Chapter 1426

Diana thought she had mistaken it.

She rubbed her eyes, and looked harder. This time, she was sure that the man downstairs was without
a doubt James Winnington!

His smoking pose was exactly the same!

When Diana first arrived at the Winningtons’ residence, James had looked just like that, with his brows
furrowed. Every other smoker held his cigarette between the index and third finger, while he held his
between his ring and little finger. It made for an exceptionally silly sight.

But his solemn face and proper dressing made one neglect that strange feature, although his posture
remained etched in people’s minds.

It was precisely that posture that allowed Diana to recognize him at that moment, despite being so
many levels above him.

Feeling troubled, she put aside the binoculars that the hotel prepared for her and opened the door, with
the intention of heading downstairs.

That dazed look in her eyes frightened Betty somewhat.

Her hair was still damp and the wet ends of her hair hung over her shoulders, making her shirt wet. In
the past, Diana would have urged her to get changed into a new shirt, so she wouldn’t feel
uncomfortable in wet clothes.

But this time, Diana kept looking out the window. Her legs instinctively moved toward the door. She
didn’t even say anything about where Betty should go.

“Mommy…” Betty called in a small voice, “where are you going?”



They had just come back, and Betty felt rather tired. She didn’t want to head out again. But if Diana
wanted to go out, she couldn’t possibly stay in the hotel by herself.

Betty was scared to be all alone in this huge hotel room.

Diana snapped back to reality upon hearing her daughter’s cautious yet vulnerable voice. Although
finding her biological father was important, she couldn’t prioritize that over her own daughter.

James Winnington might be a very important clue, but she couldn’t neglect her daughter’s needs.

Diana immediately stopped dead in her tracks, and caressed Betty’s forehead. “I’m not going
anywhere. I just wanted to head downstairs, but I’m not going anymore.”

Betty didn’t have a good impression of the Winnington family. Diana didn’t intend to take Betty
downstairs with her.

She might not have thought that way in the past, but now that she saw James, Diana immediately
thought of how much hurt Zachary caused Betty.

In fact, the three of them were still carrying the Winnington name.

It was truly a surname that disgusted her to no end.

Diana decided that if she really managed to find her biological father, the first thing she would do was to
change her surname.

After she settled Betty down and put her to sleep, she looked downstairs again and saw no one there.

She didn’t know where James had gone.

Only the Hughes’s car used to drive her and Betty to their hotel remained, unmoved.



Diana wondered if she would see James again in the next few days.

Well, it was fine if she didn’t. She now knew that he was in Jacroaof. That made it easier for her to find
him.

Diana lay in bed, rubbing her belly. She pondered over what she would say when she met James, and
make him spit out the truth.

She grabbed her phone, about to switch it on when she heard something ringing. It was the hotel
phone.

Diana thought the front desk had something to tell her, and quickly put her phone down. She
rummaged for the handset, and answered the call.

“Hello.”

“Hello.” The greeting was followed by a chuckle. It was Jim.

Diana could make out his voice in an instant. His voice was exceptionally crisp and clear, like pearls
falling on glass.

“Mr. Hughes.”

Diana was about to go on, when she heard Jim ask, “Do you like my present to you?”

His present to her? Diana glanced at the many things that the maids had brought to her room. “You’ve
already given me many things, including the air ticket. You really shouldn’t have.”

“Not that,” Jim mumbled. “Seems like it’s not there yet.”

What wasn’t there yet?



Diana was about to ask further, when she heard her doorbell ring.

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