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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.”

if she was too confident in her acting

this marriage certificate genuine?

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

smiled reassuringly at the old

she almost had to trot to keep

parking 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 avoiding

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

an

why the two were out so early

in the morning.

leave last

she could speak, Poppy was

you’re an illegitimate child, but the Olsen family didn’t mind your background and raised you. For all the

you go

also, you were so weak when you were born th you wouldn’t have survived. didn’t have any milk, so you only

to take us in. Mrs. Olsen and your

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because you

your sister were born the same

should repay her kindness all

words in ten

believed these lies and worked like a horse for

child was a legal obligation. If they

of desertion!

Isla’s school on their way to

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

could only get the last place in exams because she couldn’t outshine Isla!

clothes… Her parents never

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hand-me-downs; hence, her clothes were always a bit too small.

buy her a 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

being weak…

weak after being

mockery in Keira’s eyes

“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

and laughed. “You’re

Keira, only to hear the girl’s indifferent

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