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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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“Mr. Fulcher,” Sean said, looking up at Julian. “Are you my daddy?”His innocent question pulled at Julian’s heartstrings.He wasn’t.The results were out.He had nothing to do with the twins.Diana was dumbfounded by what had happened.She immediately hugged Sean. “Sean! What nonsense are you spouting?”She chided him harshly.Sean pouted indignantly and said, “Mommy, I’m just…”“Just what?” Diana felt so awkward she wanted to dig a hole and bury herself in it. She had no idea how to face Julian and the woman he brought here.She could only scold Sean loudly in a bid to dispel her awkwardness. “Hurry up and apologize to Mr. Fulcher!”With that, she turned to Cecilia and said apologetically, “Ms. Jarvis, I’m so sorry. My son was being silly. Please don’t mind him.”But Cecilia was no fool.She could already tell that there was something between Julian and Diana.Now that she heard the boy calling Julian “Daddy”, all the more she couldn’t pretend that nothing had happened.
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Before she could make it upstairs, she saw Simon coming through the door.Diana had called him here.She didn’t expect Julian to be here today as well.Sean, who had just been scolded by Diana, was happy to see someone he knew. What’s more, he was very familiar with Simon. He immediately ran toward the latter.Simon instantly carried Sean in his arms, in a way that was natural and clearly well-versed.Ever since he confessed his feelings for Diana, he hadn’t met her for close to one month.This time, it was Diana who contacted him and told him about the many things that had happened in the month.More importantly, Diana had reopened her studio and even met Oliver.When Simon first heard the news, he was anxious and panicky.So much so, he rushed to the studio without a second thought.Seeing Julian there as well, his eyes turned dark and stormy.When Simon noticed Cecilia standing next to Julian, their arms linked, he guessed that Julian and Diana had yet to reconcile. Both
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Right now, Sean was certain that Julian was the best candidate to be his and Betty’s father.The most important factor was that he was once married to Mommy. He checked it out—people who got married had babies together. Were he and Betty babies they had after they got married?Also…Julian was tall and strong.He could protect them perfectly.Compared to Simon, who had been very much missing in action recently, Julian gave Sean a much stronger sense of security.But he didn’t understand adults’ affairs, so he couldn’t figure out what they were thinking.In the end, he was but a child.At most, a child who was slightly smarter than other children.With a goal in mind, he would do everything he could to achieve it.Right now, he had to work hard and correct his past mistake of switching out the test samples in order to confirm if he was Julian’s child.Having decided his next course of action, Sean glanced at Betty, who was fast asleep, and gently pulled the door open.He
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Julian and the rest probably wouldn’t even know of her whereabouts had she not suddenly returned to Richburgh for the sake of her twins’ schooling arrangements.Julian was all-powerful.He couldn’t possibly not receive any news about her, unless someone was deliberately clamping down on the news.What role did Simon play in hiding her whereabouts?Diana had no idea.That was why she needed an answer from Simon.Diana’s question made Simon’s rapidly beating heart return to normal.The hypnotizer responsible for Diana’s memory loss did not lie to him.As long as Diana didn’t get hypnotized by him again, Diana would never be able to restore her memories.No matter how strong the natural or man-made stimulus was, it was useless.Diana was asking him that only because she had come into contact with more people upon returning to Richburgh. Apparently, she managed to piece together some pieces of the puzzle of her past from their words.Otherwise, she couldn’t possibly be asking hi
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“Not romantically as a woman to a man, but as a friend I appreciate and as family who depend on each other.”In fact, before he came clean about the fact that he liked women, she had treated him as she would a sister.The expectant look in Simon’s eyes vanished completely.“Your feelings for me…” she continued, turning away and pretending not to see how hurt he looked.Her fingernails dug into the flesh of her palm as she tried her best to remain firm and not be soft-hearted toward Simon.“They have nothing to do with whether you deliberately hid the truth from me or lied to me. You were wrong,” she concluded. Had he told her that she was once married to Julian, she would have made preparations long ago.She wouldn’t have let Betty follow Simon back to Richburgh earlier.All the more she wouldn't abruptly visit Julian at his place.She even told Julian that she was going to get married to Simon, for crying out loud!On top of it, she brought gifts to him and assumed the posi
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She couldn’t possibly betray Julian.In fact, even now, despite being deeply hypnotized, she began having feelings for Julian the moment she laid eyes on him. He could tell from the uneasy and guilty look in her eyes each time she mentioned Julian.An unwillingness to admit defeat sprang in Simon’s heart, drowning him and his rationale like tidal waves.***Downstairs in the studio, Sean was still waiting for Julian’s answer. Ever since the incident with Zachary, Sean wasn’t as confident as he used to be. On the surface, he still retained his cool kid aura.He was small, but he had loved ones he wanted to protect.For the sake of Mommy and Betty, he was willing to be rebuked by Julian.Yet this man, who was a lot taller than him, didn’t look displeased with him.He even crouched down low and caressed Sean’s head tenderly.He looked at him with a sympathetic gaze and asked, “Sean, where’s your mommy?”At that moment, Cecilia could feel a shift in the aura Julian was exud
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Even after that, Julian wasn’t any gentler.He pulled Diana harder, as if he were hauling something heavy. He was so violent, Diana’s wrists turned red.The redness was like a special mark that burned a hole in Diana’s heart. That feeling of being treated so coldly by him…Was terrible.She looked at Julian in a daze, as if they had returned to the beginning, when she had just arrived at Richburgh from Stirling City. At that time, Julian was still a complete stranger to her.Bam!Diana was pulled into Julian’s embrace so swiftly, he didn’t give Simon a chance to react. He immediately pulled and dragged her into an empty dressing room.The space was suffocatingly small.He glared at her, his eyes burning with cold fury.“Is Simon not enough? Do you need Oliver around to help you reopen your shop too?” He smirked sardonically, his words pinning her down. She had no room for escape.And so, she was forced to look into his eyes. “But you ended up getting harassed by Zachary.
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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
