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Julian’s Stand-In Wife Chapter 471
"If you really love me as you say you do, then from now on, please continue to stay away from me and don't interfere in my life," Diana said calmly. There was relief and liberation in her voice; at the same time, her words were laced with endless melancholy. "Only then can Kayla be completely at ease."Despite everything that had been said, Diana no longer trusted him.Julian knew that no matter how much he explained himself, it was useless. Thus, he simply nodded. Even though he was in so much pain that he could barely breathe, he knew he couldn't continue making the same mistakes. He needed to control his feelings for her.That was what Diana truly needed.This time, he would respect her decision.Unbeknownst to him, there was a hint of disappointment that went unnoticed.Diana saw that Julian had once again drawn the line between them with cruel ease.He had succeeded.Kayla would be delighted, wouldn't she?"You did a good job with Oliver," Diana said sarcastically, making
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Who could have done it?A rare hint of fierceness flashed in Oliver's eyes. After some thought, he decided to visit his family.When Fanny heard Oliver was returning home, she was shocked. After all, the family head used many methods before to have him return. Yet, he failed in persuading Oliver to even drop by for a short visit. Even later on, Oliver had only made a few trips to the hospital when the old man had been admitted.But now...Oliver was actually returning to the family residence because of Diana.Not only had he returned, but he had also gathered all of his cousins from the fourth branch of the family.Some of them were annoyed and shouted, "It's raining! Why the hell did you call us out on this day?""Yeah! A certain someone has already gone off to work at a hospital. What's this? Is he regretting his decision and is trying to meddle in the family's affairs?""Dream on! Someone who voluntarily left just can't come waltzing back in. That's just wishful thinking!"
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"Simon."Upon seeing the man, those Oliver had teased before greeted him. Simon closed his folding fan and nodded slightly, but he didn't give these people any attention. Instead, he stared at Oliver's back with a strange smile, looking just like an insidious snake."Interesting. How very interesting..."Oliver, who never wanted anything to do with the Channing family, let alone be the heir, had taken the initiative to come to the Channing family. He even gathered all the cousins from the fourth branch to throw a bombshell. This behavior was very unlike him.And the cousins, who all seem to hate Oliver to the core, didn't dare say a word about it even after Oliver had deliberately made a fool out of them.His older brother had great charm, no?Simon's sinister gaze slowly turned cold, replaced with an intense vicious glint. It burned bright in his eyes, and he quietly broke the fan in his hand.It was time to be wary of Oliver once again.-Diana had just arrived at the ho
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Originally, Nina had planned to give the money to Diana once she had given birth. Alas…Things didn’t go as planned.Nina didn't want to bring up this sorrowful topic before Diana, so she said, "Anyway, I have the money with me right now. I'm worried since I have nowhere to spend it."Diana was amused by her friend's words. "Oh, really? Whatever shall you do?""Well..." Nina snorted. "Of course I'll spend it to pamper a hottie like you!""How do you plan to do that?""I'll support you!" Nina exclaimed passionately. "My little house is getting pretty boring. I'll find us a big apartment! I'm not willing to move if I'm by myself, but with a hottie like you by my side, it'll be money well spent!"Suddenly, Nina’s voice gradually turned softer until it disappeared completely.Diana tried calling out a few times. "Nina? Nina...?"Yet, no one answered.The smile on Diana's face gradually faded. She was about to hang up and call again when she heard an irked voice from the other
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Nina was taken aback by Diana's words, but she quickly replied, "Yes, of course we can! Don't worry, Diana. I have money. Finding a house in Richburgh is easy as long as you have money!""What about Vans?" Diana asked."It's not a problem," Nina assured her. "That idiot’s busy with work. As long as I tell him I've moved, he won't have time to verify where it is. You don't have to worry. Leave everything to me!"With that, she hung up without giving Diana a chance to reply. Nina was always impulsive and quick to act without much thought.Diana shook her head; she should find an opportunity to explain things to Vans over dinner once everything was settled. She couldn't let a misunderstanding come between them, especially not if Nina was actually deceiving him.-On the top floor of Fulcher Inc., Noel brought in some medicine for a cold into Julian’s office. "Sir, you should take this first. If you're feeling unwell, I can cancel your appointments for today."Noel had followed Juli
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Still, it didn't seem like Diana intended to give Julian any more cold medicine.He wouldn't have another chance."Can you brew cold medicine?" Julian asked the woman before him.The female executive was taken aback by his abrupt question, and tried to suppress the emotions in her heart. She looked up at Julian's divine face, and held back an excited scream. Everyone would be moved if they saw such a wondrous face looking at them, especially when he was staring straight at them.It had the feeling of having the entire world delivered to your hands."I..." the female executive hugged the report in her hands before saying hesitantly, "I can."Julian handed her the cup in his hand and ordered, "Then go make some and let me try it."The entire time, he never took his eyes off her. When she returned with a freshly brewed cup of cold medicine, his eyes were still firmly locked on her, as if he had been waiting eagerly for her return.The female executive's heart was about to jump out
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Before Julian knew it, he had arrived at the rehabilitation ward of the hospital; only to learn that Diana had completed her discharge procedures in silence.He found it strange. This was a place Madam Fulcher had found for Diana, so she wouldn't have quietly left if nothing serious had happened.Then, he immediately realized that he had been negligent with the nutritionist last night.However, this only proved that Diana was determined to draw a clear boundary between them."Take good care of Kayla. I wish you both a speedy marriage."Suddenly, the last sentence Diana had said before they parted last night came to mind.Did Diana want him to be with Kayla?However, she clearly despised Kayla to the point that the two sisters were akin to water and oil.Yet... She had said it so bluntly.Julian couldn't fathom a woman's mind, but he was willing to try for her sake.-The doorbell rang out late at night, and Kayla lifted her head curiously at the sound.Generally, no one wou
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As expected, an exclamation mark appeared at the end of Julian's message.However, he refused to give up and tried sending an email. Yet this time, his address was also blocked.On top of the fact that she had moved out of the hospital today...It was obvious Diana was doing her damnedest to avoid him.If marrying Kayla would really put Diana's mind at ease and stop her from having to constantly draw boundaries with him, then he...No! He still didn't want to be with Kayla.Julian realized that one couldn't force love.While he was lost in thought, Kayla had already changed into a more appropriate outfit and had come out of her room. It was an outfit much more formal than the pajamas she had on earlier, and the style was also similar to Diana's usual dresses.And her face...Even had shadows of similarities to Diana's."Julian, it's the lightbulb," Kayla said, pointing to the ceiling light in the room. "See, it's broken. Because of that, it's very dark at night."It seemed s
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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
