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But… there was no reason for Oliver to buy her anything!Diana was about to refuse when Fanny continued, "Consider this my investment, just that my brother is paying for it."The more Oliver listened, the more a strange feeling grew in his heart."Fanny, are you sure there's nothing wrong with you?"She had repeatedly referred to him as her brother; he was close to having goosebumps if she did it a few more times."You've always wanted me to acknowledge you that way, didn't you?" Fanny said, quickly seeing through his thoughts. "Now that I'm doing it, you're saying there's something wrong with me? Ugh! You're the one with a problem, okay?"After saying that, Fanny pushed them into a luxury brand shop. "Come on, let's pick out some clothes first!"Then, she turned to Oliver and asked, "Are you paying or not?"Oliver laughed in a helpless manner. "Didn't you say it just now? You invest, and I foot the bill. Of course I'll pay."Even with the sunglasses blocking her eyes, Diana
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Which luxury store in Richburgh didn't recognize Fanny Smith's face?There were a lot of brands begging her to wear their clothes and carry their bags, yet this clerk was telling her that they had to wait even though they had arrived first? And that they could only continue after the other customer was done?Fanny had never been treated like this, and she was immediately upset.However, Oliver wasn't overly concerned about such matters. He could also tell that the clerk was in a difficult position. So, he waved his hand to dismiss her and said to Fanny, "Let’s just wait a bit, okay?"But Fanny refused. "Oliver!"She huffed, "Today’s the first time Diana is out with us! We got bullied, but you're just taking things lightly? Are you a man or not?"That was a heavy statement.Regardless, Oliver was a gentleman and saw Fanny like a sister, so he didn't take her words to heart.On the contrary, Diana felt a little awkward. "Fanny, it's fine..."Before she could finish, she heard a
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Oliver took the dark red dress from the only set of new releases they had before them, and handed it to Diana. "Try this one."Diana had never worn such a bold color before. Although she was a designer, she had her own personal style that she stuck to and wouldn't try on styles she wasn't used to.Take this red dress, for example.She had never worn this color in her life.So, she hesitated.Yet, Julian was getting closer. He had seen them and felt that the woman on the man's arm looked very much like Diana, so he came over to see.If Diana didn't take it, the atmosphere between her and Oliver would look strange, and they wouldn't look like a couple.The result Diana wanted was for Julian to think that she and Oliver were a couple. She didn't want to get involved with Julian ever again, and she never wanted to see how he favored Kayla over her anymore.She wanted to keep her distance from him, forever.With that thought in mind, Diana quickly took the red dress from Oliver a
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However, Julian's words hurt Diana even more.Her entire body shook, and she couldn't stop her lips from trembling when she tried to speak."Julian Fulcher!"She wished this was the last time she would call his name in such anger.She wished she hadn't come out shopping today and ran into this man!She even wished..."I wished I never met you!"And that she never married him and conceived two babies with him!"You're a brute!" Diana trembled uncontrollably, raising her hand and slapping him hard across the face.The resounding slap was like a wake-up call to the man that was drowning in endless pain, and it made him realize just what he had said to Diana.He knew how much she cherished her babies, and he knew how devastating and painful the loss had been for her, yet...He had attacked her so terribly."I-I'm… sorry..." Julian's face bore the clear mark of a hand on his cheek. The usually proud and arrogant man even lowered his head.He had let his rage overcome him.Al
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"I'm sorry," Julian repeated. He looked at Diana's wrist, which he had grabbed; it was gradually turning red, and he slowly released her. He looked like he wanted to say something else, but in the end, he couldn't utter a word.He felt as if something had been shoved down his throat, hard; he wanted to retch to the point of throwing up.There was nothing he could do but endure the pain. He used all his strength to exit the mall.'Aster, Star... It seems your daddy has really lost your mommy..."Once Julian left, the people present in the store finally reacted."Someone hit Mr. Fulcher!""What? That man was Julian Fulcher?!""Oh my god! Who’s that woman?""She's beautiful! Women in red are gorgeous! It's no wonder Julian fell in love with her! I’d fall for her at a glance too!"The chatter around them got louder. Fanny was experienced with matters like this, so she quickly pulled a jacket from a nearby hanger and put it on Diana."Come on. I'll get you out of here."Oliver
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Fanny gave Diana a sufficiently objective opinion. "They both have their own merits."Indeed. Oliver was as warm as the sun, while Julian was as cold as the moon.Both the sun and moon had their own good and bad.No one could tell the difference.Each had its own brightness and cunning.Only... This moon and sun both didn't belong to Diana."You're good too," Diana said, suddenly changing the topic as she turned to Fanny. "You're like a star."Fanny was amused by Diana's serious comparison and teased, "If so, what are you?"At this point, Oliver had reached the car door. Fanny pushed the door open with her foot lazily, then looked at Diana again, anticipating her answer.Diana thought for a long time before finally saying, "I'm duckweed."She was a duckweed without roots. Initially, she thought Julian would be her salvation, someone she could lean on for the rest of her life. But in the end, she was left with only herself.The sorrow on her face was so obvious that Oliver
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Getting frostbite as a child was common for Diana, but meeting someone from such a good family as Oliver wasn’t.So, she immediately recalled the past; her eyes lighting up as the memory came rushing."You were the boy back then! You were wearing a suit and a tie, and even gave me two sweet potatoes to eat!""Yes, that was me," Oliver replied with a smile. "I'm honestly surprised you remember."Oliver was so relieved, like the thing he was most worried about had finally fallen into place."How was the person you wanted to save? Was he okay?"Diana's excitement faded a little at the mention of that. "I don't know. I tried very hard to help him warm up all night. When I went back with some firewood the next day, he was gone."Oliver hadn't expected that turn of events. "He was about our age, I think. He looked very frail, and I didn't think he could have left on his own."Diana was surprised. "You saw the boy?""Yeah," Oliver said with a nod. "But we were so young back then, a
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Diana wasn't ready to accept someone else in her heart.Especially one as familiar as Oliver."You and Fanny...?""We're really only siblings," Oliver repeated helplessly. "Should I show you pictures of us in diapers together to prove it?"Diana hurriedly waved her hands. "N-No! That's not what I meant!"Rather, she just instinctively felt that there was something between them. But now, it seemed that she was wrong again.After all, Julian had been by her side for three years, and she had been under the mistaken impression that he loved her. In the end, she was only a substitute for someone else. Besides, she had only met Fanny recently, so it was normal for her to have misjudged. Seeing that Diana was a little lost in thought, Oliver didn't press the topic and said, "I'll be waiting for you to contact me."After he said that, the car door was pulled open, and Fanny climbed in.At night after returning to the hospital, Diana lay down to rest as soon as she reached her room.
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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
