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Julian’s Stand-In Wife Chapter 579
Diana agreed with this point. But Julian probably didn't care as much for her compared to Madam Fulcher, and his obsession with Kayla seemed to have reached a maddening level."I don’t dare make any baseless speculations anymore," Diana said. Ultimately, her trust in him was completely shattered by disappointment after disappointment.Madam Fulcher naturally noticed Diana's feelings. Instead of immediately discussing the phone call with Julian, she calmly brought up Diana’s birthday. "Do you remember the sign saying 'Dogs like Julian are not allowed inside'?"Diana was surprised at the abrupt change in topic, and a faint bitterness resurfaced in her heart."Yes, I do."Madam Fulcher smiled kindly and said, "Julian made it himself and placed it at the door because he knew you didn't want to see him. He did it so you could have a peaceful birthday in my home."Diana felt her determination waver; the shattered parts of her heart seemed to piece themselves back together slowly by s
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Julian had edited himself into the video.And he even pressed his face against Diana's in it.Furthermore, he even said he wanted to hug her...Diana couldn't believe that Julian had spoken such silly behavior and words! But... Madam Fulcher would never deceive her."Julian..." After knowing all these things, an indescribable feeling surged Diana’s heart, the feeling akin to biting into a bittersweet fruit. With just a little force, an infinite and indescribable taste burst between her teeth.Madam Fulcher felt sore from being tied up; although she wanted to move, she couldn't. Despite her physical discomfort, she continued to look kindly at Diana and said, "Tell me what's on your mind.""Did he really..." Diana began to say, but she swallowed harshly before finally continuing, "Did he really...like me and not treat me as a substitute?"Seeing her lack of confidence, Madam Fulcher chuckled. "Diana, my clever girl. Can't you truly see what's in Julian's heart?"The foolish t
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Madam Fulcher seemed to have guessed Diana's thoughts, and smiled. "Silly girl, I'm fine. Remember, I promised you I'd live a long and healthy life. I'm in good shape now. Right now, I just want to make a bet with you." A glimmer flickered in Madam Fulcher's eyes, and Diana's features seemed to be deeply imprinted in them. Madam Fulcher looked like she dearly wanted to hold Diana in her arms, and her eyes were filled with love.Madam Fulcher genuinely loved Diana.And she truly felt heartache for her.She wanted to live a long life in this world, and await the day Diana and Julian would reconcile and have children.But now...Her heart twinged with pain and her vision blurred, and certain things became unclear, only appearing as a blur.Madam Fulcher knew her illness was acting up.After years of enduring and training, she had long mastered the skill of remaining calm and composed even in the face of great challenges. She was confident she could hide her physical condition f
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Diana's hands trembled with anxiety, but as her limbs were bound by ropes, she was powerless to do anything else but weakly call out to Madam Fulcher.Yet, the old lady never lifted her eyes to look at her.Diana felt her heart clench tightly, like someone had grabbed it and squeezed it. It was so suffocating that she couldn't utter a word.The same fear she had when she thought of losing her babies resurfaced, and tears welled up in her eyes as she looked at Madam Fulcher and then at Hans. "Why are you just standing there?! Save her! Quickly!"It was evident that Madam Fulcher was experiencing discomfort in her heart. The high blood pressure was causing cerebral hypoxia, and the symptoms were already apparent.Once these underlying conditions acted up, it was a life-threatening situation.But Hans remained motionless, even crossing his arms and looking at them as if nothing was happening.A blaze of anger spread in Diana's chest, and she exerted all her strength to try and fr
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Even Diana's hands were extremely swollen. Her hands almost melded with the severed and torn rope, making it impossible to distinguish where her flesh or the rope began.Fortunately, Madam Fulcher seemed to have recovered slightly.Her complexion had regained its healthy color."Diana…" She opened her eyes, and as soon as she saw Diana's appearance, she was filled with grief and almost burst into tears.In fact, she did cry. "I'm so sorry, my dear."Diana smiled weakly at Madam Fulcher, as if she had no strength left. "You...ugh...!" The cuts on Diana’s mouth caused by the glass shards stung, making it incredibly painful to speak.She tried several times, but couldn't speak normally.Madam Fulcher's tears flowed even more fiercely.Her trembling hand gently touched the wound on Diana's wrist, where the broken glass had caused a deep cut. She hesitated and withdrew her hand. "I know you want to say that I don't owe you an apology, but this time, I was really in the wrong. I wa
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After a series of twists and turns, Diana successfully escaped from that room. It turned out that this place really wasn’t a luxurious hotel. If Julian had believed the information she had provided earlier, it would’ve been all in vain; he would never find this abandoned residential area completely unrelated to a luxury hotel.Diana slid down the makeshift rope made from bedsheets in the room, and continued running without stopping until she reached a relatively safe place. By now, she was already exhausted. However, Hans had taken her phone earlier, and she couldn't determine where she was exactly without it.She considered borrowing someone's phone to contact Julian, but her disheveled appearance made people avoid her as they feared trouble. She had no choice but to ask for directions, and slowly make her way toward the central area of Richburgh.Unexpectedly, she had been walking for a whole day and night. When she reached the hotel where Julian had announced his marriage to
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As Diana heard the door click shut and lock, she grew even more uneasy. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't escape because the storage room didn't even have windows.Meanwhile, Julian was waiting at the villa for news from Noel.After a sleepless night, the call finally came."Sir..."Upon hearing Noel's tone, Julian's heart sank. "Is there still no sign of them?""No," Noel replied apologetically. "I apologize, sir. It's my fault. I’m incompetent."Their influence spread throughout Richburgh, yet they couldn't even find two women!Julian felt increasingly frustrated, but had to accept the hard reality. "Forget it."In this world, not everything would go according to his wishes. Ever since he realized his feelings for Diana, he had become more aware of his limitations as an individual."I'll marry her."As long as he married Kayla, she would tell him the whereabouts of Diana and Madam Fulcher, and they would be safe."But sir..." Noel felt it unfair to Julian. Julia
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Ultimately, the only thing she could do right now was to remain calm lest Julian noticed something was amiss.“Can you identify the direction Diana fled?”Hans replied quickly, “No. We only realized she escaped after a whole day had passed…”A fire burned in Kayla’s chest when she heard this. She spent so much money to hire Hans Lemmington precisely because he had experience in murder and all sorts of crimes. She thought that given how vicious he was, he would definitely show no mercy to Diana.She never expected him to end up losing her!What’s worse, he only decided to inform her after one entire day and night had passed. One day and one night!It was entirely possible that Diana had fled from the desolated suburbs to the main city.For Kayla she knew, she was already waiting at the hotel for her and Julian to arrive…Fear gripped Kayla the more she thought about it. She immediately called the hotel staff to take note of a woman with an outstanding air about her. She even
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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
