My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

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Keira hurriedly said, “I…”

Before she could finish speaking, Holly had already turned around and left.

Keira could only hear her speaking to Captain Lincoln outside the door. “Her condition isn’t very good. Even if we must interrogate her throughout the night, can we do it without using the light?”

“Alright, out of respect for Dr. Sims.”

Keira sighed quietly.

Holly had vouched for her, saying that she wouldn’t released on bail. Samuel immediately rebutted Holly was no wonder she was so angry.

Never mind.

She should be able to keep up with the demands that her condition put on her body for another two days. If Holly could find evidence to prove her innocence within those two days, perhaps she shouldn’t apply for bail after all.

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Upstairs.

Holly entered the equipment room and placed the blood sample she had drawn from Keira’s finger into the machine.

Now all she could do was wait for the machine to analyze the various elements in the blood. This would take twenty minutes.

At this moment, her cell phone suddenly rang.

The call was from a detention center. She picked up and heard a voice from the other side. “Dr. Sims, we heard you’re at the station and decided to give you a call. We have a patient here who isn’t feeling well. Could you come and take a look?”

Holly immediately stood up. “I’ll be right there.”

Even though a forensic doctor and a medical doctor weren’t the same, she could still diagnose minor

illnesses.

She put on her coat and left.

She soon arrived at the detention center.

This place held suspects who hadn’t been tried by the court and some prisoners with sentences of less than

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three months.

Keira had just been placed in a solitary cell here.

Holly took a few steps forward and arrived at the cell door indicated by the guard who had called. She then put on a mask and gloves, stepped inside the cell, and coldly asked, “Who’s not feeling well?”

“It’s me…”

An unfamiliar yet familiar voice made Holly slightly frown. She turned her head and saw a middle-aged woman in a prison uniform, sitting there with her hands on her belly and an expression of pain on her face. “Doctor, my belly hurts so bad. Can you help

me…”

Holly was taken aback.

Wasn’t this woman Poppy Hill, Keira’s mother?

She had once attended a parents’ meeting for Keira in middle school!

Holly immediately walked over and asked with concern, “Auntie, what’s the matter?”

Poppy was suspected of perjury, but as the case wasn’t severe, she had been sentenced to fifteen days in

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detention.

She grabbed Holly’s hand and said, “My belly hurts so badly…”

Holly immediately reached out to touch her belly, not daring to underestimate the situation. “Is it here? I’ll take you to the hospital!”

“Oh, don’t touch me! It hurts so much…” But Poppy looked around with a pained expression and said, “There’s no need to go to the hospital. I just have a cold. Officer, can you take me to a solitary cell? My moaning and groaning here is disturbing everyone’s

rest…”

Holly immediately nodded, “Okay.”

Just as she was about to help Poppy out, someone el in the room suddenly yelled out, “Oh, my belly also hurts so bad. Officer, could you also take me to the solitary cell?”

The rest of the inmates immediately laughed.

“My belly hurts as well…”

“Hey, but I’m different. I have a headache. Can I go to the single ward, too?”

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Holly was speechless.

She frowned, about to say something, when someone looked over at Poppy and said, “We all eat the same food, but how come you’re the only one who got sick? It’s been five days inside, but you’ve been sick for four of them. Are you more delicate than the rest of us?”

“How come in our ward, you’re in such pain, but the moment you get to a single cell, you’re fine and snoring away?”

Holly frowned, realizing what was going on. Instantly, she looked at Poppy.

Poppy’s face instantly turned stiff, and then she wailed in despair, “I really don’t feel well!”

Holly clenched her jaw. “I’ll take you to the hospital then. If the tests show that you’re okay and it’s all an act, I’m afraid you’ll have to stay here a few more days

At these words, Poppy suddenly became nervous.

She didn’t want to be locked up here at all.

In here, the cellmates either farted or picked their feet every night. They also slept in all kinds of crazy

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positions. On her first night, she couldn’t sleep at all

due to the noise.

So she thought of a solution.

But wouldn’t it expose her if she went to the hospital?

Poppy gave Holly a pleading smile. “I don’t need to go to the hospital. It’s just a minor illness. I can take it. I’ll

live…”

Holly knew it. “Aunt, are you faking it?”

Poppy ran to her bed, lifted the blanket, and crawled in. “Hey, what kind of language is that for a little cop? How was I pretending? I just had a stomach ache, and now I’m better. What’s wrong with that? You won’t let me recover from an illness?”

Holly was frustrated!

The female prisoner next to her cursed, “You really have thick skin, you old rogue. You’re tricking people!”

However, Poppy retorted, “What was that compared to my daughter? I’m nothing compared to her! That little slut cheated me so badly! She’ll die in misery!”

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Just thinking of Keira made Poppy grind her teeth in hatred.

Who would have thought that the girl she tried to turn

into a good-for-nothing was Dr. South?!

Holly only found these words irritating.

With her jaw set, she closed the jail door and quickly went upstairs.

Soon, she had in her hands the latest blood test report. Upon seeing the data on it, her face darkened!

The iron content was normal!

Keira wasn’t anemic at all!

Liar!

In that instant, Holly trembled in anger. She wen straight to the interrogation room downstairs and threw the blood report at Keira. “Keira, do you enj tricking me time and time again?!”

Keira didn’t look at the test results. Instead, she sighed. “I’m not anemic now, but give it a few days.”

She had wanted to say that earlier, but Holly left without even hearing her out.

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The anemia Keira experienced was strange.

Each time her period came, a large amount of iron was lost, so iron supplements needed to be taken every month in advance.

As long as she didn’t bleed on a regular day, her iron content was normal.

After visiting many hospitals, she was finally diagnosed with a rare genetic disease.

Holly clearly hadn’t heard of such a thing and found it laughable. “Do you think I’ll believe the crap you’re saying? Keira, can’t you at least come up with a better excuse when lying to me?!”

Keira tried to explain weakly. “…I didn’t lie to you.”

“You didn’t lie to me? I’ve studied medicine for year and never came across a case like yours!”

Keira clenched her jaw and fell silent.

Her disease situation was indeed odd, and it was

normal for Holly to be skeptical.

Any further explanation would be pointless.

Seeing that Keira had fallen silent, anger surged within

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Holly.

Captain Lincoln by her side sighed. “Dr. Sims, she’s been like this all night, not saying a word. Let it go. I’ll have someone take her back to jail. Otherwise, our people will have to stay overnight, and we won’t get anything out of her anyway…”

Before he’d even finished speaking, Holly yelled angrily, “You guys go! I’ll stay up with her! I want to see how many more preposterous lies she will tell!!”

Captain Lincoln fell silent.

He cleared his throat. “Alright, we’ll go get some sleep. If she confesses to anything, call us immediately.”

After the group left, only Keira and Holly were l the interrogation room.

Holly sat across from her, staring at her. “Why did lie? Why did you apply for bail? Is it because all tho doubts you mentioned don’t exist at all? You’re just using me, hoping I’d testify that you’re not the murderer!”

Keira said, “Don’t worry. I won’t agree to bail within the next two days.”

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After that, she would need treatment.

Holly was taken aback, her eyes brimmed with tears. “Do you think saying that will make me forgive you?!”

She turned away, wiping the corner of her eye.

Keira didn’t speak anymore.

The night had deepened. Whether it was the impending menstrual period or the lack of rest late at night, Keira felt a dull ache in her head and a mild pain in her lower abdomen.

She stayed up all night like this.

By the next morning, Keira began to feel increasingly dizzy…

Damn it.

Lack of rest accelerated her period, and she started

become anemic!

Holly hadn’t slept all night, and her mind was in chaos

As dawn broke, she glared fiercely at Keira. Just as she was about to say something, she noticed Keira’s pale face, devoid of any color…

Holly stood up abruptly, panic stricken. “Keira, what’s

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Keira felt a dull pain in her lower abdomen, but it was bearable.

She grabbed Holly’s wrist and said, “I need to go to the bathroom.”

“I’ll give you a hand.”

Holly supported Keira’s arm and guided her to the bathroom, quietly waiting outside.

However, she couldn’t help but feel worried.

She noticed how pale Keira’s face looked and her cold sweat. Could she really be anemic?

Meanwhile, in the visitation room at the detention

center.

Poppy came over with a smile on her face and flattered her daughter. “Isla, how come you have time to see

me?”

“You shouldn’t have come This isn’t a

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faint smile from Isla,

expressed her concern. “What’s wrong? You look so

darkened. “Is it Keira again? Did

smile. “Yes, it’s about Keira, but she hasn’t

she gets herself into trouble. Who

over her face at

Kiera’s misfortune.

found Poppy

foolish.

on her sleeve,

her emotions.

figure out how on earth Poppy had managed to swap

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astounding stroke

in them. “It’s not that she offended someone. She… she committed murder and is now in police

up. “Will that reprobate be sentenced to death? She won’t bother

Isla was speechless.

glanced at Poppy with sympathy, then

who

lunged at the table,

though he used to mess things around, Poppy loved

heard that Finley demanded five million from her. When she refused, during the tug

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She should indeed be very rich, but five million is still no

She stood up abruptly. “That ungrateful creature! She killed Finley over five million?! I shouldn’t have raised her up, I should have drowned her as soon

an immediate warning from a nearby

a bit, but the fun her eyes showed no sign of

the two involved are both your close relatives. I think you have the right

appeared dazed, tears streaming down from he reddened eyes. She reassured Isla.

Isla speak, “Alright, you should go back. I…I’ll

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“Wh

her? A death-row inmate! I can’t wait

at her in disbelief. “Aunt Hill, Keira is charged with

be?! That’s letting her off

on purpose, and she must be

comfort her.”

what she had

“She’s also held here?!”

temporarily detained in a single room. It should

multi-bed wards and single rooms were all

place.

narrowed her eyes, revealing

“That’s good.”

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it’s about time. I need to

leave. ” Isla, you should marry Jake and settle down with the Horton

already left the visiting room,

station when she saw her old classmate Holly

lawyer of the suspect, Keira, came early in the morning again, asking about our decision on her pre-trial releas to medical reasons. Judging by the suspect’s look now, she seems to be really anemic. So, is it

or not?”

frowned upon

She was about to say “I agree” when Captain Lincoln walked

heard the conversation, so

once “Alrandy protonding

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retorted. “She’s

believe this? I remember you made an oath last night that if she gets a pre-trial release, you would quit the police

jaw. “Captain Lincoln, she really

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been detained for just one day, and she’s already not feeling

about to reply, Isla stepped forward “Hello, are you discussing

looked at

frowned slightly. “What

Holly

She knew that Isla was Keira’s sister. In

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to behave smarter and stopped bullying Keira

Holly wasn’t aware of

aside with Isla and asked with concern, “What’s

sighed. “She probably got her period. Every month during this time, she suffers, and it’s natural

women. You understand.”

Holly immediately relaxed.

long as Keira wasn’t

were classmates back in middle school. Can you help

Holly’s face suddenly darkened.

look pale and anemic. We’re all old classmates. Let’s sign the papers We promise not to

dreaming This is a

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restroom forcefully then at Captain Lincoln. “She doesn’t qualify for

then did Captain Lincoln look

to stay any longer and immediately walked away, up the stairs toward the forensic

scoffed. “Miss Olsen, is it just your period? We’re all women here. Stop the act! Get back and wait for the

seemed weak as she was hurried back

her eye

was getting more and more

she still couldn’t get over the image of Keira’s

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kindness, she poured

from her flask and walked

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up. What’s

policewoman noticed Keira’s condition and nudged

Keira opened her

was trembling from weakness.

“Alright.”

quickly assisted her to the bed and asked, “How do you feel

for Holly’s sake. She said, “I’m anemic. Get Ho Sims to do another blood test. It should show

the policewoman frowned, scrutinizing Keira. “Dr. Sims was angry. She

again.”

can draw my blood

“Fine, I’ll get

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forensic department.”

said that, she left the

leaving, she was suddenly stopped

turned to her, “What

pointed to the ward where Keira was. “That’s my daughter. Is

policewoman was taken aback. “She’s

and daughters sharing prison cells these

“Yes, yes, that’s my daughter. You check our

system, and verified

moment, recalling Keira’s

lying on the single bed, had just

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door

forensic doctor come so

her eyelids to see a figure walking in, followed by a chilling voice, “Keira,

Keira stiffened.

memories of when she was five years old flooded

enough warm clothes in winter, she

time she got sick, Poppy would lock her away, not letting her go outside. Whenever Mrs. Olsen out, she would always come to

medication.

would rush over to her, grab her throat, and force her to throw the medicine

she furiously berated her in her ear. “You don’t

deserve this, bitch! Aren’t you mighty?

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you dared to defy me, throwing

you…”

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the real-time murmur from the woman, causing Keira to instinctively huddle, just like when she was a child, wishing she could reduce herself to as

she was back to being a

room was dimly

which made her unable to distinguish betweer reality and memory, with pleas for mercy from her dreams escaping

pleaded in a soft whisper. “Mom, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t

still coursed through her

woman in front of her still pinched

her

pleading was useless, and she could

The pain persisted.

killed my brother! You’ll

resist, even trying to push away the woman forcefully, but she

ten years old, eleven years

was thirteen and had moved onto

school.

height. She pushed the woman away, saying, “Since you despise

a few worn-out clothes and without hesitation, left the Olsen

home for her

was vast and boundless. Everywhere but

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could be

grew up, and she could protect

eyes, waking up from

at Poppy, who

her.

immediately reached for Keira’s throat, “Bitch, what are you looking at? You should die! You have to

strength, Keira grabbed Poppy’s wrist and forcefully

ground. Just as she was about to charge again, a voic came from the

see Holly, wide-eyed, standing at the door. She

swept across Poppy

she hallucinating? Were these two women

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they claim to

sprawled out on the bed again without the energy to

just in time. I’m anemic…even if

for intravenous infusion, and give

on the floor. “You’re anemic? With the strength you’ve shown? You pushed me!

just entered, had seen Keira open her ey and push Poppy away. The ruthlessness in Keira’s

words, she clenched her fists and declared, “Keira, I won’t be deceived

turned and called over the prison guard, “They

confinement!!”

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entrance of

helplessly, “Mr. Horton, if we want to appeal, we would have to

this, looking

“We can wait another day, but the day after

clearly

then, the policewoman who was just inside came over and said to Captain Lincoln, “Captain Lincoln, I think

Samuel, who was about to leave stopped in his tracks, turning panicked,

expression darkened, “What’s

“If Keira doesn’t get her iron supplements on time, she must have severe anemia now! But what do we do

“What do we do?”

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turned and rushed

the holding area!!

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Samuel was stunned.

he hurried to Lewis’s side. “Mr.

from the lobby to the detention

with his actions.

“You are quite

Lewis asked coldly, “What else can I do? Can your

“Definitely not!”

when iron wasn’t administered in time, and she fell into shock.

resuscitate her…”

added angrily, “Her illness is indeed strange. Anyone else would think we’re lying to them. We can’t wait any

let’s risk it!”

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he spoke to himself, Lewis had

entrance. “This is a prison. Unauthorized personnel

ignored them and made his

sensed something was wrong from

and drew his gun at Lewis. “Mr. Horton, stop immediately,

shoot!”

and glanced at him, his expression

with fear. Looking at the dark entrance, he felt his legs

It was so terrifying!

halt, Captain Lincoln

Horton family couldn’t be arrested so lightly.

about to say that he was here

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him. “I was looking for the

Samuel was dumbfounded.

Lewis in shock, his

Keira and Lewis was like

it made sense that Lewis didn’t want to risk his

couldn’t abandon his

turned and began to walk away, Samuel stayed where

Lincoln frowned at him. “Mr. Morgan, aren’t you

terrified, but he took a deep breath.

not…”

he could finish saying “going,”

suddenly took action. He quickly moved to the captain, grasping the latter’s

Lewis’s hand.

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reclaim his gun, but the next moment, he suddenly felt

pointing the

Captain Lincoln was shocked.

He was completely dumbfounded!

would never make such a mistake, but Lewis and Samuel were notable businessmen from Oceanion. They were the type who were always accompanied by

expected that Lewis

also stunned, watching Lewis in

lie on the ground and

he didn’t expect Lewis

against

you put down the gun now, I

Lincoln held

was experienced

said, “Sorry, but