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The agreement that James wanted her to sign obliged her to get a divorce right after getting the money from the Winnington family. “Julian’s even more anxious about it than you two.” Diana did not want to sign it because she did not want to erase that bit of kinship between her and Kate. If it were in the past, she might have agreed to it. But with the baby growing inside of her, she couldn’t help but feel sentimental toward Kate. It wasn’t easy being pregnant. Whatever happened, she was grateful to Kate for giving birth to her. “No!” James objected. “If you don’t sign this, what’ll we do if you trick us and refuse to divorce after you get your hands on the money? You could destroy Kayla’s happiness with your hands.” “Yes,” Kate added, “just take it that you’re giving us some assurance in return for the money we’re giving you. Will that work?” “Hah.” Diana couldn’t help but chuckle. “James has never acknowledged me as his daughter. Even you…” She didn’t feel much affectio
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Diana found what Kate said entirely laughable. The Winnington family joined hands and forced her into a corner, and that was supposed to be good for her? Helping her? The outcome of their last meeting was still clear in her mind. This time, Diana was guarded against Kayla. Her eyes were slightly narrowed as she asked calmly, “Will this be the same as what happened before, when Julian misunderstood and thought I was the one who took the initiative to meet up with Kayla with the intention of hurting her, so that he’d make life hell for me?” “Who do you think you are?! Are you worthy of President Fulcher’s time and energy?” James was getting annoyed. “Four days later, Kayla will pass you the first batch of money at Springlake Garden. It’ll be at three in the afternoon, so don’t be late.” Four days later? Diana’s heart sank. That coincided with the time Luke was released from prison. She had wanted to hide at home and avoid going out during that period, yet now, she had to head out
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How could Julian be jealous of Diana and Oliver? He didn’t love Diana, and he wouldn’t care about who she is with. It was just that she couldn’t be with anyone else before they divorced; the Fulcher’s reputation cannot be sullied! “Didn’t you say we shouldn’t let Grandma find out about the divorce? You should be careful not to expose your relationship with Oliver.” She knew it. Julian had thousands of reasons for being upset about her sharing a meal with Oliver. And none of them had to do with him being jealous. Diana hid her broken heart behind a calm and composed face. She repeated herself, “Step aside.” This time, Julian didn’t try to stop her. Except that after Diana left, he called Vans to ask for Nina’s number. He called her and said, “I’ll leave Diana in your care in the next few days. She likes to eat the crispy toast and sandwiches that I make. I’ll deliver them to your doorstep every day. Please bring it in, and don’t ever tell her I’m the one who sent it.” Ni
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Every day, Julian would hear the door opposite his unit close before coming out from his room and staring at Nina’s door. Diana was just on the other side of the door. Many times, he wanted to just push the door open and barge right in. Upon thinking about her open admission and questions, he would retract his outstretched hand. He could sense that he was crossing the line. What’s more, Diana had been staying at home most of the time the past few days and didn’t meet with Oliver at all. This delighted him. Another thing that made him especially happy was her admission that she was jealous. Thinking about it would always make his mood improve by leaps and bounds. He bought the apartment opposite Nina’s because he was worried that she would go to the Winnington family again and chance upon Kayla. He would deliver breakfast to Diana every morning because he remembered the look of disappointment in her eyes when she did not have his cooking for breakfast. Since she had gotten
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“But at three in the evening, I have to go to Springlake Garden to meet Kayla.” Diana glanced at her watch and said apologetically, “We can’t be late.” “I know,” Nina agreed verbally, but her mind was busy coming up with ways to buy time and stop Diana from going to the meeting. If Kayla was going to such great lengths to meet Diana, it was surely ill-intentioned! What if Diana saw how similar they looked and collapsed? “No way.” If the meeting was inevitable, then Nina had a proposal of her own. “Diana, why don’t I accompany you in the afternoon? I don’t feel at ease with you going alone.” Diana immediately came to a realization. “I knew you wouldn’t make me go shopping with you on a workday for no reason!” Nina was the editor-in-chief and was outstanding in her work. Who would be able to upset her at work? “Please don’t worry about me,” Diana said to Nina. “What could happen to me in broad daylight? What’s more, I’m prepared. I bought a lot of personal defense items. Wh
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The feeling that someone was spying on her had returned! What made her feel even more helpless was that she couldn’t find anything wrong each time she turned her head back for a quick look. Was she really overthinking things? The agreed meeting time with Kayla was still an hour away. The weather was pleasant, and Diana began feeling sleepy. Her eyes slowly glazed over, and she gradually let her guard down. It was only when she heard footsteps that her eyes flew open keenly, and she saw a pair of green shoes before her. When she lifted her head, the man sat beside her, holding a knife against her back. “Don’t make a sound.” The man was Luke Pabian. She had been so careful to guard herself against him and even moved to Nina’s, yet she still found herself in his hands. She didn’t even have the chance to pull out any of the personal defense items she bought, and could only close her eyes resignedly. “Don’t hurt me.” The scene from that day on the subway flashed past her
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The pain at her back forced Diana to follow in his footsteps. Luke appeared smug as he leaned closer to Diana. They looked just like a couple in an intimate embrace. Each time Diana dared to tilt sideways, Luke would press the dagger deeper into her back. Just an inch more, and the dagger would pierce right through her skin. Diana dared not make a careless move, but the moment Luke brought her away from his place, things would not look good for her. An idea popped into her mind. She pretended to casually touch her hair as she flung the earring that Kate had returned to her on the floor. The agreed time to meet Kayla was in half an hour. If Kayla saw the jade earrings, she would surely be able to tell that they weren’t ordinary earrings. What’s more, Kate would have worn them before. She would surely know that something was wrong, and might even be able to guess that she was in danger. In other words, in around half an hour’s time, someone might come to her rescue. Howev
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Slap!Luke gave Diana a vicious slap to the face. "Stop looking at me like that!"He spat on the ground before taking his belt off. Then, he forcefully pinched Diana's chin and looked at her in a disgusting manner.Diana wasn't about to give in. She continued to stare at him fiercely, as if she was completely unafraid. Given the opportunity, she would skin him alive!Slap!He slapped her again.After being slapped twice, Diana's hair had turned into a mess. Her face was also swollen.However, the physical pain was no match for the rising fear in her heart. She never thought she would bump into someone like Luke in the subway.She also never expected that Oliver's concern would turn into reality.In fact, the reality was even more terrifying than what he feared.Diana began to doubt herself… She shouldn't have held onto her so-called pride, and she shouldn't have spent fifteen million dollars so rashly. More importantly, she shouldn't have genuinely thought of herself as Julia
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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
