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'Grandfather?' It was such an unfamiliar term. Diana had always assumed she had no family, hence why no one came looking for her in Stirling despite having stayed there for three years. Simon later told her that she did have a family, though they were worse than animals. He claimed that it was better to have no family.And now, an old man stood kindly before her, smiling as he claimed, "I'm your grandfather." Diana still had doubts about Nina's identity. She truly couldn't remember anything related to the past, even if it gave her splitting headaches. Between all these strangers and Simon, who she was familiar with, she could only choose to believe Simon.Diana composed herself and held the hands of her two precious children tightly. She looked at the gentle old man standing at the door and asked, "Did Julian send you here to play games with me?" Upon hearing this, Zachary Winnington raised an eyebrow. He looked as if he had heard the joke of a century. "Julian sent someone
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And so, Zachary had taken the initiative and visited Julian. He presented himself with a humble attitude. "Mr. Fulcher." Julian was busy reviewing documents, but when he heard the old man approach, he set aside his work and greeted the latter. "Grandfather." Just that one simple form of address stunned Zachary. He froze, rooted to the spot.Zachary was a cunning and experienced man.With just a small clue, he could immediately understand. Julian had been supporting the Winnington family not for Kayla, but for Diana! And yet, Zachary had been completely unaware of it and allowed the Winningtons to abandon Diana. Now that he finally received the news that Diana had returned to Richburgh, he naturally had to visit and "claim" her. He wanted his precious golden ticket to enter his home. "Mr. Fulcher has deep feelings for you," Zachary sighed. "Although you don't have a good relationship with the Winningtons, he still wanted to reserve a place for you. A place where you could
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'Apologize? I’d never apologize to someone who has no value to me!' Zachary thought angrily.Diana's face swelled up from the blows. Betty was scared, and started crying. She clung desperately to Diana and screamed repeatedly, "Mommy! Mommy!" Zachary was annoyed by her cries and snarled, "Stop crying! Let me tell you something! Without Mr. Fulcher, you are nothing!" 'Not only that, she had the gall to bring back two illegitimate children! What a wasted trip! They're all bad luck!'Betty's cries grew louder. She cried in a sharp and piercing voice. 'Mommy's getting hit! No!'The little girl charged at Zachary without much thought, and attempted to bite him. "Stop hitting Mommy! Stop!" Betty yelled, sinking her teeth into the old man.A servant immediately intervened and pulled Betty away forcefully. "No! No!" Betty was held tightly under the arm; no matter how much she kicked, the person refused to let go. Being held upside down and crying so intensely, her face quickl
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"I don't have such a disgusting grandfather like you!"Finally, Diana understood. Simon had told her how the Winnington family was heartless and untrustworthy—now, she realized why she should have stayed away from them."Even your father doesn't dare treat me this way! How dare you speak to me like that?" Zachary couldn't believe it. "Guards! Break down the door for me!"'Does she think she can stop me? As if I can't do something as simple as disciplining a child!'"You dare?!" Diana was pale; despite that, she leaned against the door and blocked it. She was becoming more and more forceful. "Why wouldn't I?" Zachary wasn’t a reasonable person. "I’m your grandfather! Forget about the two b*stards, I have the right to teach you a lesson!"'Grandfather? Hah! If even my own father could abandon me in the countryside, how great could a grandfather who appeared out of the blue be?'Although Diana couldn't remember what had happened in the Winnington family, based on how Zachary acted
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Diana couldn't understand what Zachary was talking about.'Winnington Fashions? A clothing company? My meddling?'However she remembered his name and every word he said. She ground her teeth, filled with hatred. Before, she had never despised someone so much. She wished he would drop dead right now! Her eyes were bloodshot. "Zachary, you'll regret treating me like this!"'Regret? If she hadn't cuckolded Julian, I’d never dare to do such things. But now, why the need for any reservations? Because we're her natal family? Hah! Without Julian, the Winningtons would never be her natal family!'"Pah!" Zachary spat in Diana's face. "You're just like your father! I can't wait to see how you'll make me regret it!"As he spoke, he had someone bring a kettle filled with hot water. "If you don't let go soon, I'll pour this on you."Today, he was determined to teach that little illegitimate brat who had stabbed him with a toy knife a lesson on behaving!Diana showed no fear. "Go ahead
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Even if Diana wasn't his woman, and even if they had gone their separate ways, Julian couldn't stand by and watch an evil person bully a widow and orphans.He clenched his fist tightly and roared through the phone, "Zachary Winnington!"He was enraged. 'Didn't I make myself clear to the Winningtons?! How dare he go after Diana!'Zachary was immediately intimidated by Julian's tone. Being in advanced age and suffering from Parkinson's disease, his hands and feet trembled uncontrollably when he heard the anger in Julian's voice. He didn't even dare to reply; he quickly gathered up his people and fled, almost scrambling in his haste to leave the place.Nina breathed a sigh of relief, knowing she and Diana were safe for now.Vans snatched the phone from Julian. "What happened?"His voice was grave. "Nina! I'm asking you a question! Didn't you hear me?"It was the first time Nina had seen Vans so anxious, and she couldn't help but smile. "I thought you didn't care about me anymore.
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Betty couldn’t talk.Her initial diagnosis by Vans who hurried over was selective mutism due to shock.Next up, she had to go to the hospital’s pediatric department for further checks.Diana didn’t dare delay things, and carried Betty in her arms as she rushed to the hospital. Nina’s heart broke.Her grudge against Diana over the past three years vanished without a trace.She pulled Diana back and said, “Diana, don’t panic. Don’t you realize that you can’t lift your arm up? What’s more, you are all black and blue. Aren’t you worried about Sean seeing you like this? Do you want the twins to be hurt again?”No. Diana didn’t want that.Of course not!One of her twins was so shocked, it made Diana feel so bad she could tear her hair out.How could she not care about the other twin?Yet, she was but one person.She only had one body.Who else would rush to bring Betty to the hospital if not her?This was one of the pains of being a single mother.What’s more, she had doubl
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Diana was chasing them out of her house.Nina was momentarily disappointed when she heard how distant and cold Diana sounded. Her eyes turned red at once, and she mumbled, “Diana…”She pulled the corner of Diana’s sleeve, refusing to let go. “Do you really not remember anything at all?”Such a thing was far too cruel to them, who had been thinking of her and worried for her all along.Unfortunately, Diana intended to return to Stirling City.She didn’t want to be involved with any of these people.She could only harden her heart. Facing the adorable lady standing before her, she said, “No, I remember everything. I just don’t want to have anything to do with my past.”She pushed Nina’s hand away. “I’m sorry.”“Julian was right! She was lying when she claimed to have lost all her memories.” Vans glared accusingly at Diana. “I really have no idea how you became like this. Julian treats you so well. How can you disappoint him time and time again? And Nina, too. Can’t you feel how
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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
