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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.”

Lewis spoke, he

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

confident in her acting that she wouldn’t

marriage

He simply picked up the marriage certificate and headed out. “I’ll wait for you in

smiled reassuringly at the old

had to trot to keep up with him.

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

seeing Keira, Poppy’s eyes lit up.

walked over, cautiously avoiding

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

raised an eyebrow.

two were out so early

in the morning.

leave

speak, Poppy was

family didn’t mind your background and raised you. For all the hardship they went through, you should reciprocate for the Olsen

to you. Not only did she let you

were born th you wouldn’t have survived. didn’t have any milk, so you only survived because you took the milk that was supposed to

to take us in. Mrs. Olsen and your

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because you

sister were born

you owe your sister. You should

those words in

was little, she believed these lies and worked like a horse for the Olsen family. She let Isla

Olsen family had raised her, but parents having to raise a child was a legal obligation. If they hadn’t taken care of her, they would have been guilty

of desertion!

but she had to carry Isla’s school on their way to school and back home. She

was Keira’s fault for not taking good care of

last place in

Her parents never

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her clothes were always a bit too

put it on, it was taken off by Poppy and given to Isla, stating that she wasn’t good enough! She couldn’t be prettier than Isla!

being weak…

wouldn’t be weak after being starved for five days?

eyes grew

“Now that you’ve grown up, you finally have a chance to

and laughed. “You’re right.”

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

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illegitimate daughter. How could old Mrs. Horton possibly

wanting to say something else, but Keira had already walked past her and got into Lewis’s

“Let’s go.”

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