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Even after Julian was done with his explanation, Diana was unable to calm the raging emotions inside her.Her mind was in a complete mess.Not only because she still felt guilty toward Grandma, but also because Julian said that someone was looking for Grandma. She felt a thought flash past her mind, but it went by too quickly and she was unable to pin it down.Julian saw her remain silent for a long time, and his mind churned as he thought of something to comfort her. “Don’t blame yourself anymore. Grandma’s death had nothing to do with you. As an old woman, all she wanted was for her favorite grandchildren to be happy and at peace.”It was why she deliberately lied to Diana that she was putting on an act, had a bet with Diana, and even let Diana flee the place first.She knew it. She knew it all along. It was precisely because Diana knew Madam Fulcher’s intentions—that the old woman risked everything to bring her and Julian together—that she felt even worse about it.But n
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Diana burst out laughing. “So Grandma’s been a big fat liar since a long time ago!”“Yeah, she really is a big fat liar.”She told them she’d live to be a hundred years old.Yet, she left them so suddenly.Both of them remained silent for a long while.It was only until daybreak that Diana finally said, “I’ll go and keep Grandma’s ashes. We’ll bury her with Grandpa after you’re discharged and recovered.”Since she didn’t want a funeral, the two of them would send her off quietly.“Okay.” Julian nodded, “If you feel tired, let Noel handle it.”“No need,” Diana insisted, “I want to do it myself.”This was one of the few things that she could do for Madam Fulcher.Julian knew what was in her heart, and understood that the guilt she was feeling needed time to dissipate. “After going to the crematorium, remember to have your dinner on time.”“Okay, I will.”When she returned from the task, it was obvious that Diana had cried up a storm. Her eyes were even more swollen than the
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It was no longer just a ward!Even the color of the wall in the ward had turned pink!She had no idea what wall paint they used, but it was odorless and didn’t affect any of them in the ward.“Draw red roses on the wall.” Julian waved at Diana upon seeing her enter the ward as he continued giving Noel instructions. “Let the workers draw that on the wall. She likes it.” What has this place turned into?! How could he be allowed to just draw on the wall?Diana found everything so needlessly exaggerated. “No need for that.”She quickly signaled for Noel to stop. “We’re not at home. The ward’s good enough as it is.”“The master wants you to feel comfortable and happy staying here,” Noel said, speaking up for Julian. “But if the hospital pursues the matter…”“They won’t.” Noel chuckled, “Madam, I realize you’re always underestimating the power of the master’s financial ability.”If the hospital really was upset, Fulcher Inc. could simply purchase the entire building in a matter
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Diana thought that she could let Julian go.But as it turned out, outsiders were always wiser when it comes to relationships.If it weren’t for Madam Fulcher’s intervention, Diana didn’t know how much longer it would take for her and Julian to reconcile.The mere thought of Madam Fulcher sent her mood plummeting once more, but in order to not worry Julian, she turned her face away quietly. “Let the workers come in quickly. If we drag things out later, it’ll affect our rest.”After the room was tidied up, it did feel a lot more comfortable.Diana laid on the bed after dinner to get some rest. Julian called out to Diana a few times, but she didn’t respond.She was probably asleep.Julian asked Noel for help, and the latter opened the windows with a clatter. He then lit a cigarette under the pale moonlight.Memories of his grandmother overwhelmed him. He dared not express his longing for Madam Fulcher in front of Diana in the day, for fear that they would both drown in their sor
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Were it not for Kayla, Madam Fulcher wouldn’t have died! It was true that even without the incident, Madam Fulcher’s condition might have been triggered. Even so, she could’ve received the best treatment in the fastest time possible. There wouldn’t be a need to drag things out, and she wouldn’t leave this world in such pain!If it weren’t for Kayla, Julian wouldn’t have been stabbed!He wouldn’t have been forced to walk down that aisle or be threatened by others!He wouldn’t have had to worry about Diana every single day, or miss Grandma so badly in the deep of the night!In fact…The fact that their babies weren’t able to come to this world had something to do with Kayla as well.He had said it when he was grabbing onto that dagger.The life he owed her, he would repay it with his life!But he was lucky to survive the attack, even with the dagger piercing through his chest.Even though he didn’t die, the debt that he owed Kayla for saving his life was completely settled.
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“Let her go.”Diana was like a robot, repeating her words over and over again mindlessly.Contrary to what she was saying, she was keeping tabs on the grudge between her and Kayla.Madam Fulcher wasn’t just Julian’s grandmother. She was Diana’s grandmother as well, the elder she respected the most and one she found the most reliable.She would never let Madam Fulcher’s death be disregarded or overlooked.Conversely, Diana would etch all of Kayla’s wicked deeds deeply in her heart. After the dust settled, she would settle the score with Kayla and make that woman pay the price!“Diana Winnington,” Julian called out to her again. “Look up at me.”He was lying on the bed and unable to pinch her chin.Diana kept her head down, preventing him from looking into her eyes. Such a clean pair of eyes shouldn’t be polluted by that woman, Kayla Winnington. Diana didn’t have the courage to do as Julian asked.Yet, Julian’s voice had the compelling authority of an emperor. As much as D
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Noel threw another glance in Diana’s direction. Upon seeing Diana looking perfectly fine, he continued describing the situation. In actuality, Diana’s heart was gripped in shock by everything she heard. She always knew that the Fulcher family stood at the top of the food chain in Richburgh, an existence that many envied and looked up to. Yet she didn’t expect that in today’s society, there would actually be people who would stoop to such extreme measures just to get into the good books of the Fulcher family. Although those two people deserved death, the way they died…Was overly frightening. What was more frightening was that Julian didn’t think that this was beyond the reach of the law. She suddenly recalled what he said about him being the law in Richburgh. What about Kayla?Her plight would only be worse than these people, and not better. It wasn’t that Diana was pitying that woman. Neither was her heart aching for Kayla. After all, Kayla had instructed Alber
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They walked in slowly. Diana saw the morgue room straight ahead, and her eyes widened at the sight.Was Kayla locked in a morgue?!Diana suddenly shuddered and quickly looked at Julian, who nodded in confirmation at her thoughts.As expected from someone like him.Now, she found herself in awe of him. Being locked in such a place would frighten anyone, let alone someone like Kayla, who had been pampered to high heavens since childhood.Tricking and deceiving others was one thing, but experiencing such a terrifying scene firsthand was another.Diana felt a chilling breeze blow past, and shivered. Looking inside, she saw rows of bodies covered in white cloth.Even though she had grown up in the rough countryside and wasn’t a weak-hearted person, she still struggled to hold herself together in a place like this.When she heard some strange sounds, she jolted like a shrimp jumping out of the water and shifted closer to Julian. Julian's lips curled into a smile at her reaction, a
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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
