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Keira stared dumbfounded at the marriage certificate

in her hand.

She suddenly realized, that the first time old Mrs. Horton saw her, she called her “granddaughter-in-law”. The old lady had known all along that Keira and Lewis were married!

Keira felt that she had found a clue.

She immediately asked, “Grandma, how did you come by this marriage certificate?”

Old Mrs. Horton was taken aback, her eyes growing a touch bewildered. “I… I can’t really remember.”

Keira continued. “How did Mr. Horton and I come to

be married?”

Old Mrs. Horton just shook her head. “I don’t recall:

Keira grew somewhat anxious. “Grandma, please try to

think back…”

“Enough!”

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Lewis said unhappily, his towering figure standing

between the two women. His eyes were cold when he asked, “Miss Olsen, is this certificate real?”

“Of course.”

Lewis’s face darkened. “Are you going to say we don’t need to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau now?”

So that was her aim!

She used a legitimate excuse like going to the Civil Affairs Bureau as a setup, then lured his grandma into taking out this fake certificate and tricking him into believing it was true.

If he hadn’t seen how his grandma just did as she was told, he might have believed Keira!

Keira sensed the hostility in the man’s tone and found it baffling. “We don’t have to go today.”

Divorce isn’t something that could be resolved by just stopping by the Civil Affairs Bureau.

For two years, they were legally husband and wife, so there were a lot of property distribution issues to deal with They needed to sign a divorce agreement first

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“No.”

spoke, he carefully observed Keira.

taken aback, then she said nonchalantly, “Whatever

confident in her acting that she

was this marriage certificate

and headed out. “I’ll wait

smiled reassuringly at the old lady,

man walked quickly, and she almost had to trot to keep

Poppy standing there with an ashen-faced Isla,

Poppy’s eyes lit up. “Keira!”

quickly walked over, cautiously avoiding

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said self-righteously, “You must

raised an

why the two were

in the morning.

they leave last night?

could speak, Poppy was

you. For all the hardship they went through, you should reciprocate for the Olsen

let you go to school with her, but she also shared her clothes with you.

any milk, so you only survived because you took the milk that was supposed to be

hadn’t intended to take us in. Mrs. Olsen and your father only decided to keep

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because you

were born the same

You should repay her kindness

heard those words in

and worked like a horse for the Olsen family. She let

had raised her, but parents having to raise a child was a legal

of desertion!

school on their way to school

to cough one day, it was Keira’s fault for not taking good care of her, and she would

school, she could only get the last place in exams because she couldn’t outshine

the clothes… Her parents never prepared any

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could only wear Isla’s hand-me-downs; hence, her clothes

taken off by Poppy and given to Isla, stating that she wasn’t good enough! She couldn’t be

being

wouldn’t be weak after being starved for five

eyes grew

Poppy didn’t sense her emotions at all. After saying those things, she immediately added, “Now that you’ve grown up, you finally have a chance to repay the Olsen family. Keira, old

and laughed. “You’re right.”

thinking she had convinced Keira, only to hear the girl’s

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How could old Mrs. Horton possibly

Keira had already walked past her and got

“Let’s go.”

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