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Julian’s Stand-In Wife Chapter 436
"Diana," Mr. Crawford sounded a little awkward from the other end. "I didn't invest in your studio because I didn't think it a good fit after some consideration. It's quite normal in business, right? There was no need to curse me like that, was there?"Diana was stunned. "You're not going to invest?""Yes. I just sent you an email explaining my reasons," the old man replied, still awkwardly. "But your reply..."‘Oh crap!’Diana hurriedly glanced at her email and blanched. "Sorry! I'm so sorry!"She felt so guilty. "I didn't mean to send you that! I replied to the wrong email... I'm so sorry! It's okay if you're not investing."She held back the loss and disappointment washing over her, and hurried to assure the old man. "Please don't feel bad because of my email. I sent it by mistake.""Did you really send it by mistake?" the old man asked. "Or were you upset about it and were blinded for a moment?""No!" Diana said. "You've also ordered a lot of clothes from me before. Do you
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No!Sending the email telling Julian off mistakenly to Mr. Crawford was Diana's biggest regret.After thinking about it, she replied curtly, [I don't need your money. Please don't contact me again. A competent ex-husband should be as good as dead, not blathering on and on like this and laughing at others when they're in trouble!]Julian was dumbfounded.He really wasn't laughing at her.He sincerely wanted to help her.But now, he was sure that Diana was indeed furious.Because now, even through email...His address was blocked.-The following morning, Diana first went to the studio to take stock of the still available fabric before talking to the landlord once again.But she was once again too naive.The landlord, who had already gotten a sweet deal from Marvin, was unwilling to relent and didn't believe Diana's words, insisting on the rent increase.Once the rent was raised, the loss wasn’t just for this month, but would be an unjustified long-term loss. It would force
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The fact that the landlord was able to collect rent here relied solely on her ancestors' legacy. Now that she could profit more, she wouldn't easily let go. If others raised the rent significantly in the future, she could always resort to underhanded tactics. Either way, she wouldn't let go of this sweet deal before her.Diana understood the landlord's mindset, which was why she dared to negotiate. However, Diana was careful and meticulous when she wrote out the contract, leaving no loopholes for the future.After all, when one started a business, one had to be as frugal as possible. Moreover, the money saved here was not as simple as a few hundred thousand a year. She dared to propose a five-year term because she wasn't afraid of the landlord eventually turning on her."Sign here," Diana said with a smile, pulling out a pen and contract she had prepared in advance and placing it in the landlord's hand.The landlord looked at her smile, and faltered for a moment."You're so be
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Diana paused at the hesitant tone and asked, "What's wrong? Will it be inconvenient for your cousin?""That's not it," the landlord replied. "It's just... My cousin lives off of collecting rent. While he does have a lot of money, he doesn't usually meet people, especially beautiful women. He gets tongue-tied when he does. Still, meeting in person is needed to talk about the terms of investment. Are you willing to have a screen between you two when you meet him?""That won't be difficult," Diana said, understanding an introvert's behavior. "It's good enough that he has an interest in investing. You can set the time and place."The landlord was silent for a while. Then, she quickly replied, "We can meet at the restaurant near your studio. We'll make the reservations and meet tonight. Is that okay?""That soon?" Diana felt that this was going surprisingly well.There was still some doubt in her mind."Yes," the landlord replied. "I don't have any reason to lie to you anyway, and I'm
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The man's voice sounded like a mix of a man and woman. It was a little gruff and sharp, and there was also a slightly robotic quality to it.Nina was aware of this, so her paparazzo tendencies reared its head. She pulled out her camera and tried to see if she could get a picture of the man to see what he looked like, but Diana stopped her."He's socially awkward," Diana mouthed. "He's no threat to us anyway, so we don't have to know what he looks like.""Fine," Nina grumbled as she kept her camera away, slightly disappointed. "I was hoping to catch a glimpse of a rich and eligible bachelor for you, but oh well. Let's eat!"Nina pointed to the table filled with food, her eyes shining brightly.Diana saw the hungry look in Nina’s eyes and didn't pursue her best friend's strange thoughts. Still, Diana shot Nina a glare to remind the latter to be careful of her words while they were before a stranger.Nina stuck out her tongue, then followed Diana and sat down at the table.When the
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Julian felt his heart almost stop when Diana jumped out and shouted his name.Still, he was confident that he hadn't revealed any flaws. Even his voice had been changed with the use of a voice changer, so it was impossible for Diana to hear the difference.So, she was simply trying to fool him into thinking she knew."Who’s Julian?" Julian replied, trying to seem innocent and asking in an even more ignorant tone. "Did you call someone else to come see me today, other than the lady beside you?"Diana's confidence visibly drained away, and she looked a little confused. "I'm sorry, I called the wrong name by mistake."Called the wrong name, huh?Diana had obviously done it to try and surprise him, testing if he really was Julian.The corner of his lips curled into a smirk, and he looked at the voice changer in his hand."It's fine. Go ahead and eat. We'll talk about the investment after the meal. I still have to collect rent after this."The man behind the screen seemed to be a l
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It turned out the man wasn’t making the same taunting remarks that Julian had, but was actually sincerely asking her a question.Because he didn't want to meet women, he only asked a normal question: if she had wanted to meet a man.His inability to properly express himself completely matched what her landlord had previously told her.Diana relaxed and said, "No need. I've already signed it and placed it on the table. Just come out and get it once we leave."Julian nodded. "Alright."But when Diana reached the door and was about to leave, she turned around to look behind the screen without much thought. However, the man remained unmoving.She gave Nina a wink and asked the latter to go out first while making a motion to close the door, pretending that they had both left the room. In fact, she was waiting in the room to see the true face of this man.Diana wouldn't be completely relieved until she confirmed it. Otherwise, she would always associate this man with Julian.Unexpect
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When Nina saw the stunned and hesitant look on Diana's face, she pressed further. "Do you have any proof that Mr. Whatever is related to Julian?""No," Diana replied. "It's just a gut feeling...""Feelings are just that, and it's not facts," Nina reassured Diana. "You're in the early stages of your business, so you have to take good opportunities when they come. And even if Julian had something to do with it, what could he force you to do? Make you submit? Remarry him?""That's impossible," Diana said, looking at Nina in shock. "After all that's happened, can't you see I'm just a dispensable pet in his eyes that he plays with whenever he likes? I'm not his true love. Kayla is."This was a matter that Diana had repeatedly reminded herself after the divorce."But I'm sick of this uncomfortable feeling he gives me whenever he plays with me," Diana added."Diana, you haven't been able to forget him nor stop loving him," Nina said with a sigh. "You just can't stop caring about him, an
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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
