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Luke was terrified, fear spreading to his very bones.He panicked and gestured to the men around them, "Disperse! Get lost!"As soon as he said that, another set of footsteps came from a short distance away.Luke looked up to see a group of men in black led by none other than Noel. Behind him was John, who was sweating profusely even on this rainy, cold day.John had returned to the car from the accident scene cheerfully to reassure Diana that Julian hadn't been involved in the accident. But when he reached the car, he realized that she had disappeared.And as Luke had surrounded Julian in a remote alley, John didn't notice them. However, he was certain something had happened to Diana. Without wasting time, he immediately drove into Scenery Street.Fortunately, Noel was efficient in everything he did. The roads and communication line had been restored to normal by then, and John was able to contact Noel quickly.When John explained the situation to Noel, the latter immediately k
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"Diana..."Julian knew that the miscarriage was devastating, but...He hadn't actually looked into whether or not Kayla was involved."Luke’s dead. Our babies have been avenged," Julian said, trying to give Diana some comfort and calm her down. "The Pabian family got to him before I did, perhaps fearing that Luke's actions would implicate their family. His father killed Luke personally before I could do anything, and Noel took his body and fed it to the dogs."Even though Julian had stayed unmoving by her side, he hadn't been idle.The entire Richburgh had been shaken up thoroughly because of this incident.Everyone knew Julian had lost his children, and they also knew the heavy price the Pabian family had paid for their involvement in this incident. Though the Pabian family had sacrificed Luke and managed to preserve their lives, they had once again fallen by a large margin in terms of hierarchy.The bloodied storm that poured down had disturbed the peace of Richburgh and silen
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That's right.Julian had thought wrongly.All this time, he had been used to Diana being a meek young lady at his side. He had forgotten that she was also a hardened woman who had fought her way from the countryside to Richburgh all on her own.Even during the incident with Luke, all Julian could think of was not scaring her or letting her dirty her hands.It was better if those kinds of things were left to him.Yet, he had forgotten that Diana would need to go through those things to soothe herself and vent her emotions.She wasn't a canary or a fragile flower. She wasn't a delicate peony... No, she was a tree.A tall and firm one that stood unfearing against the howling winds."I'm sorry," Julian said in a hoarse voice. He hadn't eaten much in the past few days, his mind filled with only thoughts of Diana and worry that she would think of doing something unthinkable. "I didn't think it through."He should have left the disposing of Luke's corpse to her, instead of trying to
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"What do you mean?!" Diana exclaimed, glaring at Julian with hostile eyes. "How could there have been something wrong with them before then? They were fine in my stomach!""You kept complaining that your stomach was sore for those few days. Don’t you remember? It was actually signs of it...but we didn't find out in time.""No! That's impossible! The pain was caused by a developing embryo and my stomach expanding! That's impossible...!"It was too cruel to hear those words, and Diana beat his chest frantically as she continued screaming, "That's not possible!""But that's what the doctor said.” Julian tried to calm her down. "Diana, take a moment to think. Do you remember that your tastebuds returned to normal that day?"Yes, that was right.Diana hadn't been able to stomach meat after she got pregnant, but had suddenly gained the appetite for it the other day.But..."What does that have to do with the babies?!"She couldn't accept this!However, her voice soon lowered to a w
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Julian was angry.No, he was furious.He wouldn't allow Diana to continue hurting herself this way, but not a word of harsh criticism passed his lips. Instead, he held her tight and said, "I understand...I do. I know you're also in pain. Just please give me some time, okay?"Give him some time so he could get to the bottom of her miscarriage. He wanted Diana to calm down gradually, and he would give her a satisfactory answer.However, he would never let her continue hurting herself like this.He hoped his embrace could give her some strength. Finally...She broke down and cried painful tears, as if she were letting out all the emotions she had suppressed in the past few days. Then, she bit his shoulder harshly. "Julian... Did what happened to our babies really...really have nothing to do with Kayla?"Her words were hoarse whispers, and she was barely able to speak.She was showing her vulnerable side to him.It looked like she was gradually accepting the truth.Julian knew th
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"Okay, that's enough," Julian said when he saw Diana was in a bad mood. He didn't want her to get upset because of him and hastily added, "Don't feel bad. I'm going to look into this whole thing, okay?"He would make sure to give Diana a thorough explanation.Diana nodded. "What about your injuries?""I'll take care of it today."He needed to leave the hospital to carry out what he wanted to do, after all, and he couldn't leave in this shape."Okay," Diana said with a small nod. "Go ahead. I'll wait here for you and get some rest."After saying that, she laid back down in the hospital bed, looking like a porcelain doll under the white lights.There was a beautiful yet heartbreaking beauty to Diana at this moment.Her miscarriage clearly had an irreversible effect on her.Julian didn't dare to stare too long at her. Otherwise, the image of Diana collapsing in his arms on that rainy day would appear in his mind over and over again.She had begged him to save Aster and Star, but
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Julian's ruthlessness towards the Pabian family and the fact he hadn’t left a trace of Luke's body was a consequence that Kayla hadn’t expected.She trembled in fear, and her teeth chattered. She used almost all of her strength to force herself to calm down.It didn't matter. Luke was dead, and he didn't even have the opportunity to confess her involvement before he died.There had also been no news from Albert's end, so she relaxed once more when the thought crossed her mind. Now that her emotions had settled, she patted the empty spot on her bed and gave Julian a real smile."Did you come to see me?"Julian had come in the middle of the night. Did he want to get Kayla pregnant to replace the baby in Diana's belly?Kayla perked up at the thought and started moving. She even tried to pull her hospital gown down a little.Julian had never met a person who had made such an error of judgment in his life.Was Kayla...really the same girl who had saved him as a child?The more he i
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Kayla had no qualms about using Diana's saving grace on Julian. She brought it up as a way to guilt trip Julian, and she didn’t feel the slightest remorse about doing so."You've been good to me since we met! But you were too good! You gave me all the wonderful fantasies of my youth, and you pampered me so much... You even married Diana because she looked like me after I disappeared! And after that, you ruined your marriage because you yearned for me!"Kayla got more passionate as she spoke, "Do you think that as a woman faced with a man like you, she can give you up? Who wouldn't want to marry you?! But you? Without an explanation, you suddenly said you wanted to cut off all communication with me! You didn't even care about me when I got injured! You only pushed me to Noel! Have you ever thought about how I feel?!"Everything Kayla said was the truth.Julian knew that in the process of repaying Kayla's kindness, there were moments when he mistook his kindness for love. Forget abou
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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
