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 reply.

confusion. She climbed onto her old electric scooter and slowly rode into an upscale

Isla Olsen’s, big day.

was brilliantly decorated with servants busying about in an orderly fashion. A few

corner and heard the chatter of the temp workers

is she? She’s so

illegitimate daughter

demanding rights, and they both delivered

place. She moved out in junior high and hasn’t been back for many years. I

kept her gaze lowered, pretending not to hear their talk, and walked into the

age, anxiously pulled her upstairs as soon as she entered the house. “Come with me to see your sister. By the

was no emotion

though the groom

He’s from a high-ranking noble family, something an illegitimate child like you could never hope for! Only your sister is

touch of mockery flashed in

legitimate grandson of the first branch of Oceanion’s preeminent Horton family, pursued

to immediately find someone else to marry, extinguishing any potential between

how it had

the slightest chance of a conflict of interest between her and Isla,

the illegitimate daughter, her

was brainwashed into believing that undergoing all those hardships was a

she was no

solemn as she stressed each word, “We agreed. This

clung to the Olsen family day after day just to see her man, and she was the one who wanted to appease Isla. Keira wouldn’t ruin her own life for Poppy’s

was to repay Poppy for giving birth to her. After that,

sounded annoyed. “I

of their conversation, they arrived at Isla’s

the

dressed simply, maintained her

seeing her. “Keira, what brings

could answer, Poppy interjected, “Isla, Keira

Who’s the

not! There isn’t a single person in all of Oceanion of higher standing than young Mr. Horton! Isla, do you really think she could find a decent suitor? The loser she married didn’t even dare to come here with her. He’s afraid that his

can that be? Keira’s so pretty; otherwise Jake wouldn’t have pursued her for

a ragged sock. Given her status, only the scum of society would marry her. Young Mr. Horton merely saw her as a toy and a passing amusement. Only you, Isla, with your status, are a

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