My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

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Keira stared dumbfounded at the marriage certificate

in her hand.

She suddenly realized, that the first time old Mrs. Horton saw her, she called her “granddaughter-in-law”. The old lady had known all along that Keira and Lewis were married!

Keira felt that she had found a clue.

She immediately asked, “Grandma, how did you come by this marriage certificate?”

Old Mrs. Horton was taken aback, her eyes growing a touch bewildered. “I… I can’t really remember.”

Keira continued. “How did Mr. Horton and I come to

be married?”

Old Mrs. Horton just shook her head. “I don’t recall:

Keira grew somewhat anxious. “Grandma, please try to

think back…”

“Enough!”

Lewis said unhappily, his towering figure standing

between the two women. His eyes were cold when he asked, “Miss Olsen, is this certificate real?”

“Of course.”

Lewis’s face darkened. “Are you going to say we don’t need to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau now?”

So that was her aim!

She used a legitimate excuse like going to the Civil Affairs Bureau as a setup, then lured his grandma into taking out this fake certificate and tricking him into believing it was true.

If he hadn’t seen how his grandma just did as she was told, he might have believed Keira!

Keira sensed the hostility in the man’s tone and found it baffling. “We don’t have to go today.”

Divorce isn’t something that could be resolved by just stopping by the Civil Affairs Bureau.

For two years, they were legally husband and wife, so there were a lot of property distribution issues to deal with They needed to sign a divorce agreement first

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“No.”

After Lewis spoke, he carefully observed Keira.

She was slightly taken aback, then she said nonchalantly, “Whatever you say.”

too confident in her acting that she wouldn’t give up until

was this marriage certificate genuine?

was suddenly unsure. He simply picked up the marriage certificate and headed out. “I’ll wait

smiled reassuringly at the old lady, then

had to trot to keep

lot, they saw Poppy standing there with an ashen-faced Isla, who was shaking and sneezing. Poppy

seeing Keira, Poppy’s eyes lit up.

over, cautiously

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and said self-righteously, “You must help your sister!”

raised an

understand why the two were out

in the morning.

they leave

speak, Poppy was

the Olsen family didn’t mind your background and raised you. For all the hardship

you go to school with her, but she also

you wouldn’t have survived. didn’t have any milk, so you only survived because you took the milk that

us in. Mrs. Olsen and your father only decided to keep

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because you

sister were born

you owe your sister. You should repay her kindness all your

heard those words in

and worked like a horse for the Olsen family. She let Isla bully her. How

was a legal obligation. If they

of desertion!

but she had to carry Isla’s school on their way to school and back home. She also had to be Olsen’s servant at

one day, it was Keira’s fault for not taking good care of her, and

last place in exams because

clothes… Her parents never prepared

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hand-me-downs; hence, her

as soon as she put it on, it was taken off by Poppy and given to Isla, stating that she wasn’t good enough! She couldn’t

being weak…

wouldn’t be weak after

mockery in Keira’s eyes

didn’t sense her emotions at all. After saying those things, she immediately added, “Now that you’ve grown up, you finally have a chance to repay the Olsen family. Keira, old Mrs. Horton listens to you

down and laughed. “You’re

Keira, only to hear the girl’s indifferent voice

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