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He was also scared he wasn’t able to do anything to help her.“This time, I managed to get the information I wanted from Kiki. I’m very glad.” Julian’s voice pulled Diana back from that tender moment.This man was truly capable of zooming in on what mattered to her.He was so good at targeting her soft spots.So good at…bewitching her.Diana wasn’t in a rush to push him away. The image of her giving birth three years ago flashed past her mind.She didn’t have many memories to begin with.Everything that happened over the past three years was crystal clear in her mind. Yet, only that day was dark and blurry in her memories.There was only one word that summarized what she felt that day: pain.If she were to think deeper, fear was the next sensation she felt. It was a reverence for life, mixed with a fear toward childbirth. It had been engraved as a core memory for her till now.Julian’s tender voice seemed to transcend time to soothe out the pain she felt three years ago, bit
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Through her clothes, he placed his trembling hands on the scar she gained during childbirth. After so long, he could still accurately identify its position.“It’s been tough on you, my darling. It’s been tough on you to give birth to two darlings. It’s been so tough on you, darling. I’m so sorry, darling.”Diana could tell that he was heavily intoxicated.She wanted to ask in further detail about what he meant about helping her regain her memories, but then, she heard a soft snoring sound from him.Very soon, however, the snores disappeared.Even if he was drunk, he wanted to collapse next to her.Even if he was drunk, he still wanted to retain his dignified posture.Of course…Suddenly, he said, “Darling, I want to sleep with you.”Diana’s face turned black the moment she heard him.Sleep, sleep, sleep.To hell with sleep!He was just lamenting how much his heart broke over the pain she suffered from childbirth and all. He was just cajoling her!With the aim of…Her face
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Did he have anything to do with how Diana was suddenly behaving like this? Whatever it was, he felt like he did.Noel immediately hopped back into the car, then slapped his mouth. Pretending not to have passed the clothes to Diana, he stepped on the accelerator and left swiftly.Diana headed upstairs to wash the twins up and get them ready for bed.Then, she solemnly explained to Sean everything that Julian had done. He seemed to understand her somewhat.One thing that left the deepest impression on him was, “It’s useful for a man to look handsome.”Diana said helplessly, “It’s not wrong to think that way, but brains are still the most important thing.”She hoped her son wouldn’t be as slow in learning about what to say and what not to say in his relationships, like his father, Julian. At the same time, she also wished he wouldn’t be so sensitive and paranoid.She hugged him tenderly, trying to give him as much of a sense of security as she could during his childhood. That mig
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What exactly did Diana just give him?Why did they look like women’s clothes…?He unfolded them, and saw that it really was a ladies’ dress.“You…want me to wear this?”Diana nodded. “I only have dresses in my house.” She paused for a moment, folding her arms and looking unperturbed. “Do you find it filthy?”“Not at all,” he said quickly. How would he dare?“Then wear it.”But… This was a dress…He didn’t find it filthy, but it was still a dress.He stood in his sheets, unmoving.Diana ignored him. She continued tidying up the table, looking as if she couldn’t care less whether he wore it or not.“Leave it. Let me do the chores,” Julian said. With him around, she wouldn’t need to do any chores.“Are you going to wash the dishes in those sheets?” she asked.Julian shook his head. “Where’s my phone?” He wanted to call Noel to bring his clothes here.“I don’t know,” Diana said honestly. “You didn’t have your phone with you when you came over last night.”It was probably
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“Julian Fulcher,” Diana called.“Yes?”“I want to eat chocolate. I have a craving for it,” she said. This was the first time over the past few days that she spoke so pleasantly to him.Her smile was akin to a warm spring breeze blowing across his face.“And…?” he asked fearfully. A bad feeling rose up his chest.“Aren’t you going to get it for me?” She had a disappointed expression—like how she used to look when she acted all lovey-dovey with him after they just got married.Sweet and adorable, with an irresistible charm.His brain stopped working for a moment, but he quickly composed himself. “Where should I go to get it?”‘Please don’t make me go to the convenience store downstairs,’ he pleaded inwardly.It was precisely what he was afraid of.“From the convenience store downstairs, the imported brand with filling inside. They’re delicious,” Diana said. Then she added, “Betty likes them, too.”Julian fell silent.He couldn’t find a reason to reject Diana, especially i
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As long as she was happy, wearing this dress didn’t seem to be such a torture.Diana returned his warm gaze, her heart trembling.Filled with disbelief, she asked, “Am I smiling?”Julian ignored her question and asked her back, “Am I blind?”Diana fell silent. This man was truly annoying. Couldn’t he give her the chance to play dumb?“You’re not blind,” Diana replied. “I’m the blind one.”He had repeatedly hurt her; and yet, the moment he explained everything and treated her slightly better than the usual, she would be drawn closer to him. He seemed to have something that instinctively attracted her.Julian didn’t understand what she meant. He was still immersed in his own thoughts, wondering how to apologize to her and earn her forgiveness. He was clueless to the intricacies of a woman’s mind, and that her anger had already been appeased.She pulled out a chair and signaled for him to take a seat. “Tell me more about me being hypnotized.”After that, she headed to the kitchen
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Diana was determined to be apart from him for a while. “We’re not going back.”It was difficult to change her mind once it was made. Julian knew how stubborn she could get, so he didn’t argue with her. “What about Sean?”“Don’t worry. I’ve already explained to him about what happened at the kindergarten yesterday.”However, it seemed Sean hadn’t completely forgiven him.Diana told him the reason they weren’t willing to return to Collina Villa for the time being. “You know, you could explain things to us beforehand. You never make yourself clear whenever you act. We’d always find out only after the damage is done. What’s the point of apologizing after that?”That wasn’t the wisest way of solving problems.Feelings and emotions weren’t the only things required for a happy family. Thoughtful wisdom and caring compromise from both parties were essential as well.Julian’s habit of being autocratic and dictatorial had to be remedied urgently.“Diana, I…” he started, but she cut h
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“Diana’s socials?” Vans was stunned. “Are you talking about you wearing a dress?”“Pfft…!” Julian spat out the tea in his mouth, a myriad of expressions crossing his face. His imposing aura loomed over Vans.At that moment, Vans knew he had stepped on Julian’s tail.He was about to explain himself when Julian said, “It’s fine. You’re not the only one who saw it, anyway.”The moment he said that, the screen in the private room flickered to a photo of him wearing a dress. It was precisely the photo Diana posted on her social media.Vans was flabbergasted. He even forgot to swallow the tea in his mouth. “What exactly is going on?”“Nothing,” Julian said. “Rather than being laughed at behind my back, I’d rather be the first to mock myself.”This was a tactic his company’s PR department often used. When you are self-derisive, others become disinterested in talking about you.Julian was right, but Vans’s face twisted into an awkward expression. “Uh,” he began, “but no one aside f
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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
