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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

like this…”

even denying her own mother. I’ve never seen anything like this in my

stood there with an expressionless face.

admit that

scene was

relationship was impossible to

sever.

She felt helpless.

voice as icy as her expression. “Go ahead, make a scene. If you interrupt anyone’s rest, the security

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she walked past Poppy. Poppy was enraged. “Ungrateful

and threw the thermos full of chicken

“Watch out!”

Then she was tightly enveloped in a sturdy embrace!

only to see Lewis standing protectively in front of her, shielding her from the

was rising from his

asked anxiously, “Are

“I’m fine.”

squinted at Poppy.

hands frantically “Mr. Horton, I… I didn’t mean

flustered that she turned to escape, quickly disappearing from

her any heed as everyone circled around

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enter their

rushed over, quickly stripping off Lewis’s clothes, “Quickly, take it off and let me see how bad it

suit and white shirt, revealing his sturdy

not before her gaze fell onto

minor injury. It was

my, does it hurt? Keira, apply some ointment for

him…”

it into Keira’s hands. She pushed Keira behind Lewis, then beckoned to the others to leave the room, “Let’s not crowd around here. The brat will

moving closer to Keira, she whispered, “Granddaughter-in-law,

Keira was speechless.

the two of them were left

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ward.

so

a low voice, “This is my grandma’s whimsical thinking. I’ll

“I’ll do it.”

him and

hour, and the golden light spilled in through the window, casting long

before the window, the halo through the glass illuminating his broad back, and his fitted

look and Keira lowered her gaze.

if a tiny stone had been thrown into the lake of her heart,

her fingertips before gently applying it to his burned

his muscles tensing

the moment her fingertips

skin.

his

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scorching him.

Keira asked

eyes, and in the

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