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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.”

her acting that she wouldn’t give up until the last

marriage certificate

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

reassuringly at the old

almost had to trot to

parking lot, they saw Poppy standing there with an ashen-faced

eyes

walked over, cautiously avoiding

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and said self-righteously, “You must help

raised an eyebrow.

understand why the two were out so early

in the morning.

leave last night?

could speak, Poppy was already rambling.

mind your background and raised you. For all

you go to school with her, but she also shared her clothes with

have any milk, so you only

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

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because you

your sister were born the same

sister. You should

those words in ten years.

horse for the Olsen family. She let Isla bully her. How

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

of desertion!

did go to school with Isla Olsen, but she had to carry Isla’s school on their way

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

could only get the last place in

Her parents never

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hence, her clothes were

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

being

be weak after being starved for five days?

mockery in Keira’s eyes grew more intense.

immediately added, “Now that you’ve grown up, you finally have a chance to

and laughed.

convinced Keira, only to hear the

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