My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

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Poppy was terrified.

Only she and her brother, Finley, knew about her switching the girls!

She had never mentioned it to her real daughter, Isla.

How could Old Mrs. Horton know?

Moreover, she spoke in an assertive tone, not of suspicion, but of certainty!

Seeing Keira and Lewis approaching, Poppy looked even more uneasy in her guilt!

They hadn’t heard what she’d just said, had they?

Old Mrs. Horton huffed out, “I know. You bullied my granddaughter-in-law. You’re a bad woman!”

The old lady rambled on and on. It seemed like something was wrong with her mind…

Poppy breathed a sigh of relief. She approached Keira with the thermos in hand, “Keira dear, I’ve brought you some chicken broth. You must be tired from caring for old Mrs. Horton. You need to eat more to regain some

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strength…”

The aroma of the chicken broth from the thermos wafted into the air, but to Keira, it was nothing more

than irony.

This was the first time Poppy had ever made soup for

her.

She asked in a voice devoid of emotion, “What do you

want?”

Poppy smiled. “I’m still after Isla’s two percent share… Old Mrs. Horton values you a lot. She help you arrange a hospital room for Mrs. Olsen and get you that medicine. She’ll definitely agree if you ask for it. Help out your sister, otherwise, how could she be confident

around Jake?”

Keira’s expression turned ice-cold, the words escaping her lips devoid of warmth, “No.”

Poppy’s face hardened, her façade crumbling. She glared at Keira, “That’s right, huh? I worked so hard to give birth to you. You climb the social ladder, and now you won’t respect me anymore?!”

She plopped down onto the ground, crying out, “If you don’t help me today I won’t get un! Everyone come

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look at this! My daughter is an ungrateful wretch! She’s embarrassed by her mother’s lowly background, so she’s serving Old Mrs. Horton with such dedication! She wants to be their granddaughter now!”

The surrounding medical staff and patients began to whisper among themselves.

never expected her to

like this…”

I’ve never

there with an expressionless face.

to admit that

scene was

a relationship was

sever.

She felt helpless.

as her expression. “Go ahead, make a scene. If you

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she finished speaking, she walked past Poppy. Poppy was enraged. “Ungrateful wretch!

up abruptly and threw the thermos full of chicken soup roughly

“Watch out!”

was tightly enveloped in a

only to see Lewis standing protectively in front of her, shielding her from the scalding hot chicken soup with

rising from his

anxiously,

“I’m fine.”

at Poppy.

petrified. She wayed her hands frantically “Mr. Horton,

so flustered that she turned to escape, quickly disappearing from

paid her any heed

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enter their wards.

Lewis’s clothes, “Quickly, take it off and let me see how

calmly took off his suit and white shirt, revealing

before her gaze fell onto his back

wasn’t a minor injury. It

my, does it hurt? Keira, apply

him…”

the nurse’s hand and thrust it into Keira’s hands. She pushed Keira behind Lewis, then beckoned

closer to Keira, she whispered, “Granddaughter-in-law, it’s

Keira was speechless.

the two of them were left in

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ward.

so awkward.

is my grandma’s whimsical

“I’ll do it.”

and walked behind

and the golden light spilled in through the window, casting long shadows of the

before the window, the halo through the glass illuminating his

and Keira lowered her gaze.

if a tiny stone had been thrown into the lake of

the ointment on her fingertips before gently applying it to

silent, his muscles

moment her fingertips

skin.

sprayed onto his back like

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scorching him.

asked softly,

lifted his eyes, and in the reflection of