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Julian’s Stand-In Wife Chapter 281
This was the second time Julian had run his hands over Diana's stomach. Last time, he had touched her at the same spot when he thought she was in pain due to her period, and had brought her to the hospital afterwards.Back then, she hadn't known about the babies in her belly. But this time...The threat he had given her still rang clear in her mind.Diana looked down at the slender hand resting on her lower abdomen. Yet, she didn't feel the longing and warmth that she remembered in the past.At this moment, she could only fear terror for him.She feared he would attack her babies, and she feared...That he would disappoint her yet again.She raised her hand and pushed his hand away. "Don't touch me."Her voice was loud and cold, though tinged with a hint of fear. The back of Julian's hand turned red from where she had hit him.She had used a lot of force when pushing his hand away.He looked down, staring at her hand before he reached out to grab it. "Let me see."The brui
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Why did Julian have to bring up the past? It made Diana's heart throb in pain. By the time he finished treating the bruise, thirty minutes had passed. Julian handled the wound carefully. When he was finished, the bruised area looked much better. Diana only realized her wrist hurt badly after he was done, but she hadn't felt it until now. The seriousness of her injury was more of an afterthought to her; she only realized how bad it was when Julian had finished applying the ointment."When I brought up the children, I didn’t mean it that way," Julian suddenly said after a long stretch of silence. "You don't have to worry. I'll make sure you deliver the babies safely."He would make sure she delivered the babies safely? Then, what would happen after that?Diana's heart skipped again. "You...want me to leave the children with the Fulchers and kick me out? Alone?"Diana was usually such an intelligent person; yet for some reason, she always went in the wrong direction regarding thes
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No matter how much Diana wished to return to the old days, it was impossible.Faced with a husband who couldn’t tolerate having children between them, and was even planning on how to separate her from her babies as soon as they were born...She couldn't pretend that none of these things had happened and play along with his sudden interest in her.She remained unmoving and stayed where she was.Julian seemed to realize something at the same time, so he stopped making the gesture. Eventually, he still managed to persuade Diana into his arms.He didn't know what to say.He didn't know how to comfort her, nor how to soothe anxiety and fear in her heart. He was even more at a loss on how to confess his feelings to her and how to apologize to her.All he could do now was hold her tightly in his arms with all the tenderness he could muster and simply keep her in his arms.His embrace indeed warmed Diana.When her ears were pressed against his chest, she could hear the steady beat o
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Diana wondered and wondered, and soon lost track of time. It was already ten at night, yet sleep evaded her.Then, her phone suddenly rang.She pulled it out to see it was a text message from Julian: [Don't block me.]Diana remembered she had blocked Julian on her app. Feeling a little embarrassed, she quickly pulled up her app and unblocked him before replying to his message.[Okay.]Julian's lips curled up in a smile when he read her reply. "Good. Go to sleep."Sleeping late wasn’t good for pregnant women and their babies. Not to mention, Diana was having twins, which was more difficult than pregnant women with only one baby.The words on the screen gave her a familiar warmth and affection, and Diana couldn't help but grow ever more suspicious. "When you left my room, you mentioned the babies and me..."As she typed, she bit her lip and thought it over again. In the end, she deleted the message.Perhaps she was overthinking it.Julian could only be treating her kindly bec
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"Why?" Julian was stunned at Diana's words as he instructed the kitchen staff to hurry up and serve breakfast.He had woken up early in the morning to prepare all the food that Diana loved, though with a few modifications in the ingredients as she was pregnant. He hadn't made breakfast for her in a long time.In fact, he even made some new dishes and was a little nervous about if she would like it.Seeing everything before her and the expression on Julian's face, Diana felt even more frightened.What was he planning now?Was he trying to fatten her up like a pig for slaughter?Or, in other words, was he trying to make sure she was well enough to give birth, then separate her from her babies?!She very well couldn't stay here for another minute!She lamented the fact that she had returned to the villa last night without informing Julian and Kayla. This was probably what upset Kayla and angered Julian.Yes, that was probably what led them to be in the situation now.When Juli
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Diana was speaking unusually much today."Why exactly do you not care about my being pregnant all of a sudden anymore?"It wasn't Kayla who was pregnant with Julian's baby, but her, Diana Winnington. Based on his thoughts from before, didn't she and her babies deserve to die?Diana's eyes were wide and round; she seemed genuinely confused and was pondering very hard on this matter.Julian snorted.He was furious with her thinking."Diana, I'm not so cruel as to kill my children with my hands.""Then, why did you say those things in front of Luke...?""That's because..." Julian trailed off and froze. He hadn't realized his feelings yet back then, but now, he was well aware of them.Even if Kayla got pregnant, it wouldn’t be worth more than the little lives Diana carried in her belly.No, more accurately... Kayla would never have the chance to get pregnant with his child. He didn't have the desire to touch anyone but Diana.There was never a chance to get anyone else pregnan
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What kind of solution did Julian have?At this point, the only solution Diana could think of was getting divorce.If possible, she didn't want to talk to Madam Fulcher about her pregnancy until she absolutely needed to.Yet, this fact made her heart as heavy as stone. It made her uncomfortable when she thought about how big of a deal she was hiding from the older woman; she felt uneasy.She wanted to make Madam Fulcher happy.But now that she had Julian's promise, there wasn't any need to add trouble by leaving, and there was even more no need to leave Madam Fulcher some false happiness. Diana didn't want to leave her children with the Fulcher family and be separated from them.Sadly, the reality was that neither Julian nor Kayla would allow her to stay.Her own pride wouldn’t allow it, either.Her original plan was to get the divorce papers as soon as possible, then take her babies as far as possible from here.Julian obviously knew what she had in mind. He had read her divor
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This soon became known to Kayla, and the resentment she harbored for Diana deepened.Last night, Diana had given such an insincere apology and quietly left, looking as upset as Kayla felt.Diana obviously thought she was better than Kayla!In addition, Julian hadn't returned to stay with Kayla as he had promised. Kayla knew it must have been because of Diana.As such, Kayla made sure Diana would feel her rage today in the company. She couldn't help but think that...that Diana and Julian must have slept together again.How shameless of Diana!She was already pregnant, yet she was still seducing men!Kayla had gone through all the trouble of acting out such a tedious play, but she still failed to keep Julian by her side. Even his concern for her had been short-lived. She had racked her brains to come up with so much... Was it true? Was she not destined to win against Diana? Would she always only be second best?No! That was impossible.There must have been something Kayla had
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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
