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Julian had certainly noticed it, though he hadn't expected Diana to have a headache over their children's gender so early in her pregnancy."It's not that I don't like girls," Julian tried to explain, looking straight into her eyes. There was a myriad of emotions in his eyes that she hadn’t seen before, even in their three years of marriage. It was so intense, it looked like they were about to consume her.At this moment, Diana was certain that Julian was seeing her rather than a shadow of someone else. His gaze no longer seemed as far off as it did in the past; it didn’t seem he was looking for someone else through her.Diana felt her mind spin at the implications. She was tempted just to let go and fall...And fall she did, right into his arms. Julian carried her in his arms and left the table, making his way slowly upstairs."It's just that...they say that boys usually take after their mothers, and girls after their fathers," Julian explained.Seeing that Diana accepted hi
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This intimacy between Diana and Julian was long overdue.At first, Julian was in disbelief. On the two occasions when he had kissed her on the cheek, he had been apprehensive as he thought she might push him away.To his surprise, Diana actually took the initiative to kiss him.He responded quickly and took control. It was until they stopped that Diana asked breathlessly, "Weren't we...discussing the children's gender?"Why did it suddenly...Why did they suddenly start…?Oh, she couldn't even say the words in her mind! It was embarrassing!Julian laughed brightly. It had been a long time since he had felt so free. It felt like even the wind was afraid of disturbing his peace, as it remained silent outside the window.His laughter rang clearly through the hall, and it was pleasing to the ears."We were indeed. But I see you couldn't resist, so I indulged you."Diana was speechless. This two-faced man!He was obviously the one who had started it by saying those words! He made
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Diana didn't have time to laugh at him before Julian gently pulled her down to lay on the carpet with him. It was a top-quality cashmere carpet that had been imported from Persia. The price per square meter of this was enough to buy a small apartment in the city. It was very comfortable, and there wasn't any discomfort when lying on it. Julian had bought this when he learned she was pregnant and was afraid she would fall."To be honest, I want daughters." Julian was in a chatty mood, and he continued talking. "But I'm afraid that I won't be able to change my rotten attitude and will influence them. Still, I'll try my best."His face turned grave, and he continued, "Honey, you can supervise me."He would never be hot and cold like he had in the past toward Diana. In the future, he would try his best to express his feelings whenever he wanted to. Julian's eyes were affectionate, and his voice was gentle.Diana was in a daze, and somehow ended up kissing him.When she pulled ba
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According to Madam Fulcher, Kayla had saved Julian and gave him hope when he was in the most confused and pained state in his life."Diana..." Julian spoke after a long stretch of silence. "Are you asleep?""No."How could she fall asleep after hearing him tell her so many things?"Then... How about I move back into the bedroom starting tonight?" Julian asked cautiously. "It used to be our shared bedroom, after all."Only, he hadn't stayed in it for a long time."That way, I can take care of you whenever you don't feel well."His statement rang true, but Diana was more convinced that he genuinely wanted to move back to care for her. If so, why was he so happy to move out before?There were some things she shouldn't think about. The moment she did, the scars from her past would tear open again and hurt her deeply. Diana's mood plummeted, and she gradually put more distance between them and rolled to the edge of the carpet.She got up, walked to the bathroom, and calmly brushe
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That day, Diana had seen Julian and Kayla coming out of the same room. It had been a thorn in her heart since then.It was better when she didn't think about it, but when Julian had talked about moving back in, the memory floated into her mind. She even felt disgusted that her lips had touched Julian's, which was why she hurried to brush her teeth. Now that his scent no longer lingered on her, she felt relieved and comfortable.She was a little bit of a neat freak when it came to relationships.Apparently, Julian also understood the reason for her sudden change in attitude and why she had gone to brush her teeth."No," Julian answered frankly. "But I have hugged her and held her hand before."Even though he hadn’t done so more than a few times, and the one time he had hugged Kayla was to confirm his feelings, they were still somewhat intimate before.Julian wouldn't lie to Diana."If you don't want to touch me because of that," Julian said seriously after thinking for a while,
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Diana knew she couldn't handle a man like Julian, but she couldn't help herself from falling in love with him again. So much so, she was even willing to believe his sweet words of love.She felt like she had fallen into a web; the more she struggled, the deeper she got entangled.But...She didn't dare to dig deeper into the matter of Kayla.Forget it.Diana tossed and turned in bed for a long while before eventually falling asleep.On the other hand, Julian wasn’t asleep. He went to Diana's bedroom once more in the middle of the night. When he saw no light on, he returned to his room.It seemed she was sleeping well. That meant that Julian could have a good sleep tonight too.When they woke up the next day, they were both refreshed. When Albert saw Diana coming down, he took the initiative and greeted her, "You're looking good today, ma'am."It seems the medicine Kayla had given him didn't have any major adverse effects. Perhaps it really was just a little lesson Kayla want
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Vans blinked, shocked.What did Julian say? His wife?Vans shot Diana a skeptical look, as if asking her why she wasn't protesting the title Julian had called her.Julian saw Vans looking at Diana; he wrapped his arm around her waist and glared at Vans. "What are you looking at?"Vans was now thoroughly confused and disturbed at the same time. He looked as if he wanted to pull Diana away from Julian right away, but he also didn't dare move due to Julian’s intimidating glare.After all, Julian was his best friend. But... He was only being a good Samaritan by helping Diana out, wasn’t he?Diana saw the confused look on Vans's face and found it hilarious. Since she had her fill, she wouldn't tease him anymore. Just as she was about to speak, Julian tightened his grip on her waist.From Vans's point of view, it looked like Diana wanted to step away from Julian. However, Julian was holding her back when his hold tightened. Diana was pregnant! What if Julian was too forceful?!Be
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Julian's raised voice startled Vans and cleared his mind almost instantly. Vans looked at Julian before asking Diana, "Are you saying... Julian knows about your pregnancy, and he's not going after you for it?""Yes," Diana replied with a nod, then looked at him with a gentle smile. "Thank you for helping me hide it before.""It's nothing," Vans replied numbly. He was sincerely happy for them. He was also relieved that he no longer had to hide her pregnancy from Julian, and was even more excited that Julian had really accepted the babies Diana was carrying.It was proof that he hadn't made the wrong decision in helping Diana to escape the abortion.Wait... Something was wrong.Vans's eyes suddenly widened comically when the crux of the matter occurred to him, and he asked, "Julian, you...you don't blame me for keeping this from you, do you?"Oh, what a fool to have only thought of it now!Julian sneered, "What do you think?"When Vans heard Julian's reply, he dashed out of the
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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
