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Chapter 667
To think Clifford dared attack her so openly!
Diana immediately suspected that he probably held one of Julian's weaknesses. Otherwise, he wouldn't have the
guts to treat her like this.
With that thought in mind, she decided not to resist.
When she was by Julian's side, she was a petite woman who needed to be pampered and comforted. Once he
wasn't around, she was a strong and independent woman.
Diana furrowed her brows slightly, her gaze appearing particularly sharp. She made an effort to calm herself down.
"Sure."
If she agreed to Clifford's demands, Julian wouldn't be threatened no matter what cards Clifford held. All she had to
do was wait for Julian to come back. He had promised to return before the new year, and now, there were only two
days left until New Year's Eve.
She could endure for two more days. Julian would surely take her away from here.
As the night fell, however, Diana became less composed. When Clifford mentioned accompanying Luke, he meant
accompanying his memorial portrait...
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAt this moment, she was alone on the villa's third floor. She looked out the window; the surroundings were pitch
black.
The villa, situated on the city's outskirts, felt like an isolated island.
And she was in the center of this island.
The terror in her heart grew stronger.
Luke's memorial portrait was placed right in the middle of the table, and it felt like he was staring straight at her.
Even if Diana was bold, she dared not neglect it. She feared Clifford would devise a sinister scheme to deal with her
once and for all.
Before Julian could reach her, she had to ensure her own safety.
That was the only method she could come up with, so that Julian wouldn't be threatened ever again.
Diana gritted her teeth and tried to distract herself by thinking about other things, and not pay so much attention to
Luke’s eerie memorial portrait.
By doing so, she instantly understood Julian's intentions when he arranged for Kayla to be locked up in the
mortuary.
Diana was only facing a memorial portrait, but she was already so frightened. She couldn't imagine what it felt to
be Kayla back then, faced with a room full of corpses!
Julian...was truly sinister.
Thinking about him, the goosebumps on her body finally settled down and she relaxed a bit. She reminded herself
of Simon’s words; he said they wouldn't harm her. She had to believe in that. Otherwise, tonight...
Since she had to stay with this treacherous-looking memorial portrait the whole time, who knows if her heart might
stop suddenly at any moment!
She couldn't overthink and frighten herself to that point.
As long as Julian came back...
As long as he returned, everything would be fine.
Diana reassured herself repeatedly. It was just spending a night with a memorial portrait to appease Clifford's
anger!
She could do it!
Finally, tired of crouching in the corner, she crossed her legs and assumed a meditative posture. She lifted her head
and looked at the sky outside the window.
Diana tried to keep her spirits up. Madam Fulcher used to say that the deceased would become stars and guard
their loved ones from where they were in the heavens.
So, she had three guardian stars.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmOne was Madam Fulcher, and the other two were her babies.
With this thought in mind, the night didn't seem so difficult to endure.
But in the late hours of the night, when the moon and stars were scarce, the light in the room suddenly went out
without warning.
At the same time, the memorial portrait on the table seemed to shake. Diana was terrified to move even an inch.
She finally felt fear stab her heart.
Clifford was such a ruthless man. Did he really want Diana to accompany his deceased son’s portrait, and nothing
else?
Diana wanted to reach for her phone and call Julian, but then she remembered that Simon had taken her phone
away after she couldn't get through to Oliver.
Her hands were empty as she retracted them, and her heart felt even emptier.
She was now like a timid bird, where even the slightest noise made her nerves jump.
And in this quiet and eerie atmosphere...
The door opened with a sinister creak...and a tall figure of a man stood outside.
Worse, he was now approaching Diana!
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