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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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Thankfully, Julian didn’t pursue the matter.If he did, Noel would have been in deep trouble. Noel sent them into the house. “Please head upstairs first. I’ll head out to buy something.”Diana thought he wanted to buy something for himself, and didn’t ask any further.A while later, he brought back bags of fruits and some nutritional products.When Layla opened the door to let him in, Diana almost jumped back in fright by the sheer amount of things Noel bought.“Madam, you need to load up on nutrition.”Julian could only get better if Diana got better.If Julian got better, things would start looking up for all of them who served Julian.There wasn’t much space to begin with; with all the things that Noel brought, the space felt even more cramped.“I can’t finish them all. You bought so many things!” Diana said. “I appreciate the thought, but please don’t leave these things here.”How could Noel let that happen?He waved his hands profusely as he walked toward the exit, as
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The three of them looked at Diana in a daze. She immediately let Julian go and stepped back in a panic. “I’m sorry! I didn’t do it on purpose.” Her fractured arm hurt so badly, but she didn’t even furrow her brows. She was too occupied by the embarrassment and awkwardness she was feeling.The excitement and warmth in Julian’s eyes faded.They gradually gave way to disappointment. “It’s okay.”He should have known the one she wanted to hug wasn’t him.This fact wouldn’t change, even after a car accident.“Sean, Betty.” Julian looked down and said softly to the twins, “I’ll put you both down now.”The two of them couldn’t wait.“Mommy! Mommy!”Tears filled their eyes the moment they saw Diana.Betty immediately jumped into Diana’s embrace, and kept blowing at her wounds.Sean, on the other hand, didn’t dare to move.Mommy’s arm was in a cast, and it probably felt very painful.He didn’t dare to touch her.“Come down!” He tried to pull Betty away. “You’re too heavy.”B
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He had been hungry for five hours, yet he did not cry or make a fuss. He didn’t even utter a sound.When Diana prepared the milk and positioned the teat at the corner of his lips, he suddenly flashed her a smile.His eyes shone like the moon in the night sky.He smiled, as if telling her, “Mommy, it’s all right.Don’t be sad.I really love you.”Diana felt needles piercing through her heart as she lifted her son from his cot and sobbed uncontrollably.‘Thankfully, both of them are fine’, she thought.Otherwise, how would she go on living? That was her thought right now.If she were to lose her twins, she really wouldn’t be able to live on.They had been through so much, experiencing things as a family of three.Yet, the twins may not remember much of it when they were merely infants.She was the only one who had those memories etched in her heart, creating a treasure trove of precious memories in her heart that brought light to her life.Whenever she felt sad, miserable,
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Julian wanted to say that he didn’t want to leave.He couldn’t rest assured if he were to leave.However, the look on their faces told him that if he were to say that, it would be akin to throwing a bomb at them.It was probably better for him to keep quiet.Therefore he, a tall and handsome bigwig of Richburgh, folded his sleeves and silently took over Mrs. Lay’s cleaning tools and began cleaning the house.Diana was flabbergasted at his actions. “Mr. Fulcher, what are you doing?”“Making it up to you,” Julian improvised on the spot, fearing that Diana would immediately tell him to scram.He didn’t even dare to look closely at her wounds.He knew his heart would ache if he did that.“Make it up to me?”“Yes.” Julian pointed at the things that Noel brought; for the first time, had the urge to triple Noel’s pay right on the spot. “Didn’t you ask me to take some things home just now?”He pointed to a box of birds’ nest and a box of apples. “I’ll take these two things.”Diana’
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Mrs. Lay stood stunned for a moment, wondering why Julian suddenly changed his mind.How would Diana be able to handle herself as the twins if she didn’t come?But Julian had already issued his order and she had no choice but to hurriedly agree, pack her things, and return to the villa.She did everything so quickly that she didn’t even have time to bid Diana farewell.She behaved as if she was deathly afraid of Julian.All the good vibes Diana had toward Mrs. Lay added to her displeasure toward Julian.She instinctively looked up and said reprovingly to Julian, “Why must you look so cold and fierce?”At that moment, Julian felt as though he had gone back to the past. He was at home, having a video conference with the senior executives of his company on his computer. All that was reported and tabled during the meeting were in a mess.Diana didn’t know what was happening, and simply thought that he was getting angry over some documents that he was reading on his computer screen.
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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
