My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

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Poppy was terrified.

Only she and her brother, Finley, knew about her switching the girls!

She had never mentioned it to her real daughter, Isla.

How could Old Mrs. Horton know?

Moreover, she spoke in an assertive tone, not of suspicion, but of certainty!

Seeing Keira and Lewis approaching, Poppy looked even more uneasy in her guilt!

They hadn’t heard what she’d just said, had they?

Old Mrs. Horton huffed out, “I know. You bullied my granddaughter-in-law. You’re a bad woman!”

The old lady rambled on and on. It seemed like something was wrong with her mind…

Poppy breathed a sigh of relief. She approached Keira with the thermos in hand, “Keira dear, I’ve brought you some chicken broth. You must be tired from caring for old Mrs. Horton. You need to eat more to regain some

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strength…”

The aroma of the chicken broth from the thermos wafted into the air, but to Keira, it was nothing more

than irony.

This was the first time Poppy had ever made soup for

her.

She asked in a voice devoid of emotion, “What do you

want?”

Poppy smiled. “I’m still after Isla’s two percent share… Old Mrs. Horton values you a lot. She help you arrange a hospital room for Mrs. Olsen and get you that medicine. She’ll definitely agree if you ask for it. Help out your sister, otherwise, how could she be confident

around Jake?”

Keira’s expression turned ice-cold, the words escaping her lips devoid of warmth, “No.”

Poppy’s face hardened, her façade crumbling. She glared at Keira, “That’s right, huh? I worked so hard to give birth to you. You climb the social ladder, and now you won’t respect me anymore?!”

She plopped down onto the ground, crying out, “If you don’t help me today I won’t get un! Everyone come

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look at this! My daughter is an ungrateful wretch! She’s embarrassed by her mother’s lowly background, so she’s serving Old Mrs. Horton with such dedication! She wants to be their granddaughter now!”

The surrounding medical staff and patients began to whisper among themselves.

“Miss Olsen seemed nice. I never expected her to be

like this…”

“She’s so materialistic. She’s even denying her own mother. I’ve never seen anything like this in my life!”

stood there with an expressionless face.

didn’t want to admit

scene was

such a relationship was

sever.

She felt helpless.

voice as icy as her expression. “Go ahead, make a scene. If you interrupt anyone’s rest,

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Poppy. Poppy was enraged. “Ungrateful wretch! Little slut!”

of spite, she stood up abruptly and threw the thermos full of chicken soup roughly at

“Watch out!”

heard a deep voice. Then she was tightly enveloped in a

standing protectively in front of her, shielding her from the

from his

and asked anxiously,

“I’m fine.”

squinted at

petrified. She wayed her hands frantically “Mr. Horton,

flustered that she turned to escape, quickly

heed as everyone

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to enter

rushed over, quickly stripping off Lewis’s clothes, “Quickly, take it off and let me see how bad it is!

off his suit and white shirt, revealing his sturdy

not before her gaze fell onto his back which was now bright red

a minor injury. It was clearly very

Keira, apply some

him…”

hands. She pushed Keira behind Lewis, then beckoned to the others to leave the room, “Let’s not crowd around here. The brat will be

moving closer to Keira, she whispered, “Granddaughter-in-law, it’s up to

Keira was speechless.

the two of them were left

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ward.

was so awkward.

low voice, “This is my grandma’s whimsical thinking. I’ll let the nurse come in…”

“I’ll do it.”

him and walked

the twilight hour, and the golden light spilled in through the

the glass illuminating his broad back,

and Keira lowered her

stone had been thrown into the lake of her heart, causing ripples to spread

ointment on her fingertips before gently applying

his

moment her fingertips touched

skin.

breath sprayed onto his back like a flame

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scorching him.

Keira asked

his eyes, and in the

he could see her

as if she

antique.

her, and the corner of his mouth

the ointment, Lewis put on a new shirt and

Miss Olsen.”

“Don’t mention it.”