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Julian’s Stand-In Wife Chapter 343
Early on September fourteenth, Diana woke up with an extremely stuffy feeling in her chest. She looked out the window, and sure enough, the sky was dark and gloomy."It's typical autumn weather," Diana said as she reminded Julian to wear a thicker coat. "It feels like it's going to be a heavy rain today."The clouds were gray and thick in the sky, and there were layers and layers of it, looking as if they were going to fall right down on the people below."Yeah," Julian agreed and brought her a thicker coat. "I have a meeting today, so I can't send you this morning. I'll get the driver to send you, but I'll still see you this afternoon. If you're not dressed warmly, I'll beat you, okay?"Diana knew exactly where he implied he would beat her and suddenly felt a phantom pain on her behind as she said obediently, "Okay."After saying that, she seemed to realize something and added, "We'll be parents soon enough, and you can't always do that anymore."Julian raised an eyebrow. "Alway
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[Okay.] Diana replied to Fanny. [Don't worry, I'll definitely send a design you'll be satisfied with in the next round!]Diana had confidence in her design enough to say those words to Fanny. The latter also replied with a rare emoji saying 'good luck', which was considered approval from the ice queen.Diana instantly felt motivated, and even the gloomy weather outside couldn't affect her. It didn't occur to her until noon that Julian wouldn't be having lunch with her today in the car. She turned around to invite Jayden to eat with her, but noticed that all her colleagues were gone.Perhaps they had all gone to lunch?Diana had just been a little slow, then. Shaking her head in frustration, she planned to order takeaway, only to discover that many riders had stopped taking orders due to the heavy rain.She got up and went to the meeting room to look around, only to find that many of her colleagues had come prepared with packed lunches today and were nestled in the room to heat u
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Diana had been suffering from diarrhea for the past few days. Still, it had been mild, and she had gotten better after she went to the bathroom when it happened.Perhaps because she was in a depressed mood today, but she could still feel her stomach hurting after going to the toilet.She hunched over her workstation slightly and got herself a few cups of hot water in attempts to soothe her stomach. After about an hour, she gradually felt better.However, the rain outside continued to pour.When the time came for her to clock off, there was still no contact from Julian. Diana was afraid he would come without warning, so she called him. Yet, no one answered.Since he had mentioned he would pick her up from work, it meant that his meeting wasn't going to last the entire day. Julian had always been strict when it came to work arrangements, so it was strange that Diana couldn't contact him at this time.Diana grew more flustered and tried contacting Noel, but no one picked up either.
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"Sir."Noel wasn't even wearing a raincoat as he arranged for maintenance outside. "It's raining too heavily, and more than six manhole covers are missing. That's not the only problem. The covers on this entire road are loose, and someone may fall in if they don't pay attention. Even our car might drive right into one, especially with how bad vision is now."The rain was heavy, and the weather was poor. Even with money and power, it was difficult to find a large number of workers on such short notice.What was more, this was clearly a security issue.It would be more troublesome if a worker were to have an accident during this period."Is there still no signal?" Julian asked. Noel's face looked like it was going to turn deformed under the heavy rain, and he raised his hand to wipe away the water multiple times before he could speak clearly, "No."The nearby signal source seemed to have been cut off from them, and it was difficult to contact anyone. It was probably the same th
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Julian was alert the entire time. Even though the rain was heavy, he kept his eyes and ears open as he monitored the surroundings at all times. If there was any abnormality, he would spot it immediately. The only problem was that he was soaked to the bone in the downpour.When he reached the corner, he finally made it out of Scenery Street. The road conditions here were clearly much better; there were no floating manhole covers on the water's surface, and the water flowed neatly into the drainage channel. There was no water stuck on the road, either.It was also further proof that something had been intentionally done to make Scenery Street a danger zone.Who would dare attack him so blatantly?Julian thought about it for a while, but he couldn't think of anyone who would have the guts to do so.However, he wasn't worried. His enemies had gone out of their way to plan an attack on him, so they would definitely show themselves soon enough.He just needed to be extra cautious.H
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"No matter how big a disaster or how powerful a person, they definitely wouldn't be able to take Mr. Fulcher’s life," John added.Diana also knew that; she probably was worried for nothing.After all, Julian was not an ordinary man."Yeah, okay. Go and take a look. Be careful!"John walked away quickly, and Diana sat alone in the car. As she sat there, she recalled the figure John had pointed out. Even though they had different clothes, the man's back and stature were similar to Julian's.She looked up again, but the man was already gone.She wanted to take a closer look, so she rolled down the window further and leaned out. Almost half her body was outside before she finally spotted the figure again.He wasn't wearing the clothes he had left the house in this morning, but it was indeed Julian.It turned out that she had been wrong. Diana stuck her tongue out and waved at him happily, wanting him to come over quickly. The rain had receded, and it was much lighter at this mome
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Julian was surrounded by many men. Though they weren't very strong, there were a lot of them. He was also trapped in the most remote alley of the place, which was obviously planned.More importantly, these random punks must have taken a lot of effort to plan for this.After Julian took out one man, another would take his place. Julian’s enemies were using numbers to overpower him, and it was working as it constantly drained his strength. It had been difficult for them to get close to Julian as he could still parry all the blows, but he was slowly getting overwhelmed as his strength lessened, and his own attacks had less power in them as time passed. Especially now that Diana was getting closer, what with Luke watching her with hungry eyes. For a moment, Julian got distracted, and a heavy blow landed on his head.The rain continued to pour down on them. Julian's ears buzzed from the blow, but he shook his head roughly and his eyes cleared."Come at me, Luke," Julian said with a
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Luke pulled back with the dagger in hand and ordered his minions, "Beat him up! Hit him as hard as you can! Make sure he ends up even more crippled than an old man!"Then, he looked at Diana and said, "Come with me! If you do, he'll live."At this point, Luke had lowered his guard. However, Julian was already in a miserable situation as countless blows rained on him repeatedly.No matter how capable Julian was, it was impossible for him to beat so many people, especially when he was forced to be completely passive. The sound of the rain beating down and the sounds of flesh hitting flesh felt like rocks hammering on the hearts of people listening.Just then, one of the men even picked up a brick and smashed Julian's leg.Julian wanted to run to Diana, but too many hands held him down. There was nothing he could do but stay down and take the hits.One hit.Two hits.Three hits.It went on and on; Julian screwed his eyes shut at the pain that burst continuously through his body
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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
