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Keira’s eyes shone faintly, her voice soft lest she startle the old lady. “Then, how did we get our marriage certificate?”

Old Mrs. Horton said with a smile. “I remember that day. You wore a red sweater…”

A red sweater?

Keira paused slightly. Indeed, she had a red sweater, which she bought three years ago during New Year. She stayed alone in her rented room. She wanted to dress joyfully, so it wouldn’t feel so lonely.

And sure enough, that was the sweater she was wearing in the marriage certificate photo.

Old Mrs. Horton continued. “That brat was wearing a black suit, and off you two went to get your

certificate!”

Keira frowned.

The courthouse had said that getting married definitely required the presence of both parties. What

old Mrs. Horton said meant Keira had indeed obtained

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a marriage certificate with Lewis two years ago.

Why didn’t she or Lewis know about it?

It couldn’t be something as melodramatic as both of them having amnesia, could it?

Besides, she had a good memory. She clearly remembered everything she had done two years ago!

Keira continued. “How did we meet?”

Old Mrs. Horton looked at her earnestly. “Of course, it was because of me…”

“What did you do?”

Keira asked the question, but old Mrs. Horton yawned, and her gaze went from confused to clear. “Oh my, granddaughter-in-law, what are you doing up so

early?”

Keira hadn’t managed to get the crucial information, but it wasn’t a total loss. At least she now knew their marriage had indeed been orchestrated by the old lady, but what exactly the old lady had done, Keira didn’t

know.

She might as well wait until the clinical medication was ready and cure the old lady’s illness before

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discussing it further.

Keira sighed, “Grandma, it’s time for breakfast.”

After old Mrs. Horton had freshened up, both of them sat in the dining room.

The Horton family’s housekeeper had prepared a very abundant breakfast. Keira and old Mrs. Horton chatted while waiting for Lewis.

“That brat is so tall. I think he might be over six feet three.”

Old Mrs. Horton gestured with her hand, “He’s half a meter taller than me!”

Keira smiled. “Yes, he should be that tall.”

She wasn’t short herself and stood at one five feet si but every time she stood beside Lewis, she still felt petite.

As the two were chatting, a freshly groomed Lewis

came out.

Old Mrs. Horton simply asked, “Brat, how tall are you?”

The man looked puzzled, his gaze falling on Keira.

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“What’s up?”

Keira raised her eyebrows. “Just give it to me.”

Stunned, Lewis pressed his lips together, not speaking.

Old Mrs. Horton then said, “Brat, do as your wife says!”

Lewis lowered his gaze slightly and said to Keira, “Then why don’t you stand up?”

Keira obediently stood up.

She had thought he just wanted to see how much taller he was than her, but to her surprise, the next moment, he stepped forward, wrapping his arm around her waist, and pulling her into an embrace.

Keira was dumbfounded.

Her brain buzzed for a moment.

He must have just finished working out. Even thr her clothes, she could feel the resilience of the muscles on his chest. He had just taken a shower. H hair was still dripping, and his damp skin had the grassy scent of the shower gel.

Keira’s face flushed. Puzzled, she looked up only to see the man looking down at her intently. “Is this okay?”

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Keira blinked, “Huh?”

“Shall I continue?”

Keira was perplexed.

Her brain had crashed for several seconds before she

finally realized what was happening and pushed Lewis away in embarrassment. “I mean give me your height, not this…”

Lewis then realized his blunder, and his ears instantly turned red.

Old Mrs. Horton burst into laughter beside them. “This is better, much better than a number… Hug more when you’re free. I’d like to have a great-grand

soon…”

Keira held back her laughter and hurriedly sat do

Lewis couldn’t help but glance at her. Her smile wa bright, and the tips of her amorous eyes glistened. S reminded him of a dazzling dahlia blooming on the edge of a cliff, radiant and splendid, yet not affected by worldly affairs.

He withdrew his gaze and inst as he was about to sit

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on the other side of old Mrs. Horton, a voice rang out. “You’ve just come home, so we’ve come to join you for breakfast!”

The voice arrived before the people did.

Turning their heads, they saw Jake Horton’s mother, Melissa Knight, walk in with a smile.

Following her came Lewis’s father, Nathan, Jake’s father and Lewis’s older brother, Oliver, Jake, and Isla.

Once they entered, Fiona immediately arranged for the servants to get busy.

New tableware was brought out from the kitchen one after another and placed on the dining table.

Nathan took a seat directly opposite the long dini table from old Mrs. Horton, which was considered secondary position of honor.

Oliver sat in the first seat below him, and Jake naturally sat beside him…

Melissa approached Keira and said with a smile, “Miss Olsen, could you please make some room?”

Keira paused, and before she knew it, Melissa had already moved her cutlery toward the next chair.

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Before old Mrs. Horton could speak up, Melissa was already holding her hand, grinning.

“Granny, I come with good news today!”

Hearing this, Keira glanced subconsciously at Isla’s stomach. Was it this sort of good news?

While pondering, old Mrs. Horton also asked, “What good news?”

Melissa gestured for Isla to come to her side, and Isla moved closer. “Isla has made a big contribution to the police department, and the department wants to give her a public commendation! For the Horton family, this is definitely good news!”

A prestigious family like the Hortons valued reputa

above all.

Having a heroic daughter-in-law with a positive im was hugely beneficial for them.

Isla smiled and said, “I was just doing what I should.”

But Melissa shook her head, “That’s not how you should see it. You’ve done splendidly this time. I’ll have the Horton Group’s PR team promote this matter.

You’ll marry Jake in glory! In the future, you’ll be his

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lawful wife! The hostess of this family!”

Isla’s eyes immediately lit up, and her heart bloomed with joy.

She hadn’t expected that Connor would bring her such

honor!

With a sense of triumph, she glanced at Keira and then chuckled. “Auntie, thank you for your kindness.”

Melissa’s tone suddenly took a turn. “You deserve it. With such a positive image, you’ll represent Jake whenever you step out. It’s a good investment for the family.”

After that, she looked at Keira, smiled, and added, “Lewis, your wife has been studying abroad for th past two years. She doesn’t need to rush back. Le take care of family affairs. The police have given honors, and the public has given good reviews. Sh comes from a decent background, and since she’s presentable, our Horton family will support her…”

Lewis didn’t say a word.

Melissa then made room. “Come, Isla, sit here! Keep your great-grandmother company for the meal.”

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After that, she seemed to remember something and looked toward Keira. “Oh dear, I’m sorry. I’ve overlooked Miss Olsen, our guest. But you wouldn’t mind, right?”

Keira didn’t say anything.

At that moment, her phone chimed.

Keira took a look and discovered it was Josh from Twitter sending her a message. “Ms. S. I’ve discovered a secret! Isla isn’t the hero who exposed Connor. She’s in cahoots with him. I have evidence! I’m going to release it soon!”

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Josh was stubborn and felt that he must uncover the truth behind anything that seemed unreasonable.»

That was the case with Keira before.

And now, it was the same with Isla.

Keira smiled, thinking it was for the best to let it all come out, lest Isla really believed she was some kind of self-proclaimed hero.

No sooner had she put away her phone than she heard Isla’s falsely sympathetic voice. “Auntie, it’s not that

Keira is ignoring you, it’s just her personality. Please don’t take it to heart…”

Keira was perplexed.

She turned her head to find Melissa’s face darkened, retorting upon hearing those words. “Miss Olsen, didn’t your mother teach you to be polite when visiting someone’s home? It’s disrespectful to ignore someone when they’re speaking to you.”

Opposite them, Lewis glanced over with a frown. He was about to speak when that dazzling woman looked

up languidly and said, “What did you just say?”

Melissa simply sneered. “I said, Isla should sit next to Mrs. Horton. She has a lot to tell her after all. You don’t mind, do you?”

At that, Keira just shook her head.

meant she didn’t mind and

say more when she

do mind.”

taken

her hands. “I have no manners, right? So of course, I wouldn’t know

found herself speechless, stunned by

placed immense value on dignity and appearances, why was Keira not

calmly corrected her crooked cutlery, which

then chimed in. “Auntie, please don’t

my fault. Her mother’s background is special. She didn’t teach Keira well from the start, and as her sister,

to do with you? An illegitimate daughter simply

you just said appropriate for the public? To malign a guest

then looked pitifully at

hard. “Lewis, who taught you to talk

sister-in-law like that?”

indifferent, and he

nothing.

the table. “Enough! Did you all come here to eat, or to pick fights? Keira is Lewis’s wife, and she’s the master of this household! You all will show her the respect

was taken aback, looking at

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“Great-grandma mistook Keira

it dawned

some people should have some self-awareness and know exactly what their status is… Lewis, you just silently allow old Mrs. Horton to mistake her identity. How are you going to explain it to your wife when she returns to

and said indifferently, “She won’t

turned to her. “I see you’re clearly not her r the meal. Speak up.

smiled sheepishly, looking

Oliver.

cleared his throat and said, “Grandma, here’s the thing. Isla is an excellent

and now she has

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is full of praise for our family’s good values, claiming that we pick our wives for their character, and Isla’s

Horton frowned. “You

mouth twitched, and he said nothing, once

had to resume the conversation. “Grandma, we have

understand. “What kind of gesture should

Now it’s Isla’s turn. Didn’t you say last time that you wanted

Mrs. Horton took a deep breath and glanced at Isla. “I’m not giving her

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Horton said, “I don’t like

head, a

The old hag!

wronged, she pleaded. “Great-grandma, I know I made mistakes before, but I’ve changed… How

her head,

Jake frowned. “Great-grandma, you…”

glance came sweeping over, scaring him into

spoke out recklessly, “Grandma, you can’t be so partial! You’ve always favored Lewis since he was young, and we understood because of his age, but what about now? The wives all married into the family from the outside. With such favoritism, are you holding

branch?”

started crying and turned to Nathan. “Dad, I didn’t get any

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upon marriage. Isla is so excellent, so gifting her the shares would sound so good when mentioned! Why are you so biased, Grandma? Does the first branch still have any standing in this family? Or is it that to you, only Lewis is your grandson,

aren’t?”

old Mrs. Horton, “Mom, as the head of the family, you can’t show such favoritism! Previously, you said you disliked Isla and didn’t give her any; that’s fine. But now that Isla has shown excellence and everyone outside is praising her, as the matriarch of the family, if you don’t make a gesture, it’s utterly inappropriate!

reward!”

an opportunity, Isla immediately approached old Mrs. Horton. “Great-grandma, I know I’ve made a mistake. If you’re still angry, then punish me… I’ll do

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who is about to be honored by the police and

were berating old Mrs. Horton,

it up and saw a Twitter message from Josh, and it read #Miss Olsen has

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saw that it was a

the video, Isla and Connor met each other, hiding in a corner. Due to the distance, it was

could hear the voices of the two people talking, with Isla saying, “Don’t panic. As long as you don’t slip

was seamless!”

“But now

all after me…”

Isla yelled

around to look at

shifted to the side, capturing

“What did

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capture?”

journalist. I have the right to disclose anything

you want? I can give it to you! Just delete the

the video,

carried a chilling

nervous. “Alright,

His camera went black.

might not realize was that the technology for follow-up

greatly. At least, the footage shot by

storage.

time, I feigned cooperation and deleted the video. Later, I received an anonymous recording and handed it over to

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credit!”

didn’t have many followers, so this tweet didn’t attract much attention

and then made a request. “Ms. S, the

it?”

Twitter account had several million

be fair and objective, which made them popular, and she later went viral for exposing a

water.

had a lot of trust in her

to gain attention, people in the journalist

and, if it turned out to be true,

she shared

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course, Josh’s post didn’t need any

was very clear about the truth, so

react.

playing the

see what the

out it’s fake?! Damn!

Miss Olsen is going to marry into the Horton family, as in Oceanion’s riches the Hortons. Would they

retweeting, Keira didn’t look

leisurely put away her phone and looked at the

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quarrel continued and she didn’t eat, it would

a fork suddenly appeared and placed a croissant onto her

Keira was slightly startled.

when she looked up, she met Lewis’s eyes, which were

that everyone’s focus was on the shares, and no one was paying attention to their

relief, lowered her head, and bit into the croissant. The rich fragrance explode in her mouth, and it was delicious enough to make on want to bite off their

ate and waited for

the first branch of the

reaction.

hadn’t noticed the change in the situation at the

old Mr Horton to giva

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indignant, slamming her hand on the table and shouting, “So what if I’m biased? Over the years, if I hadn’t favored Lewis,

withered and frail, her actions still exuded elegance and authority. “Nathan, tell me, they’re both your sons, but you only have eyes

Lewis?

the hospital covered in tubes

left your newborn baby and went away to take care of your elder

you neglected him again, revolving solely around the elder son. If I, as their grandmother, didn’t favor him, I’m afraid you would’ve long

about the shares. I don’t like Isla, so why should I give her any? Who’s rule is that? When Lewis got married and came back to announce it to everyone, didn’t I tell you to take out 2% of the

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to him? What did you say

as you wished, and that no one could force you if you didn’t want to give them up. So how

“Mom, those things are in the past, so why bring them up now? The current situation is special. Lewis’s wife isn’t so publicly known, but Isla is different. Although the Hortons are the richest in Oceanion, we are still businessmen. Nowadays, everyone likes businessmen with a sense

a bowl from the table and slammed it down. “You don’t

Then let’s be fair! If you wan me to give Isla shares, fine, but you have to

Nathan frowned again.

Oliver, who

“Dad, what Grandma said is also

everyone equally in this family. Since that’s the case, you should give Lewis’s wife the

to say more, but

look.

saying, “Okay, I gave Oliver’s wife 2% of the shares back then, so I will give the same to Lewis-2%. Mom, you gave Lewis’s wife 5% of the shares back then, so now you should also give Isla 5%! Only

Mrs. Horton choked when

momentarily forgotten that the shares

the same!

‘t

in the

away like this, the first branch of the family’s shares would

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on her word now. What

and asked directly, “Lewis,

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Horton frowned, her gaze

toward Lewis.”

didn’t agree, it would be seen as suppressing his brother, and how could he then maintain

within the Horton

immediately coughed, deciding

shameless!

knowledge, and it was better for her to act shamelessly

be criticized.

to speak when Lewis’s

Mrs. Horton

stunned, looking incredulously at Lewis.

her a reassuring look before turning to Nathan. “I think you’re right. Since that’s

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in the

the

public, he would often mention “my

was only an excuse,

about it.

But today…

these two words again,

felt too hot

eating a croissant with her head lowered, seemingly paying no mind. He breathed a sigh of relief, but at

he felt an

this marriage, which made sense since

shadow flickered in the depths

see Keira’s movements pause slightly as she ate, her cheeks tinting with a faint

were

a small current of electricity, passing through

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It was rather sweet.

couldn’t suppress

the share transfer agreement isn’t ready

“It’s ready.”

entered with a smile, handing a contract

Nathan was dumbfounded.

and looked down to

agreement.

was said to be for the daughter-in-law, but in rea the agreement still benefited a member of the Horto family, so the

Lewis.

no

feel comfortable giving them

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in the

come? You haven’t fully taken control of the Horton family yet,

was quite

at Lewis, never expecting that this powerful man would also have a

situation.

plus

neither servile

you who first came to Grandma today asking for shares? I can’t know in advance that

smile. “This share transfer agreement was originally prepared for old Mrs. Horton. It listed two percent of shares, and now

promptly signed the agreement that

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