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Julian’s Stand-In Wife Chapter 792
Diana was an amnesiac. Before she died, she could only recall the most vivid moments in the past three years. She still remembered how her whole body had been stripped naked while giving birth. At first, she was embarrassed when facing so many doctors in her state of undress. Later, when they covered her body with a green surgical gown, her mind miraculously calmed down. By then, she was already experiencing contractions. Lying on the operating table, she grimaced in pain. She asked the doctor if a cesarean section would be more painful than contractions. The anesthesiologist smiled and remained silent. Only after inserting a long needle into her back did he reply, "No, you will fall asleep quickly." Sure enough, she quickly fell into a deep, unconscious sleep. The pain disappeared. Someone pricked her shoulder with a needle and asked if she could feel it. She shook her head weakly. "No." "Doctor, I feel so sleepy." "If you want to sleep, then sleep." The anesth
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Soft.It was like petting cotton with her hand.Just a touch made her feel like it would slip away from her fingertips."It's Mommy." Looking at their little faces, tears streamed down Diana’s cheeks.And then came the long recovery period. But from the eighth day of her confinement, she started carrying the two children around by herself.Even the caregivers and postpartum nurses couldn't bear to see it and told her to rest properly, or she would suffer from postpartum illness.But she didn't want to.She not only wanted to hold the children, but also had to breastfeed both of them at night and find time to work during the day.Only with enough money could she repay Simon and raise the two children.As well as give them a carefree childhood.However...When she lay in bed at night and dreamed, when she lowered her head and looked at the scar on her belly, or when she was busy holding the two babies and neglecting other things, or when she couldn't help but yawn repeatedly,
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Julian appeared like an angel, emerging from the vast sea of cars behind her against the backlight.The light blurred his silhouette, but it did nothing to diminish his presence.He was getting increasingly closer.Meanwhile, Diana's car was still speeding forward.And Julian was the only one going against the flow of traffic.He stood in front of the car, got into another vehicle, and resolutely blocked her path before her car could continue recklessly crashing in no particular direction, successfully preventing her from sustaining serious injuries.Besides the time she gave birth to her children, this was the second time she felt hazy and heavy.She felt like being submerged in water, weighed down into the depths.When she gave birth, she was filled with joy and willingly endured the pain.This time, it was fear and regret.It was incomprehensible.Julian...Why was he so good to her?Why was he willing to risk his life to save her?He got out of the car. There was a w
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If Madam Fulcher were still alive, Layla wondered what she would think and whether she would still favor Diana as her granddaughter-in-law. Unfortunately, Madam Fulcher was no longer around.Layla sighed. "I hope Madam Fulcher didn't misjudge her." Then, she urged Julian, "Sir, you should return quickly. If the children wake up, remember not to tell them about Madam's condition. I’ll bring Madam back to the villa once she wakes up and we've treated her wounds."Diana's wounds needed proper care to prevent infection. With this arrangement, Julian should be reassured. He nodded in agreement. "Alright. If you persuade her to come back home, she might not resist." The matter was settled just like that. Julian's forehead wound was easily treated, in which the doctor stitched it in no time. To avoid scaring the children, he deliberately let his hair fall and cover his forehead. This softened his usually stern demeanor significantly. Sean was momentarily stunned when he saw Ju
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Julian saw Sean looking him straight in the eyes, and knew that he had said something wrong.When it came to Diana and these two kids, he had experienced many firsts in his life with them. For example, right now, it was his first time lying and feeling so lost and uncertain about how to respond to someone else’s question.He hemmed and hawed for a few moments before finally saying lamely, “She’s just not awake yet.”Sean was still a child after all, and didn’t think things too complicatedly.He didn’t doubt Julian’s words.But he, along with his sister, did feel indignant.His usually cool face cracked under the pressure, as if a fissure had formed in a mountain. “I want to video call Mommy.”This was the first time he and Betty were away from Mommy.Didn’t Mommy miss them?Or did Mommy no longer want them both?Sean started panicking, and his eyes turned red.Julian was used to seeing Betty crying and kicking up a fuss, but it was his first time seeing Sean like this.He
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Diana shook off the image from her mind. “Do the twins know about my accident?”“They don’t.” Layla then tried to speak up for Julian, “Sir was afraid the twins might be in shock if they found out, and didn’t want them to know about it so soon for fear that they might cry and ask to come to the hospital. Germs are everywhere here, so it’s not good for them to come.”Diana didn’t expect Julian to be so thoughtful.Were men with children, like him who took care of Doreen before, indeed different from men without children?For some reason, the thought of him having children and a partner—perhaps even more than one—made her feel stuffy.Layla saw Diana fall silent and went on, “Don’t worry. Sir said what he said before about not letting you see the children were angry words. He regrets saying them very much.”Layla dipped a cotton bud in water and wet Diana’s lips with it, then helped her get dressed. “So he wants to invite you to stay in the villa after your wounds are treated.Fir
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It wasn’t strange for Betty to do that.She was a glutton and not a deep thinker to begin with, and therefore easily attracted by anything that looked delicious or fun.But Sean was different.He didn’t speak much at home.Not to talk about taking the initiative to ask someone for water in an unfamiliar environment.This point alone sufficed to show that Julian…treated them pretty well.Perhaps what happened with Doreen the last time was a genuine accident.But one thing that Diana just couldn’t figure out was…since he had his own child, why did he keep eyeing her children and bringing them to his house?Layla saw Diana softening her stance, and knew that she had made the right move.Many women end up letting their children become their Achilles’ heel the moment they become mothers.A mother like Diana had invested too much of her emotions.From enduring pregnancy over ten months to the excruciating pain during childbirth and to the labors of raising children.Throughout th
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Betty shook her head, her eyes filled with tears.Her heart was breaking for Mommy. She knew Mommy was lying and that Mommy was injured.Betty had gotten injured before, and she had that antiseptic lotion applied on her boo boo too.Just like how it was for Mommy right now.At that time, Mommy kept blowing at her boo boo to make it better.Betty didn’t know what else to do except for blowing on Mommy’s boo boo. “Boo-hoo…”Her voice still sounded nasal.The moment she opened her mouth, the tears welling up in her eyes fell from her cheeks.As if worried Diana might realize, Betty hurriedly wiped them away and kept puckering her lips. “I’ll blow on your boo boo so that they won’t hurt, Mommy.”Diana didn’t cry even when she was inflicted with so many wounds.She didn’t cry even when the car lost control and she thought she would die.But the moment Diana saw how much her daughter loved her, she finally burst into tears.Sean, who had been keeping his silence, held his siste
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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
