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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.”

he

slightly taken aback, then she said

was too confident in her acting that she wouldn’t give up until the last

marriage

marriage certificate and headed out. “I’ll wait for you

old lady, then followed

she almost had to trot to keep up with

lot, they saw Poppy standing there with an ashen-faced Isla, who was

Poppy’s eyes lit up. “Keira!”

over, cautiously

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

raised an eyebrow.

understand why the two

in the morning.

leave last night?

could speak, Poppy was

you’re an illegitimate child, but the Olsen family didn’t mind your background and raised you. For all the hardship they went through, you should reciprocate for the Olsen family…

only did she let you go to school with her,

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

intended to take us in. Mrs. Olsen and

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because you

born the

should repay

words in

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

but parents having to raise a child was a legal obligation.

of desertion!

but she had to carry Isla’s school on their

for not taking good care of her, and she

only get the last place in exams because she

parents never

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could only wear Isla’s hand-me-downs; hence, her clothes were always a bit

as she put it on, it was taken off by Poppy and given

being

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

Keira’s eyes grew

that you’ve grown up, you finally have a chance to repay the Olsen family. Keira, old Mrs. Horton listens to you right? Ask her to return the 2% of the shares to your sister!”

down and laughed. “You’re

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

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could old Mrs.

but Keira had already walked

“Let’s go.”

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