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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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In fact, Julian had already lost his mind. He himself had no idea where this fury came from.All he knew was that, after seeing those photos and recalling the bouquet of calabash candies, as well as how Diana smiled at Oliver, he was consumed by a burning rage."Do it right now! Make the Channings’ stocks plummet! I want Oliver to know the price he has to pay for touching my woman!" Julian exclaimed, fuming.Noel's eyes went wide open. "Sir!"Forcing the Channing family's stocks to plummet meant Fulcher Inc. would also have to suffer considerable losses. Was Diana worth making such a move?However, Noel didn't dare to question Julian's hasty decision.He could only change the topic by talking about Kayla instead. "Kayla said she'll be waiting for you to have dinner together. Don't be late…"Kayla?At the mention of her name, Julian calmed down a little. That's right. He still had Kayla.His marriage with Diana… At its core, he was the one at fault to begin with.In that case,
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"He's released from prison today." That was all Oliver needed to say. "Let's split up. Diana might be in a very dangerous situation right now."The veins on Julian's forehead were apparent. He could feel the blood pumping throughout his body as he uttered that accursed man’s name. "Luke Pabian!"He would definitely make Luke pay for what he did!***Kayla never thought she would get to witness Diana in such a devastating state while she was alive.However, she had no idea that her own devastation would soon transpire.Kayla hid behind a piece of metal scrap, excited. After pressing on the record button, she slowly raised her phone over her head. It wasn't enough for her to personally witness Diana being humiliated. She wanted the whole world to see it.She wanted to ruin Diana's life completely!Kayla wanted Diana to feel so humiliated, the latter would stop fighting over the Winnington family's inheritance and her status in it. She wanted Diana to always feel shame whenever fa
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Luke’s gaze shifted sideways. Seemingly in thought, he turned to look at Diana, whose head was still covered.Kayla, on the other hand, was thoroughly enraged by his words. "You're blind!"She had the looks but not the attitude?Why did she need to be like Diana?When Kayla was three, her father had intentionally abandoned Diana all because of something she said. Ever since that day, Kayla knew she was destined to be the winner and Diana the loser!Diana, who was forced to grow up in the countryside, would always be inferior to Kayla, who was the favorite daughter of the Winnington family.In fact, even Diana’s birth mother, Kate, was under Kayla’s complete control.If anything, Diana was the one who resembled Kayla!That clown Luke had no right to criticize her!Kayla was so used to being pampered that she couldn't bring herself to let things slide, even at such a critical time. She wanted to slap Luke, but he pushed her away roughly and snarled. "What the hell? How dare you
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This time, Luke tore away the cloth over Diana's head. She could finally speak freely.The sudden exposure to light made her subconsciously close her eyes. However, Luke moved even closer. Standing by her side, he said eerily, "Make sure you scream louder."Diana felt goosebumps all over her body. She looked up. "W-What are you doing?" Her voice was trembling."We're recording." Luke smiled. "As long as you cooperate, I'm sure it'll come out well."He then glanced at where Kayla was hiding. "That woman who showed up on her own said she's very good at this. She even found the best angle for us."Diana's body was trembling. "What do you mean? Did Kayla say…she'll record us?"She could barely utter the last two words, and had to say the words through gritted teeth. After that, she began looking for Kayla. However, Kayla was nowhere to be found."She's hidden." Luke could tell what Diana was thinking. "I found the best spot for her. It'll look like someone was peeping."While Luke
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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
