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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.”

she was too confident in her acting that she

was this marriage certificate

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

reassuringly at the old

and she almost had to trot to keep up with him.

there with

seeing Keira, Poppy’s eyes lit up.

over,

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self-righteously, “You

an eyebrow.

didn’t understand why the two were out so early

in the morning.

they leave last

she could speak, Poppy was

background and raised you. For all the hardship they went through, you should

Not only did she let you go to school with her,

th you wouldn’t have survived. didn’t have any milk, so

us in. Mrs. Olsen and

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because you

your sister were born

should repay her kindness all your

hadn’t heard those words

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

a child was a legal obligation. If they hadn’t taken care of

of desertion!

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

happened to cough one day, it was Keira’s fault for not taking good

could only get the last place in

parents never prepared any

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only wear Isla’s hand-me-downs; hence, her clothes were always

new dress once, but 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

for being

after being

Keira’s eyes grew more intense.

“Now that you’ve grown up, you finally have a chance to repay the Olsen family. Keira, old Mrs.

looked down and laughed. “You’re

she had convinced Keira, only to hear the girl’s

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