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Julian’s Stand-In Wife Chapter 691
"But I..."Diana was stunned speechless, even before Simon could finish his sentence.She had only been joking! She didn't expect that it would turn out to be the truth!In that instant, she felt as if she had been struck by lightning. For a moment, she couldn't believe such a dramatic thing could happen to Julian.Her lips trembled as she continued off from where Simon stopped. "But… You and Julian don't have the same father."Simon didn't even give her time to react. "Yes, you guessed it right."No wonder Julian was suddenly so upset!If Simon and Julian had different fathers, it meant the parents he had always thought were deeply in love had long drifted apart.Julian must be deeply heartbroken.He was already the type to keep things to himself, and now, he would surely become even more tormented by keeping this matter to himself.She turned around immediately, eager to leave. "I want to go home."Julian was waiting for her.She needed to go back and comfort him.Even i
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Just then, Simon said, "Your phone’s ringing."Diana pulled her phone out, and saw that Nina was calling her."Where are you?!" Nina sounded particularly anxious. "Mr. Fulcher has been looking for you all day, but now we can't reach him! Did you two meet up or not?"Diana was taken aback by the information. "Julian was looking for me?"How could he have been looking for her when she hadn't even received a single phone call?"Yeah," Nina replied, then briefly told Diana about the events of the evening. "When Vans came to see me, he happened to receive a call from Julian. He wanted Vans to ask me what time you’d be coming home. He thought we were together."After Nina finished speaking, she paused before asking, "He still hasn't contacted you?""No," Diana said, and she quickly looked at her phone. There was one missed call, but it was from an hour ago. Since then, there hadn't been a call or even a text message.That was the reason she didn't pay attention to her phone and ins
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"Fine. I won't go back." Diana understood Simon's intention. He had been brought to the Channing family at a young age, and as a result, developed a twisted mindset. He had no good feelings toward Julian, and he simply couldn't stand to see Julian happy or doing well. It wasn't necessarily about her staying with the Channing family tonight."I'll go to my best friend's place." At this point, she could only trouble Nina. Maybe she could help shield the latter from Vans's harassment. "I won't return to celebrate the New Year with Julian."However, she could still make phone calls and video chat with Julian.As a single, cold bachelor, Simon obviously lacked experience in love. He couldn't think of various ways for lovers to stay in touch. It was possible to spend the New Year with him through electronic devices as long as Simon didn't reveal this information to Julian.Diana felt reassured by that.Simon hesitated for a moment, then said, "No." He pointed to a guest room in
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Diana needed to give herself and Julian some time. She needed to figure out how to tell Julian that Simon was his biological brother, but she couldn't let him hear it from someone else. That was the only way she could minimize the blow to him.It was almost midnight, but Diana had yet to return.The pastries on the table had turned cold, and they looked pitifully flat on the plates. Combined with Julian's gloomy expression, it all looked depressing.But no one dared to ask how to handle the situation.In the end, Julian ordered in a low voice, "Dump it all."The servant was hesitant. "What about the ones that Madam personally made..."His emotions were hidden beneath his long, thick lashes. His voice sounded low and restrained as he spoke again, "Don't leave anything out."Instantly, everything was cleared away, and the food was dumped into the trash.-At the same moment, when the clock struck twelve, Diana hurriedly sent the message in the conversation box that had been kept
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Before Diana went to the Channing family’s residence, Julian had lied to her about recording his conversation with Oliver. Now, she was lying to him.They were even.With this assumption, Diana was able to lessen the guilt in her heart."She was crying just now. I was talking and comforting her, so I didn't have a chance to call you," Diana said, racking her brain as she tried to vividly describe the scene, thinking she had woven this lie seamlessly. "As soon as I had a moment, I hurried to contact you, Julian. Please don't be angry.""I'm not angry," Julian said, almost grinding his teeth.He didn't know what Diana was feeling or thinking now, as she thought him a fool.Accompanying Nina?Comforting her?Hmph.Nina had already met with Vans. What else could Diana possibly have to do?If he hadn't seen her enter the Channing family's residence with his own eyes and never leave since, he might have believed her words!That unwavering trust he had for her was suddenly uproot
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Because of that deep regret, Diana had long accumulated a mountain full of words she wanted to say to Julian. She spoke incessantly, "Did you get the ones I made with coins inside?"There was a saying that one should stuff a pastry with a coin among many pastries, and that whoever ate it would be blessed with good fortune.She was afraid Julian wouldn't get any coin-stuffed pastries, so she made ten of them all at once to increase the probability of Julian getting one.However, there was no response from the other end.She thought he might consider her idea foolish, so she said, "Although it's a silly folk belief, it only happens once a year. What harm is there in believing?" She was willing to try anything, as long as it could bring him good luck."Mm.""It's good if you did," Diana said, quickly jumping to conclusions. She didn't realize Julian's response was unrelated to her question. Ignorant, she went on, "As long as you eat it, you'll have abundant fortune in the coming
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Last night, Julian sounded like he was in a terrible state. Even through the phone, it pained Diana deeply.But Simon insisted on having breakfast together.Helpless, Diana could only agree.However, even the luxurious and rich breakfast food before her tasted bland to her. The sandwiches Julian made for her were much more delicious.After sleeping on it, she had fully accepted that Simon and Julian were brothers. Facing Simon now, she felt their facial features didn't resemble each other.Rather, only their temperament was similar.It seemed the men of the Fulcher family carried a touch of coldness to them. However, Julian appeared more noble, while Simon looked more melancholic.This was likely also due to their respective life experiences.Diana thought of Simon's attitude towards Madam Fulcher, and her heart couldn't help but ache. She was itching to ask Simon about the specific hidden circumstances behind his abandonment.She was certain Madam Fulcher wasn't such a heartl
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"I..." Diana opened her mouth, but her thoughts were a tangled mess.Oh no.Standing before the pile of unbaked pastries that had already turned into a large clump, she realized that Julian was truly angry.As for the superstition of eating a pastry with a coin inside, it was completely baseless.Yet… He was furious.Not only did he wait for her all night, but he also had the patience to listen to her rambling and finish the phone call with her.The more Diana thought about it, the more distressed and anxious she felt.She wished she could ask the servants at home: How do I appease my ex-husband when he's upset? I need to know right now!She didn’t know that Julian wasn't angry.He was disappointed.Disappointed in Diana, in love, in his parents, and in his grandmother.His heart seemed to have withered, incapable of regaining any life.He couldn't even describe the awful sensation. He didn't want to see anyone, and everything seemed meaningless—even Diana. He didn't want t
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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
