My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

39 Truth

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.

nice. I never expected her to be

like this…”

mother. I’ve never seen anything like

there with an expressionless

truly didn’t want to admit that this woman

was her mother.

such a relationship was impossible to

sever.

She felt helpless.

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

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walked past Poppy.

she stood up abruptly and threw the thermos full of

“Watch out!”

heard a deep voice. Then she was tightly enveloped

Lewis standing protectively in front of her, shielding her from the scalding hot chicken soup

rising from his black suit.

and asked anxiously, “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine.”

squinted at

“Mr. Horton, I… I didn’t mean to splash you. I… I…..”

so flustered that she turned to escape, quickly disappearing from the

her any heed

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to enter their

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

and white shirt,

fell onto

wasn’t a minor injury. It was clearly very serious!

hurt? Keira, apply

him…”

old lady snatched the burn cream from the nurse’s hand and thrust it into Keira’s hands. She pushed Keira behind Lewis, then beckoned to the others

whispered,

Keira was speechless.

the two of them were left

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ward.

so

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

“I’ll do it.”

and walked behind him.

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

illuminating his broad back, and his fitted trousers outlined

and Keira lowered her gaze.

been thrown into the lake of her heart, causing ripples to spread outward.

dabbed the ointment on her fingertips before

silent, his

moment her fingertips touched his

skin.

breath sprayed onto his back like a

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scorching him.

asked

in the reflection of