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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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Julian grabbed her shoulder, his hot breath scorching against her skin. He snarled, "Diana, how many men do you want before you're satisfied?"At this moment, they could hear Simon outside. He was trying to appease the customers.‘Is this man saying that because he’s…jealous? No, that's impossible.' Diana quickly shook her head, pushing this absurd thought out of her mind.Julian despised her. He even said he’d never have any contact with her again.Their encounter today was because the woman he brought wanted to buy Diana's dress. It was how they ended up meeting.Someone who hated her couldn't possibly be jealous.Diana couldn't stay with him. Once she did, she would easily overthink things.With that thought in mind, she pushed Julian harder. She tried to open the door so she could leave.His warm breath sprayed against her shoulder, making her hot and itchy.She could only turn her head to the side. She moved her shoulders, trying to alleviate the discomfort. At the same t
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"What a pity! Looks like Simon wasn't sincere about liking you either," Julian said. "If he really wanted to help you get back at Zachary, he’d have found plenty of ways."After all, Simon had spent New Year's Eve with Diana right under Julian's nose. Later, he took her away from Richburgh and even had a child with her. Thinking about it filled Julian with disgust—even the air around them made him sick.He turned around abruptly, and pulled the door open. "I came to the studio today purely for Ms. Jarvis. Don't read into it too much."He told Diana he would no longer have any contact with her, and it still held true."I hope you won't get any ideas about me from now on." Diana's expression twisted in anger. 'This man rambles on and on, and says whatever he wants! I was never into him, and I never thought of using anyone to get back at Zachary. Betty’s my daughter—I’ll fight anyone who hurts her with my own power!'It was the reason Diana struggled so hard to establish herself
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Diana had never lied to Julian, whether it be about her amnesia or that Simon wasn’t the children's father."The most important thing right now is for me to get back my memories," Diana said.Simon's hands shook. "How do you plan on doing that?"Diana was silent. She clutched the hair she had taken secretly from Julian earlier. She knew Sean wouldn't lie—the original sample had a problem, so she had to start from here and redo the paternity test without anyone knowing. Maybe this could be a breakthrough in her search for her lost memories.Simon put his hands behind his back. "Since you don't want to say it, I won't ask anymore. If there's anything you need help with, you can contact me anytime."Diana nodded. She wanted to take Simon to see Betty, but he left before she could say anything.He didn't even say goodbye.Diana stared at his retreating figure—he looked like he was running away. She stood there alone, lost in thought. After he left the studio, Simon couldn't calm
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Diana was willing to give up her life for these moments. What was a secret paternity test compared to that? She would do it a hundred times if she had to."The sample thing isn’t your fault, and neither is what happened with Zachary," Diana said gently. She held Betty with one arm and Sean with the other, feeling like she had the whole world in her arms. "Don't put so much pressure on yourself. With Mommy around, you don't need to worry about anything, okay? If you want to find your real father, Mommy will support you all the way."Even if redoing the paternity test was just a waste of time, and that Julian couldn't possibly be their father, Diana would respect Sean's desire to reconfirm it.Diana thought for a bit, and decided to be straightforward. "I'll handle the DNA test. But if we confirm that you and Mr. Julian aren’t father and son, please don't be sad, okay?"Sean nodded. "Okay."He just wanted the result to be true, and not because he had swapped the samples and co
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Julian was indeed Sean and Betty's biological father. When Sean heard the news, he maintained his cool expression. During lunchtime, he visibly ate more. It seemed a weight had been lifted off his little shoulders. Diana couldn't stop worrying. She didn't know if Julian would refuse to believe her even after knowing the results. He might even accuse her of trying to trick him again. That would surely hurt Sean's feelings. She had to ensure Julian treated the children kindly. She couldn’t have him coldly deny their relationship in front of the children when they meet again. It was important for her to think carefully on how she could achieve that. The kindergarten teacher noticed her daydreaming, and called her several times. "Ms. Winnington, are you paying attention?"Diana quickly nodded. "Yes, of course. Your teaching staff is excellent, and your education philosophy of connecting with nature to nurture children's instincts is wonderful.""That's good to hear," the teacher
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Seeing the kindergarten she had just selected about to slip away, Diana wished she could silence this woman. Why did she have so many enemies in Richburgh?What's more, she didn't recognize a single one of them!Diana grew even more concerned about her amnesia.She bit her lip, clenched her fists, and stared intently at the enrollment officer. "What's wrong with disabled children? They're also angels! They're the hope of a family, and they're equally precious. Why won't you accept them?""Ms. Winnington, please don't misunderstand. We don't accept disabled children because it’s a rule in Richburgh. Children with special conditions need to go to special schools, which is better for them. As for families, that’s a rule set by our founder and headmaster. The headmaster is a foreigner who values good familial relationships.""My daughter isn't disabled," Diana said. "She's just going through a temporary phase. She’s a bit closed off and wouldn’t come out of her shell."The enroll
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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
