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

admit that this woman

was

such a relationship was impossible to

sever.

She felt helpless.

expression. “Go ahead, make a

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speaking, she walked past Poppy.

and threw the thermos full of chicken soup roughly at Keira!

“Watch out!”

heard a deep voice. Then she was

see Lewis standing protectively in front of her, shielding her from the scalding hot chicken soup with

rising from his black suit.

anxiously, “Are

“I’m fine.”

at

her hands frantically “Mr. Horton, I… I didn’t mean to

so flustered that she turned to escape, quickly disappearing from the corridor.

any heed as everyone circled

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enter their

take it off and let me see how bad it is! Are there

suit and white shirt, revealing his sturdy

onto his back which was

It was clearly very

Keira, apply some

him…”

behind Lewis, then beckoned to the others to leave the room, “Let’s not crowd around here. The

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

Keira was speechless.

an instant, only the two of

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ward.

was so

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

“I’ll do it.”

interrupted him and walked behind

and the golden light spilled in through the window, casting long shadows of the two.

the glass illuminating his broad

look and Keira lowered her gaze.

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

dabbed the ointment on her fingertips before gently

remained silent, his

the moment her fingertips touched

skin.

onto his

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scorching him.

Keira asked

and in the reflection of the

he could see her expression,

as if she

antique.

the corner of his mouth twitched slightly. “No, it

Lewis put on a new shirt and buttoned

Miss Olsen.”

“Don’t mention it.”