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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.”

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

this marriage certificate genuine?

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

the old

quickly, and she almost had

arrived at the parking lot, they saw Poppy standing there with an ashen-faced Isla, who was shaking and sneezing. Poppy seemed heartbroken.

eyes lit

over, cautiously

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self-righteously, “You must help your

an eyebrow.

understand why the two were

in the morning.

they leave

she could speak, Poppy was already

and raised you.

has been even better to you. Not only did she let you go

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

Olsen family hadn’t intended to take us in.

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because you

your sister were born

your sister. You should repay her kindness

those words in ten

she was little, she believed these lies and worked like a horse for the Olsen family. She let Isla

to raise a child was a legal obligation. If they hadn’t taken care of her, they would

of desertion!

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

for not taking good care of her,

place in exams because she couldn’t

parents never

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She could only wear Isla’s hand-me-downs; hence, her clothes

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 be prettier than

being weak…

weak after being starved

mockery in Keira’s eyes grew more intense.

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 right?

looked down and

she had convinced Keira, only to hear the girl’s indifferent voice a moment later.

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