Julian would have a better life. It was why he was helping Kayla."I don't mean to discredit your sincerity," Kayla said humbly. "If you dislike these mundane items, I'll prepare something else for you next time.""I'm happy as long as you and the master are happy," Albert said, waving his hand dismissively.Even though it was true, Kayla was confused by Albert's attitude. Contempt filled her eyes as she watched Albert’s retreating back. Were there any servants in this
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Diana even purposely showed off her figure at Julian, though she pretended to hide it when he appeared.Julian was silent for a long time. It was extremely rare for him not to make scathing remarks toward her.The suspense made Diana tense, and she couldn't calm herself as the silence continued. It was a strange situation, and she knew something was very wrong.When she looked up, she saw a disgustingly creepy smile on Julian's face. It looked as if he was sure everything was under his control; Diana wondered if he already knew she was pregnant with his children.Did Kayla inform him?Diana didn't think Kayla would do that. She had warned Kayla that Julian was the reason they hadn't divorced yet, as he was the one who didn't want to. It didn’t make sense for Kayla to inform Julian about her pregnancy.So... Why exactly was Julian looking at her, as if he could see through all her thoughts?Just as Diana was getting apprehensive, Julian suddenly shifted his gaze.However, there
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If Julian hadn't done that, they wouldn't be in this situation. Kayla wouldn’t go through this hardship because of their status! Julian was torturing Diana just to make Kayla feel better.Diana understood all this, but the only thing she could do now was to keep herself and her babies safe amidst Julian's deliberate attempts to make things difficult for her.As for how much pain this man had put her through... That wasn't important anymore.Diana bit her lip harshly, ignoring Julian's taunting words.If she didn't respond, she could pretend that his words didn't hurt her, and her heart would feel lighter.When Julian saw how she looked, he couldn't help but want to mock her even more. He wanted to see how long Diana would hold out before personally telling him that she didn't want a divorce. But with nothing else to do at the moment, Julian glanced around and saw Diana's computer on the couch. The screen was on, and the background display was of chrysanthemum flowers which loo
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Whenever Vans saw Julian, hesitation would arise in his heart as he would think about the babies. Regardless of how Julian's relationship with Diana was, Vans wanted to let his good friend know the truth. At the very least, he wanted Julian to have a choice.To Vans, Julian’s insistence on forcing Diana to abort the baby was because thought it was Oliver's. Julian was simply jealous.Once he knew the children were his, perhaps… Perhaps he would change his mind.But if...if, as Diana said, Julian couldn't tolerate any woman other than Kayla having his child, what would happen to the babies in Diana's belly?Recently, such thoughts would pop into Vans’s mind whenever he saw Julian. His heart would be torn in different directions.And Julian could obviously tell something was wrong with his friend."The last two times we met, you looked like you had something to tell me," Julian said as he refilled his glass.Vans froze and tried to deny it, but Julian kept on pressing."Here, d
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Julian felt like his eyes would pop out of their sockets. Everything Vans said was too much for him to digest. The entire night till dawn, Julian didn't react to the shock. According to what Vans had said in his drunken haze, he and Diana had teamed up and acted the way they did to save the child in Diana's belly.To top it off, the child wasn't Oliver's; it was his!And… It wasn’t one, but two babies! Identical twins, at that.This meant he would be the father to a pair of twins.Julian felt like his head was going to explode every time he thought about this unexpected revelation. He was both shocked and joyful at the news... But there was also raging fury that bubbled beneath the surface.Why hadn't Diana told him about something so important?As soon as the thought appeared in his mind, he deflated instantly, just like a punctured balloon.Obviously, he knew the reason.It was all because of what he had said back then.Julian had directly refuted the possibility that Di
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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
