Chapter 534


    The night was silent.


    The only light in the vi that was still on was the bedroom light.


    Diana turned around and saw that Simon had already driven away, so she nned to return the same


    way she came from.


    However, a servant noticed her and quickly greeted her. “Ma’am.’


    It was truly strange.


    Everyone she encountered was a stranger; yet without exception, they all referred to her as “ma’am” as


    if she had never divorced Julian.


    But with just a little more reasoning in her mind, it became clear that she wasn’t the one they were


    actually referring to. However, Diana couldn’t be bothered to exin to them that she wasn’t Ka or


    Julian’s fiancee.


    She simply responded calmly, ’Yes.’


    Upon hearing this, the servant’s eyes instantly lit up. He hurriedly bowed and gestured to Diana,


    saying, “Please head upstairs, ma’am. The master has been waiting for you.”


    Did Julian know she woulde?


    Had he tacitly epted her as Ka’s recement, allowing her to reappear by his side?


    Perhaps this was why she wasn’t held ountable for ruining Ka’s appearance.


    Julian… Perhaps he saw not pursuing the matter of Ka’s disfigurement as a deal between him and


    Diana.


    After all, he loved Ka so much. He probably couldn’t ept that she had been disfigured, and might


    be using Diana as a way to see Ka in her perfect appearance once more.


    The thought brought forth a great sense of humiliation over Diana, and her breathing grew ragged.


    Even the smile on her face turned bitter instantly.


    A substitute…


    She silently repeated the word several times, feeling like her mouth and heart were being squeezed


    tightly. The suffocating sensation from before returned with great vengeance.


    But this time, being Ka’s substitute was a path she had chosen herself. She slowly turned around


    and headed upstairs as the servant led the way.


    Being a substitute was something she had once despised, yet here she was now, actively trying to be


    one.


    She was like a guest, walking through this vi that Julian had designed with his own hands. It was


    both unfamiliar and familiar at the same time.


    She was just a few steps away from the bedroom when she pressed her lips tightly into a straight line


    and turned to the servant, ‘Thank you. You may leave now.’


    In the blink of an eye, the hallway was empty, leaving only Diana standing there. The bedroom door


    remained closed, as if waiting for her to enter.


    This used to be a ce where she slept peacefully every night, but somehow…


    Tonight, it felt unfamiliar.


    Finally, she pushed open the door. Strangely, there was no one in the room.


    The servant told her Julian was waiting for her, but where was he?


    Diana sat on the edge of the bed, feeling uneasy.


    “Julian?” she called out.


    But there was no response.


    Diana hadn’tpleted her revenge for her babies. The punishment Ka received now was far from


    enough. In order to punish Ka, Diana had to start with the man she cared about most-Julian.


    Ka had drugged her and desecrated the graves of her babies on purpose, even going as far as to


    scatter their ashes. Returning this hatred a hundredfold had be Diana’s only goal to keep living.


    Disfigurement was only the beginning.


    She walked around the room, but there was no sign of Julian.


    What would Ka do in this situation?


    Diana thought for a moment, and decided to head downstairs to find him. Before leaving, she opened


    the wardrobe and changed her clothes.


    Julian was downstairs; he hade down while Diana was going upstairs. Her attitude towards him


    had just begun to improve, so he didn’t know why she suddenly came to the vi.


    Although Julian was excited, he thought about it and decided that a gradual approach would be better.


    Thus, he intentionally avoided Diana and let her go to the room on her own with the hopes of giving


    each other some buffer space.


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    However, he didn’t expect that she not only went downstairs, but also appeared right in front of him.


    She even…


    Julian looked up, and carefully examined Diana from head to toe. The curiosity in his eyes gradually


    turned into burning desire; under the lights, his dark, inky eyes were utterly captivating.