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!”

with an expressionless

want to admit that this woman

was

a relationship

sever.

She felt helpless.

icy as her expression. “Go ahead, make a scene. If you interrupt anyone’s rest, the security will escort you out.”

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past Poppy. Poppy was

and threw the thermos full of

“Watch out!”

a deep voice. Then she was tightly

protectively in front of her, shielding her from the scalding hot chicken soup

rising from his black

asked anxiously, “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine.”

squinted at Poppy.

“Mr. Horton,

was so flustered that she turned to escape, quickly disappearing

heed

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enter

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

suit and white shirt,

before her gaze fell onto his back which was now

minor injury. It was

it hurt? Keira,

him…”

lady snatched the burn cream from the nurse’s hand and thrust it into Keira’s hands. She pushed Keira behind Lewis, then beckoned to the others to leave the room, “Let’s not crowd around

she whispered, “Granddaughter-in-law, it’s up to you now!”

Keira was speechless.

two of

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ward.

so

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

“I’ll do it.”

and walked behind him.

light spilled in through the window,

the window, the halo through the glass illuminating his broad back, and his fitted trousers outlined his

Keira lowered her gaze.

into the lake of her heart, causing

the ointment on her fingertips before gently applying it to his

silent, his muscles tensing

moment her fingertips touched

skin.

sprayed onto his back like a flame was

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scorching him.

discomfort, Keira asked softly,

in the reflection of the

he could see her

focused as if she were handling a

antique.

to her, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly. “No, it doesn’t hurt.”

the ointment, Lewis put on a

Miss Olsen.”

“Don’t mention it.”