Chapter 1 – The Husband From Heaven

“You’re already married! Why are you here to register again?!

“Don’t you realize it’s a crime to be a bigamist?”

Keira Olsen, startled, stepped out of the courthouse, holding a just-printed marriage certificate.

The man who had accompanied her here to register looked at the stunning woman and lamented, “Miss Olsen, you’re already married. Why did you hire me for a sham wedding?”

After saying that the deposit was non-refundable, he left in a hurry.

Keira bit her lip, still reeling from the shock.

She’d never even had a boyfriend. How could she possibly be married?!

She lowered her head to look at the printout in her hands.

In the certificate photo, the girl appeared a bit constrained with a forced smile. The mole on the corner of her eye proved that it was indeed her. As for the man…

He had heavy features and a prominent nose. His thin lips curved into a faint smile as he stared into the camera lens intently as if they were piercing through the paper.

His mystery and commanding presence couldn’t be concealed, even in a black-and-white photo.

She then looked at his name: Lewis Horton.

She was certain she never met this man!

What on earth was going on?!

Keira took out her phone, snapped a picture of the certificate, opened WhatsApp, and sent it to a contact with a black avatar. “Help me figure out who this is.”

got an instant

confusion. She climbed onto her old electric scooter and

Isla Olsen’s, big day. Her future husband

decorated with servants busying about in an orderly fashion.

scooter in a corner and heard the chatter

she?

daughter that the

Olsen was about to give birth, she showed up heavily pregnant, demanding rights, and they both delivered on the same day. That old woman has got balls. She has made up all sorts of excuses and not

least Miss Keira knows her place. She moved out in junior high and hasn’t been back for many years. I

pretending not to hear their talk, and walked

at the door. The woman, still elegant at such an age, anxiously pulled her upstairs as soon as she entered the house. “Come with me to see your sister. By the way, did you get the

no emotion in Keira’s voice.

even though the groom

your sister’s fiancé. He’s from a high-ranking noble family, something an illegitimate child like you could never

touch of mockery flashed in

the first branch of Oceanion’s preeminent Horton family, pursued her for four years in college, only to propose to Isla

to immediately find someone

it had always

of a conflict of interest between her and Isla, Poppy

she was the illegitimate daughter, her mere existence was

believing that undergoing all those hardships was

was

stressed each word, “We agreed. This is the

the one who clung to the Olsen family day after day just to see her man, and she was the one who wanted to appease Isla.

giving birth to her. After that, they were

annoyed. “I

of their conversation,

She was sitting on the sofa

maintained her straight posture despite the

her upon seeing her. “Keira, what

Keira could answer, Poppy interjected, “Isla, Keira

surprised. “So soon? Who’s the guy? Is he better

single person in all of Oceanion of higher standing than young Mr. Horton! Isla, do you really think

“How can that be? Keira’s so pretty; otherwise

scum of society would marry her. Young Mr. Horton merely saw her as a toy and a passing amusement.

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