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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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“I’ll order delivery,” Diana said. “Come and see what you’d like to eat.”Sean shook his head. “I want something from the canteen.”He had asked the nurses about it.Although the food in the canteen didn’t taste great, it was easy on the stomach and great for Mommy’s wound recovery.He insisted on getting food from the canteen by himself. “Don’t worry.”He showed Diana the meal card that he got from the nurse and said, “I won’t go to the canteen for patients. I’ll go to the one for doctors.”There were fewer people there, and therefore safer for a child like him.The food in that canteen also tasted better.Diana was shocked. “Who gave you that?”“One of the nurses.” He smiled. “I didn’t do anything but flash them a smile. After that, they asked me how I would get food.”Sean received many meal cards after replying to them.He picked one and thanked them, telling them he would ask Mommy to transfer the money after he bought his meal.The nurses shrieked in excitement over h
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However, this wasn’t something Diana felt proud of. Conversely, as his mother, it made her rather sad.She was unable to protect her two darlings and allow them to live without a care in the world.Sean soon returned with their meals. He glanced at his sister, who was still fast asleep, his heart aching for her. “Mommy, do you think Betty will get better?”Diana had no idea.In the following days, she cooperated very well with the doctors.Initially, she was expected to need one month to get better. However, Diana cared for herself so well that she almost fully recovered in a little over two weeks.Unfortunately, things didn’t look up for Betty.She often sat in a daze, confused by the words of the people around her. She often struggled with expressing herself. She was worlds apart from her lively and adorable self.Diana would read bedtime stories to Betty every night before turning in for the night.But now, Betty wouldn’t even respond to her.In the past, Betty would alway
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Diana’s priority right now was to return to Stirling City and provide Betty with the best environment that was conducive to her recuperation.“You’ve lost your memories?” Oliver asked, looking not particularly sad or joyful.Or perhaps, there was more joy than sorrow in the depths of his heart.However, he didn’t let it show. “What do you remember, then?”Diana repeated, “Nothing at all.”Oliver didn’t care whether Diana really lost her memories.It was enough for him that Diana had finally appeared before him after vanishing for three whole years.He sighed in relief and said, “No wonder you’re so angry at me for taking you to court. You don’t remember owing Fanny money.”The dazed look on Diana’s face urged Oliver to explain to her how Fanny had invested in her business. Diana’s jaw soon dropped at his words. “I actually owned a large and influential studio?”Nina did mention to her that she did very well in the fashion industry.In fact, she did so well that she had the po
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The apartment Simon previously found had withdrawn the lease offer, so Diana told Oliver, “I’ll stay in this hotel for a couple of days until I find another apartment.”Ideally, it would be in the suburbs with a good environment.“Coincidentally, I have a vacant bungalow,” Oliver suggested when he heard about Betty’s current condition. “It’s located in the suburbs. There’s a river outside, with mountains at the back and beautiful scenery all around. There are also many children in the neighborhood, which would be great for Betty and Sean to make new friends. If you want, you can bring the twins there.”“No need,” Diana said. She instinctively didn’t want to have too much to do with Oliver.Not just because of her instincts, but also because of his forceful approach that restricted her movements by force.He was fast, accurate, and vicious—completely unlike his warm and gentle appearance.“I’ll give you the key and the address. It’s up to you whether you want to go.”Before Diana
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In a restaurant opposite the studio, a woman asked, “Mr. Fulcher, what are you looking at?”She was seated opposite Julian, wiping her mouth with a napkin and looking in the direction of Julian’s gaze. However, she didn’t notice anything.“Nothing. Just a kite trapped in a gunny sack.”“A kite trapped in a gunny sack?”Julian nodded, but didn’t explain further. He retracted his gaze from Diana and covered up the worry in his eyes. “Are you done?”The woman seated before him was Cecilia Jarvis, the heiress of the Jarvis family in Richburgh. Julian had selected her from a list of women Vans had shortlisted for a blind date with.Cecilia blushed when Julian looked at her. “Yes, I am.”He nodded, and looked at the lipstick mark on the napkin she used to wipe her mouth.She didn’t reapply her lipstick after her meal, and it made her look rather haggard.Julian stood up swiftly. “Let’s go.”Cecilia was stunned. “Where to?”“To the shopping mall opposite. I’ll buy a new lipstick fo
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Cecilia didn’t want the money to go to waste.“Let’s go to the studio over there,” she suggested, wanting to regain her dignity as the heiress of the Jarvis family. “Coincidentally, I need a dress. I heard that the owner of that studio is an excellent tailor and makes great designs. It’s a pity her shop was closed for three years. Now that she’s finally back, business has been booming for her.”She had wanted to come and check it out, but didn’t have the chance to.Custom-made dresses weren’t cheap.Now, she had a chance to let Julian take a look. It wasn’t that she couldn’t bear to part with the money, or that she was petty. She simply wanted to spend money on things that she really needed.That was the rational way of spending money.Julian hesitated for a moment.However, Cecilia had gathered the courage to hold his arm and pull him toward Diana’s studio.Although it was a working day, there were many people inside.Diana was surrounded by people, and she was busy introduci
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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
