She reprimanded him for the sake of another man?How brazen of her! However, Diana couldn’t care less about that. Instead, she simply walked to the cashier, saying, “I’ll be paying the bill.”The receptionist glanced at Oliver and only started calculating the bill after seeing him nod.Julian stepped forward at this moment. “I’ll never let a woman pay the bill. Use my card.”The implication was obvious: Oliver was stingy. His actions ended up displeasing Diana. She was buying Oliver this meal to express her gratitude for him, so of course she had to foot the bill personally. “No need.” She took Julian’s card and put it back in his wallet. “I’ll pay the bill myself.”With that, the machine on the cashier showed that the payment had been made successfully. A thousand dollars. Julian glanced at Diana in disbelief when he saw the numbers. She had always been frugal and would always be distressed whenever they spent a lot of money on meals. Yet today, she actually spent a thous
After such a long time, not only did Julian not say a word of concern for Diana, but he kept misunderstanding her. The more he spoke, the worse things became.For the first time in her life, she finally knew how despicable she was in his heart. Diana’s face gradually turned cold. She went along with his words and said, “Who cares about his status? I only care about how he’s a better man than you.”“What?!” Julian clenched his teeth tightly. “You're shameless!”“I’m shameless?!” Diana didn’t give in at all. She had had enough.She had had enough of her own expectations for Julian popping up every now and then.She was tired of his hot and cold treatment toward her.She had had enough of his ridiculous favoritism.She was even more fed up with his inability to distinguish right from wrong.She looked at him stubbornly and spat, “Who the hell is that woman? Will I have the opportunity to see her again in the future since I missed this chance to meet her this time?”“Meet her?!”
Diana looked at his red eyes, then covered her mouth, and laughed. At the same time, she hid the tears in her eyes. It wasn’t until she felt some of the pent-up grievances in her heart dissipate that she continued, “Either you continue to rebuke me, calling me shameless and wicked, or you can bring out the divorce agreement I’ve already signed and we can go our separate ways.”She was determined.Her eyes no longer carried any traces of heartache.Panic flashed across Julian’s eyes. He felt as if there was suddenly a thick wall between him and Diana. The woman who used to always be within his reach was suddenly untouchable.In a moment of impulse, he grabbed her hand and blurted out, “Are you trying to provoke me so you can stay with Oliver since everything is completely exposed?”In her dreams!Julian was seething. Everything was in disarray, and he could only shout angrily.In fact, he understood that it would be best for them to divorce amicably now.This way, Kayla would be
Julian looked Diana up and down with a look of displeasure on his face. “Did you change your clothes?”“Yes, I’ve had dinner too.” Diana would not treat herself and the baby poorly.The current Diana was as stubborn as the Diana who had gone to Winnington Mansion alone to reconnect with her family three years ago. Unlike that time, she had learned to admit defeat with grace.This was because she had a baby that she wanted to protect.On the contrary, Julian was still overwhelmed by her changes. Facing a Diana he wasn’t used to, he was at a loss. She was different from before, and he couldn’t exactly pinpoint what had changed. This uncertainty made him feel unusually restless. When Diana saw that he was silent for a long time, she asked, “Where’s the divorce agreement?”Since they could no longer find any excitement and beauty in their marriage, as it had been in the beginning, she wouldn’t continue seeking such things anymore.Otherwise, she and Julian would certainly be no
If Diana asked Oliver for help, raising fifteen million within a month would be a very simple task.Before she could properly feel dismayed by the thought, Julian added on a new condition. “You can’t return fifteen million all at once. I get to decide how the repayment is done,” Julian said firmly.Since Diana was the one who used the money, she had no choice but to cooperate as best she could. “How do you want it to be repaid?”“You can only transfer six hundred dollars in each transaction. You can do this an infinite number of times as long as you repay the full amount within one month,” he replied.Diana shivered at the thought of the number of transactions she needed to make. That meant she had even less time to raise the money. Suddenly, it became an even more urgent matter.Diana couldn’t take it anymore. “Julian!” she screamed.“If you can’t do it, then there won’t be a divorce,” Julian said. It was Diana’s own choice to be with Oliver, the man Julian felt most annoyed wit
Diana only realized it had rained last night after leaving the bedroom and that the weather had clearly become colder.She felt a little chilly after arriving downstairs. Just as she was about to head back into the room to put on an extra layer of clothing, Julian handed her a cardigan. “You need to look after yourself even if you have a debt to pay. Don’t catch a cold.”Diana thought that Julian was a strange man. They had been arguing intensely just the night before, and yet here he was, offering her a cardigan.Despite his act of kindness, his words annoyed her.“I wouldn’t dare trouble my creditor.” Diana didn’t reach for the cardigan. Instead, she replied in a nonchalant tone, “I hate black-and-white stripes.”This color reminded her of the dress that the other woman had bought before she could and how Julian liked that woman more than he did her.Diana didn’t want to make herself sad.Julian quickly saw through her. “You’re still holding a grudge?! It was only a dress.”O
Diana was still trapped in her disappointment toward Julian, so she never expected that he would actually sit down to accompany her.The two of them remained unusually quiet throughout the meal.Diana didn’t have much of an appetite. All she ate was bread and butter. She left everything else practically untouched.Julian asked a maid to take all the food away before finally speaking. “Didn’t you use to like Yorkshire pudding?”The Fulcher family didn’t have a habit of eating carbohydrates for breakfast. Back when Diana suddenly wanted to eat these foods, Julian personally drove for an hour to buy them from a stall outside.Julian couldn’t remember clearly, but he recalled she might have kissed him for it back then. And after that, he only realized there was pudding crumbs on his face after arriving at the office. For a long time after that, people who came over for business talks would bring him the best pastries in town.Julian couldn’t resist looking at Diana after recalling th
Julian was enraged. "Reminding you with my presence? Do you think I care about fifteen million dollars?""Don't you?" Diana seemed very calm in comparison. "If you didn't care, why did you want me to repay you?"Diana did have plans to return the fifteen million dollars to him, but she thought she would take her time to do it. She wasn't expecting Julian to threaten her into paying him back."Because!" Julian immediately stopped himself. He raised his eyebrows slightly, and there was an air of superiority about him. Suddenly, he changed his mind."Why should I tell you?"Diana chuckled. "It doesn't matter."Anyway, the fact he was forcing her to repay him proved he didn't want the best for her.He was simply trying to make life difficult for her. She was certain he was merely punishing her on behalf of the woman who had been pointlessly waiting for her all morning."Don't worry," Diana said after taking a deep breath. She suppressed her sadness as she spoke. "I won't go back on