Victoria immediately moved toward that car.

She caught a glimpse of someone opening the door, and the first thing to come out was a pair of leather

shoes.

Next came black trousers, straight legs, and then…

Victoria deliberately walked unsteadily, pretending to be drunk, and when the person finally got out of the car, she threw herself at him.

“Ouch…

Victoria let out a soft cry, then collapsed onto the man and rubbed herself against him. “Mr. Horton, I’m sorry, I just sprained my ankle.”

After saying this, she lowered her head, feigning shyness.

She had expected that the person would be a refined and gentle man, but instead, she heard an elderly voice saying, “Young lady, are you alright?”

Victoria stiffened and turned around abruptly to see an old man holding her: she straightened up

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immediately in fright. “Who are you?!”

The driver also got out of the car, and upon hearing this, he immediately scolded. “This is Mr. Horton. Behave yourself!”

Mr. Horton…

He looked to be in his sixties, so could he be Lewis

Horton’s father, Nathan Horton?

Victoria’s complexion turned pale instantly, and she immediately stood up straight. “Mr. Horton, I’m sorry. I was just…”

She glanced at the ground, pointing to the pebbles beneath her feet. “It was an accident.”

Nathan coughed and looked down at his hand.

The woman who had just fallen into his arms had also rubbed against him, letting him grasp the smooth sensation he had longed for, and in that moment, he felt as though he had grown younger!

He looked at the young woman with a smile. “Which family are you from?”

Victoria laughed with her head down. “I’m a foster daughter of the Olsen family.”

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sigh. “Now I live on my

own.”

do you live on

of tears. “Uncle Olsen found his biological daughter, and I just

quite well, yet you’re about to cry?

too overbearing, not allowing you to

immediately waved her hands. “No, no. It’s not like

Nathan was already dissatisfied

Clance, Lewis spent all his time away from home, reportedly chasing after his

he was dying over the passing of his late wife, and Nathan had thought Lewis was truly

time, Nathan felt a bit happy, thinking that if Lewis

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might revert to the control of the

branch!

his surprise, upon arriving in Clance, the young man

power!

position as the head of the Horton family,

arranged marriages.

knowledge, an engagement was set up with the Olsen family, solidifying Lewis’s position in both the Horton family and in

himself to stay

as if all that previous

the sake of family business! He

fiancée, whom he had not yet met. He said bluntly, “Such a daughter–in–law is simply

If I had known earlier that the

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family had someone like you and that Lewis was going to get

agreed to it!”

brother had planned to engage him with me, but unfortunately, someone beat us to it… After my sister came home, she must have heard

she spoke, the angrier Nathan

SO

asking, “Have the Olsens arrived yet? I want to see Uncle Olsen and ask him how he raised such a good daughter who has the gall

“I’ll go check. They should be here soon. The banquet is about to

hold Nathan’s other

with a

10:15

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room, they saw that the hall was already bustling

Mrs. Horton rested upstairs and wasn’t meeting

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