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Julian furrowed his brows. “I don’t understand what he meant.”Diana hurriedly explained the kindergarten’s requirements in detail. Julian was rather taken aback. “So many requirements just to attend a kindergarten?”Diana knew he doubted her. He probably thought she was saying it on purpose, so she could force him into pretending to be a happy family with her.“So many requirements, yet so many parents are dying to get their children in,” she said sarcastically, displeased. Julian was a smart man.He could tell that Diana was making a dig at him.Well, he didn’t mind it. Today was his first day meeting the twins as their father, and Sean even agreed to follow him home. If he couldn’t fulfill such a trivial request, Sean would surely be disappointed.If Sean disapproved of him, Betty wouldn’t kiss him. He looked at Sean, then sighed. “Do you really like this kindergarten?”Sean nodded. “I do.”“In that case, I’ll cooperate.”Julian was willing to do anything to make Se
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“He even said I couldn’t get him even if I wanted to. Well, I don’t even want him in the first place!”“Cough, cough…” Nina pulled Diana’s shirt. “Err, Diana…”“Don’t pull me.” Diana pushed Nina’s hand away, and continued complaining as she cleaned the house. “Don’t you think so too? His face looks like an ice mountain, so hard and cold and stubborn.Where did he get that confidence to say that I’m into him?My career’s doing much better than before, and I survived the challenging days of raising my children all by myself. I’m looking forward to better days ahead.Why would I spend my day thinking of such a cold and stubborn old man?” The thought almost made Diana laugh.“No way, no way,” she said between giggles. “It’s impossible between us.”The moment she said that, she heard someone reply through gritted teeth, “It better be that way.”At once, Diana jumped in fright and looked up. “Why are you still around?”Hadn’t he left already?Where was Nina?Julian saw through D
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“Sir.”“Yes?”“Women need to be coaxed.”“Coaxed?” Julian didn’t understand. “Coax who?”Which woman was worthy of such effort?“Grandma isn’t around anymore, and Di…” He paused for a moment before continuing viciously, “Do as I say and treat Diana Winnington like she’s dead.”Since their reunion, Julian knew Diana was no longer the same Diana he knew.He didn’t have a place in her heart. She would even criticize him harshly.Layla disagreed with him.To her, Julian was being too harsh.But before she could persuade him, he spoke first. “Layla, if you gave birth, could you possibly not know who the biological father of your children is?”Layla shook her head, stunned by Julian’s question. “No.” Julian said, “But that’s what happened to Diana.”He acknowledged that she was a good mother, but it didn’t mean he approved of her actions.If she hadn’t deliberately hid the truth from him, he would have reunited with his children much earlier. He wouldn’t take so long to realiz
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Diana didn’t expect the guard to get physical with her, and immediately fell back.Her headache worsened so badly that she curled up into a ball, looking as if she was going to roll around at the villa entrance.Julian looked at the real-time image from the surveillance camera, sneering.This woman was addicted to acting.He had no idea how he fell in love with her in the past.He almost lost his life for her, too!“Daddy.” Sean came in search of Julian, wanting to ask him about looking for a doctor for Betty.Julian hummed in reply, and immediately switched off the screen.He didn’t want Sean seeing his mother in such an ugly state.It would negatively influence his psyche.Julian turned around and said, “The doctor isn’t coming. I’ve asked him, and he said that the most important thing is to unravel the knot in Betty’s heart. I’ll settle it tomorrow.”He had the confidence he could cure Betty.He wouldn’t do a worse job as their father than Diana as their mother.Plus, h
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Julian grabbed a new spoon and continued coaxing Betty to eat. “Betty, be good.” This time, he didn’t put her on his lap.Instead, he placed her on a chair.It was customized according to Betty’s height.By right, the twins should be able to feed themselves at this age.But due to Betty’s condition, Julian felt more at ease putting Betty in a high-chair and watching her eat.Many little plates of different and adorable designs were placed before her.Crash!However, Betty pushed one of the plates to the floor.The cutlery was made with ceramic. They broke into many little pieces when they crashed on the floor, and some fragments even pierced Julian’s feet.He wouldn’t have gotten hurt if Betty hadn’t chosen to open her mouth to swallow food at that moment. Julian moved his feet in his excitement, and…Psst!The broken fragments pierced into his sole.Blood immediately flowed from there.Layla was shocked, and immediately retrieved the first-aid kit to treat his wound.
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However, Julian Fulcher was impenetrable.He never gave Kiki a chance.“Not Doreen,” he said, “but my own daughter. My biological daughter.”Shiloh was bewildered.Had Diana returned?Did she bring the twins that she was pregnant with as well?So, they turned out to be girls…Why hadn’t he heard about this from Kiki?Shiloh wanted to ask more, but Julian had already hung up.“Is Betty done with her bath?”“She needs more time,” Layla said. “Sir, please wait a while longer. I’m applying some baby lotion on her.”Children’s skin was soft and tender, and had to be protected well.That was especially so for Betty, whose face had been injured by Doreen. Layla had to apply the scar removal cream carefully to lighten the mark left on her face.By the time everything was done, twenty minutes had passed.The gears in Julian’s mind shifted as he stretched out his arms.He suddenly felt relieved.Finally, he could have some me-time after a hectic day. He felt as if he had been gra
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Julian could feel his head burning.How could this child be so disobedient?Sean pretended to obey him while opposing him behind his back. The boy was behaving just like Diana!Julian immediately turned around and re-entered the room, fully intending to teach his son a lesson.Sean stared at him, the book in his hands. He clearly didn’t expect Julian to blow his top.“I won’t read anymore.”He pouted, and put the book down. Then, he laid on the bed and pulled up the sheets without a word.The silence that followed was suffocating.After a while, Julian finally realized something.He had…Flared up at his own son, whom he had just acknowledged a couple of days ago!Sean was still so young.What’s more, he was a child who was sensible beyond his age. And yet, Julian yelled at him simply because he insisted on reading in bed.Layla finally found Julian in Sean’s room after looking for him for a while. She hurriedly pulled him over and said, “Sir, Ms. Betty’s crying again. Non
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Meanwhile, Betty was still awake.Her eyes flew wide open the moment she heard about her brother crying.She kept struggling to leave the room, looking as if she wanted to go and look for Sean.Julian could tell what she was trying to do, but this time, he didn’t let her have her way.Julian carried her back to the bed, not even bothering to read her a story. “Betty, it’s already past midnight. You must go back to sleep!”He tucked her into the sheets, not taking no for an answer.Before, Julian had never treated Betty like this. Although she was ill, she wasn’t completely ignorant or unfeeling.Especially now, with how frightening Julian seemed.Her eyes welled up with tears.The sight of her tear-filled eyes made Julian recall what Layla had said about Sean crying silently in his room.That wasn’t how a man should behave!He could understand why Betty cried, but not why Sean did the same. Julian was very cross with Sean. “A boy who’s completely spoiled by his mother. He
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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
