19 She Has Always Known

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 the last

marriage certificate

simply picked up the marriage certificate and headed out. “I’ll wait for you in

reassuringly at the old lady,

she almost had

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

seeing Keira, Poppy’s eyes lit up. “Keira!”

walked over, cautiously

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self-righteously, “You must

an

why the two were out

in the morning.

they leave

Poppy was

mind your background and raised you. For all the hardship they went through, you should reciprocate for the Olsen

better to you. Not only did she let you go to

have any milk, so you only survived

in. Mrs. Olsen and your father

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because you

born the

You should

hadn’t heard those words in

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

a legal obligation. If they hadn’t taken care

of desertion!

had to carry Isla’s school on their way to school and back

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

place in exams because she

the clothes… Her parents never prepared any

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

on, it was taken off by Poppy and given to Isla, stating that she wasn’t good enough! She couldn’t be prettier than Isla!

for being weak…

weak after

Keira’s eyes

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? Ask her to return the 2% of the shares to

looked down and laughed. “You’re

only to

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