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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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In reality, Diana no longer smiled at Julian anymore.It was his own fault. He shouldn't have brought up divorce in the first place.But now, it was too late to say anything.Noel didn't dare to move again. He stood still as he silently waited for Julian's next order.Julian glanced at him and said, "Continue keeping an eye on Diana.""But recently..." Noel started hesitantly but stopped.Because of what his father had done, he also bore a lot of guilt toward Diana. Still, that guilt was nothing compared to his loyalty for Julian."What is it?""There's a very important acquisition that we need to follow up on in a timely manner," Noel explained. "If we put in too much effort on Mrs. Fulcher and make even the slightest mistake on this acquisition, the losses will not just be a few hundred million. It's likely that Fulcher Inc.'s reputation will also go down the drain."Julian understood Noel's implications."Don't you trust in my capabilities?"Noel immediately shook his hea
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Soon, Diana's soft voice rang out."I don't want to see him."It was as Julian had expected, but it didn't stop the irrepressible throbbing in his heart when he heard her confirmation. With those words, he stepped back further. He threaded lightly, afraid the people in the room would see him."Then, don't worry."There was a flash of disappointment in Madam Fulcher's eyes, but she put the phone away. "I'll give them the order. From now on, as long as you're here, Julian’s not allowed to come in. With this, you can stop worrying and eat in peace. Will you also visit me more?"Diana felt a little ashamed at Madam Fulcher's words and quickly assured her, "I'll definitely come to see you more often. But, not letting Julian in while I'm here seems a little too much..."After all, Julian was Madam Fulcher's grandson. There was no reason for Diana to get in the way of the man carrying out his filial duty of visiting his grandmother."What does it matter? As long as you're happy, I'm wi
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Things with Oliver had been a little awkward lately, so wouldn't it be better to call Fanny?Anyway, Fanny was Diana's investor now. If anything happened to her, Fanny's money would be affected."Location?"Diana ended up calling Fanny and explained her situation briefly. Still, she didn’t expect the latter's response to be so quick. There wasn't even a trace of doubt, and Fanny immediately asked for Diana's location."I'll send someone over."Diana didn't think too much about it and checked her location on her phone before replying, "33, Hawkins Road.""Got it. I have a shoot now, so I'll be hanging up."Even though Fanny had been brief and to the point, it lifted the burden on Diana's shoulders. She quickly asked the driver to stop by the side of the road, and quietly waited for the person Fanny had arranged to come.She never expected it to be Oliver.From a distance, she saw the figure of Oliver in a white lab coat approaching her.Diana was stunned. "Why are you here?"
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After Julian returned home, he flew into a rage and smashed almost all the vases, antiques, and any other visible cutlery in the villa. Every item around the villa… had traces of Diana in them.They were filled with memories of their time together.Noel stood at the side, listening to the crashing of glassware. He wanted to say something to stop Julian, but he didn't know where to start. He could only watch as Julian continued to smash everything in sight, at the same time anxiously calculating all the prices in his mind.In the end, the price reached an amount that made him want to shed bitter tears.When Julian raised the last plate in sight, Noel couldn't take it anymore and exclaimed, "Sir! That's Madam’s favorite china from her jade collection! It was the first gift you bought at an auction for her! You…"Noel wasn’t able to finish his sentence, as Julian's emotions visibly stabilized. Her favorite... Diana's favorite...He used to be her favorite too. Yet now, she had f
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Noel couldn't bear to see such a despondent side to Julian, so he slowly retreated out of the room after he had called for his staff to clean up the mess.However, he was also deeply worried.While he had done many things for Julian over the years, he had never done any matchmaking before...But if that was what Julian had ordered him to do, he was willing to study it and be the best. In the end, he came up with a plan that, although crude, was probably the most effective and efficient way."Sir..." To be on the safe side, Noel decided to give Julian a chance to back out by explaining the entire plan to him. After briefly going over it, Noel asked, "Do you think this is feasible, sir?"Julian felt a little uneasy, but upon thinking about how Diana had panicked over Oliver's injuries, was willing to wear a red dress for him and even wore his coat, he still nodded in agreement for Noel to proceed with the plan; albeit quite reluctantly. "Go ahead."As long as the result would s
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After Oliver mentioned this, Diana also sensed that something was wrong."Yes," she replied as she finished disinfecting his wound. She added seriously, "You were dressed in somewhat formal attire and sitting in a car when you gave me the sweet potatoes."At that time, cars were rarely seen in the countryside.Even though Diana didn't have a deep impression of Oliver when they were children, she could vividly remember the black car."The boy I saved was also dressed quite well," Diana continued. She had a keen sense when it came to fabrics since she was a child, and the delicate feel of the material still remained in her memory."So... Do you know who it was?" Diana couldn't help but ask since Oliver kept bringing up this topic."No," Oliver replied with a smile. "But I can guess that he should also be from Richburgh, and comes from a wealthy family like me.""Why would you think that?""Back then, it wasn't by chance that we were in the countryside. Master Fulcher had been t
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Unfortunately, Diana didn't have time to investigate the obvious foul play in this odd situation. Customer orders had been placed, and she had to ensure that the clothes were shipped out as scheduled to maintain the integrity of her business.In recent days, Diana grew increasingly busy.On one hand, she contacted the landlord to inquire if the rent could be reduced. On the other hand, she contacted her fabric supplier to find a substitute for the moldy fabric. Apart from that, she was also hard at work raising funds. She didn't want to ask Fanny for further help or let Oliver know about her problems; she wanted to avoid the increasing amount of favors she owed them.However, it wasn't easy to handle all three problems simultaneously. "Ms. Winnington," the landlord said as he stood before her with raised brows. "If you can't agree to the rent increase, I'm willing to compensate you the entire amount for the penalty of the breach of contract. You just need to move out in a week."
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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
