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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

was slightly taken aback, then she said nonchalantly, “Whatever you

confident in her acting that she wouldn’t

this marriage certificate genuine?

certificate and headed out. “I’ll wait

the old lady, then followed Lewis out.

had to trot to keep

they saw Poppy standing there with an ashen-faced Isla, who was shaking and sneezing.

Poppy’s eyes lit up.

walked over,

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stood before Keira and said self-righteously, “You must help your

an

two

in the morning.

they leave last

could speak, Poppy was already

your background and raised you.

been even better to you. Not only did she let you go to school

survived. didn’t have any milk, so you only survived because you took the

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

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because you

born the same day…

your sister. You should repay

heard those words

believed these lies and worked like a horse for the Olsen family. She

parents having to raise a child was a legal obligation. If they hadn’t taken

of desertion!

to school with Isla Olsen, but she had to carry Isla’s school on their way to

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

place in exams because she couldn’t outshine Isla!

parents never prepared any

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hand-me-downs; hence, her

taken off by Poppy and given to Isla, stating that

being

weak after being starved

mockery in Keira’s eyes grew more intense.

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 Mrs. Horton listens to you

and laughed. “You’re

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

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a lowborn illegitimate daughter. How could old Mrs. Horton possibly

Keira had already walked past her and

“Let’s go.”

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