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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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Nina was furious.She couldn’t stand listening her boyfriend insulting her best friend.If that was the case, she would rather not have love!“Miss, where are you headed to?” The taxi driver had driven her around the streets twice, but Nina hadn’t told him the destination.She turned around, and realized that Vans didn’t come running after her.She looked back at the driver and immediately said, “To Cityscapes Manor.”That was where Diana was currently staying.She wanted to tell Diana all about the twins crying at Julian’s home.She wanted Diana to find a way to go to Collina Villa and stop the twins from getting mistreated.After Diana listened to Nina, she couldn’t sleep. She paced back and forth in the room, anxious.“Nina,” she said, on the verge of tears, “I placed too much faith in Julian. I thought he could take good care of the twins. I thought he could give them a better life than me.”Sean had thought the same, too. That was why he was so eager to acknowledge Juli
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She stared at her reflection in the mirror, and couldn’t hold back her praise. “Nina, you’re amazing!”“Look at you, a frog in the well.” Nina chuckled, but her face fell at the next second. “I wonder when you’ll recover your memories.”Whenever Diana had to attend banquets in the past, she never bothered hiring a makeup artist. She would frequently call Nina to the Fulcher Manor to help her and Madam Fulcher with make-up. However, the current Diana didn’t remember any of that.Nina’s words made Diana melancholic. “It’ll come back to me. I’m sure about it.”She needed time.Most of her energy right now was focused on her twins.“Maybe after I settle their kindergarten.” Now that she knew about Julian’s poor treatment of the twins, she wasn’t sure if she’d be in the mood to act with him for the kindergarten interview.The mere thought of him frustrated her.“Anyway, after all these things are settled, I’ll definitely work hard to get my memories back,” she said, holding Nina
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Although Diana managed to get past the gate, she had to face Layla next. Layla was in-charge of all matters concerning Collina Villa, and she would surely be involved in recruiting a teacher for the twins.When Diana got injured from the car accident, Layla stayed by her side and took good care of her. They could be considered familiar with each other.Diana might have been able to fool the security guards at the gate, but if it was Layla…Diana wasn’t confident that she could fool Layla.Very soon, someone came to tell everyone there to get ready for the first round of interview. Only those who passed could stay.Diana clenched her fists. She stared at the dazzlingly white marble floor, feeling so nervous that her nose was sweating. The interviewer saw that she wasn’t responding, and said impatiently, “I’m asking you a question.”That was when Diana finally looked up. She quickly realized that the interviewer wasn’t Layla.She sighed in relief, her body relaxing.Because she
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It all began the moment Betty saw Zachary.Before that, her little mind replayed every detail of how this old man had hurt her and her mother. Now, she longed to be embraced by someone trustworthy.Unfortunately, her mommy wasn't there.So, she threw away the wooden stick and rushed into Julian's arms.Being suddenly embraced by the child, Julian could feel her trust and affection.Betty hadn’t shown her emotions for a long time. Since their reunion, she had been passive. Julian had to take the initiative to hug, speak, and interact with her before she showed any reaction.But with Zachary's appearance, Betty had changed.This proved that Julian's approach was correct.The doctor had said that in order to recover, Betty must first resolve her emotional entanglements. In Julian's eyes, Zachary was the problem. He was convinced she would regain her strength and courage once she faced the man who had hurt her and Diana. Her condition would then make significant progress.Thinki
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"Enough!" Diana couldn't bear it anymore, and stepped out from her hiding place.In that instant, Julian thought he saw the Diana of the past. Whether it was her temperament, figure, or even her expression… Everything was exactly the same.In the past, he once took Diana to attend his grandmother's private banquet. Originally, the banquet was only for his grandmother's close friends.But some of her friends had ulterior motives; they brought their granddaughters, hoping to introduce them to Julian and potentially secure a good marriage. At that time, Diana and Julian had just gotten married. Nobody believed their marriage would last. No one took Diana seriously.Madam Fulcher had been angry about it too, and even broke off contact with her friends for a while. However, she couldn't reprimand everyone individually at the banquet."Julian, if you want Diana to establish her position as a prominent member of the Fulcher family, it's up to you and her. No matter how much I say,
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"Diana! Stop right there! Do you hear me?"Diana continued walking forward, still ignoring him. She still had to find Sean."Shh, don't cry. Everything’s okay now. Mommy is here. Daddy was a big bully. He hurt you, right? But my darling doesn't want to hit anyone. My baby is a good girl. Mommy knows that," she comforted Betty as she slowly climbed the stairs.Julian followed behind her, intending to stop her. As he watched her move skillfully through the mansion, his gaze turned sarcastic. Seriously, hadn't this gone on enough?She was clearly maneuvering through the place with familiar ease. He would be the biggest fool in the world if he believed her claim of being amnesic!Finally, Diana found Sean.He hadn't gotten out of bed yet, and was wearing a patched-up pajama with cartoon patterns she had deliberately added to cover the holes. His pajamas were a far cry from the luxurious and exquisite children's room he was in.Seeing it made her uneasy, so she turned her face away
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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
