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This was already considered a good start.Kate was even more overwhelmed when she saw Diana's expression. "Diana, I...""It's fine," Diana said, cutting her off. "I’ve already divorced Julian. If you don't believe me, you can ask James."Kate jerked back and looked at James, who gave her an affirmative nod in reply.Kate didn't know if she should be happy or not, and she felt conflicted. For the first time in her life, she felt her heart ache for the terrible things Diana had experienced in life."Y-You're divorced... What will you do about your future?"Diana was surprised to hear such words from Kate. She hadn't expected these flowers to be so effective. She had previously designed some clothes for a prominent elderly customer named Mr. Crawford under her old brand D&J, and he had given her these flowers.Diana didn’t have anywhere to plant them, so she left the flowers at the older man's place to be cared for.Before coming to the Winnington residence today, she remembered
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The plaque Diana gave to James had undoubtedly moved him deeply; just as the flowers had done to Kate."How did you get this…?" The plaque had Master Winnington's own inscription underneath it. James's name was also on it.It clearly meant that the inscription on the plaque had been meant for James."That's not important."Actually, it had been thanks to Mr. Crawford that Diana was able to have this plaque. It seemed Mr. Crawford had been close to Diana's grandfather, whom she had never met. When Diana requested Mr. Crawford to send the flowers over, she happened to mention James in the passing. Mr. Crawford had sent the plaque together with the flowers. However, she didn't bring up Mr. Crawford's existence to James and said, "Hang it up wherever you like."Although it was a gift from Diana, the inscription on it was indeed done by Master Winnington. If they hung it up in James's courtyard, no one would be able to say anything against it.This meant that James would no longer
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Wasn't Diana implying that Lucy was just a servant and that she was dispensable? And that Diana, Kate, and James were the rightful owner of the house?‘That little b*tch!’ Lucy cursed Diana in her mind and shot a fierce glare at the latter. She wanted to slap that little girl in the face so much right now!James could tell that Lucy was furious, but he didn't dare to expose anything before Kate. He put down his utensils and cleared his throat, giving Lucy a pointed look. The two held gazes for a while before Lucy finally turned around quickly and left.James ate a few more bites before he too quickly left the table.Throughout the whole meal, Kate continued eating quietly as if she hadn't seen anything.Sometimes, Diana wondered whether her mother was really stupid or was just pretending to be.However, now was clearly not the time to have a heart-to-heart talk with Kate, much less ask her such a personal secret."I'm done," Diana said, pushing her plate away. She turned to Kate
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James's expression changed drastically at Diana's words. "W-What hidden story?" he stammered. Lucy's eyes flashed with anger. "Stop making things up, Diana!""I haven't even said anything about it. How would you know if I'm making it up or not?" Diana asked with a mocking laugh. As she stood there, she looked like a charming existence that had emerged from an ancient painting. She seemed calm, but she exuded a goddess-like aura around her that made it impossible for all who looked at her to disrespect her.There was also a majestic and dignified light around her, one that incited admiration in many. Lucy subconsciously compared Diana to Kayla and couldn't help but lament deeply in her heart. They should’ve just killed this little b*tch back then! Had they done so, Diana wouldn't turn out to be such a threat!Lucy's eyes were so vicious that it was impossible to ignore.However, Diana wasn't the slightest bit afraid. She looked at Lucy and said calmly, "I'm still waiting f
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James's traditional clothes fluttered in the autumn wind, making him look even more like a ridiculous clown. "If I wanted to bring Kayla into the family, I wouldn't need to go through all that trouble!"He feared Diana would hold a deep grudge against him, and was now desperately covering up his past sins."Of course there was a need to." Diana regarded his performance with an icy glare.Now that he had confirmed her suspicions, her feelings for James had turned ice-cold. She couldn't imagine how her own father could have done that to her. She had just been a little child, for crying out loud!Even after he learned that she had a miserable childhood, he still stood by and did absolutely nothing.As for Diana, she had never understood why her family had been so cold when she had reunited with them."After all, Master Winnington loathed b*stards and illegitimate children above all else."Diana had done her research. Today, she was determined not to return from Winnington Mansion
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Oh, how amusing!Should Diana say that James was very articulate, or should she call him heartless?Diana looked at him with a mocking gaze. "Then I suppose I have to thank you.”James immediately wiped away his tears and stood up happily. He even tried to get closer to Diana, but she retreated a few steps to avoid him.It was hard to imagine that the man with such a personality was actually her birth father.Diana looked at his face, which resembled hers, and felt her heart beat faster in her chest.If it were possible, she wished she had never come to Richburgh when she had turned eighteen, let alone to the Winnington family. At the very least, she could hold on to her imagination that her parents were great people.James could sense Diana's distaste for him, and awkwardly withdrew his hand. "It's good that you understand my good intentions."Diana nodded. "Sure."It was pointless to talk about it.She now knew that it really was James's fault that she was lost as a child
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Diana and Kayla had been babies before that, weren’t they?"Have you been keeping an eye on me since I was three years old, just like James?" Diana asked Lucy with a sharp look after she mentally calculated the timeline.Lucy scoffed inwardly. Of course she had!Back then, she was afraid Diana would suddenly return to the Winnginton family. If that happened, Kayla's position in the family wouldn't hold, and Lucy's position as James's mistress might be exposed. As such, Lucy always had to be on guard against Diana. She had to ensure that Diana remained in the countryside and far away from Richburgh; only by that could she be at ease.In the process of her constant surveillance, she discovered that Diana had saved Julian's life.Diana had been such a small child, only seven or eight years old. And yet, she had terrific luck!Lucy, of course, had to let Kayla take Diana’s place once more.The next day, she immediately brought Kayla, who looked similar to Diana, to Julian and told
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Before, Lucy never bothered talking to Diana. Why would she suddenly change and was practically jumping and screaming in anger now?"Hmm... If you didn't keep an eye on me, that’d be best," Diana said with a smile. "Saves me the effort of removing one obstacle when I investigate what happened when I was a child."When Lucy heard that, her eyes widened anxiously. "Are you still going to look into it?"Diana shrugged. "Of course. Forget simply investigating, I’ll make sure I leave no stone unturned. Everything that happened when I was a child, everything that I remember and don't... I'm going to find out everything."Lucy didn't realize that Diana was simply baiting her and got complacent after hearing it. She thought that Diana's intelligence had been exaggerated.After all, who would tell their enemy of their plans? Diana should have just gone on and investigated all she wanted without telling Lucy anything!Well, Lucy would never let this little b*tch find out that she had act
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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
