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 andforted.


    Once he wasn’t around, she was a strong and independent woman.


    Diana furrowed her brows slightly, her gaze appearing particrly 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 toe 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 lessposed. When Clifford mentioned apanying


    Luke, he meant apanying his memorial portrait…


    At this moment, she was alone on the vi’s third floor. She looked out the window; the surroundings


    were pitch ck.


    The vi, situated on the city’s outskirts, felt like an isted ind.


    And she was in the center of this ind.


    The terror in her heart grew stronger.


    Luke’s memorial portrait was ced 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.


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    Before Julian could reach her, she had to ensure her own safety.


    That was the only method she coulde 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 Ka 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 Ka 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 rxed 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 be stars


    and guard their loved ones from where they were in the heavens.


    So, she had three guardian stars.


    One 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 thete 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 apany 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!