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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!”

there with

didn’t want to admit that this woman causing

was

relationship was impossible to

sever.

She felt helpless.

her voice as icy as her expression. “Go ahead, make a scene.

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past Poppy. Poppy was enraged. “Ungrateful

up abruptly and threw the thermos full of chicken soup roughly at

“Watch out!”

Then she was

back in surprise, only to see Lewis standing protectively in front of her, shielding her from the

was rising from his

gasped and asked anxiously, “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine.”

at Poppy.

wayed her hands frantically “Mr. Horton, I… I

flustered that she turned to escape,

her any heed as everyone circled around

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enter their

take it off and let me see how bad it is! Are there any blisters?”

took off his suit and white shirt,

instinctively wanted to look away, but not before her gaze fell onto his back which was now

minor injury. It was clearly very

Keira, apply some ointment for

him…”

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

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

Keira was speechless.

two of them were left

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so

“This is my grandma’s

“I’ll do it.”

interrupted him and

in through the window, casting long shadows

stood before the window, the halo through the glass illuminating his broad back,

look and Keira lowered

as if a tiny stone had been thrown into

ointment on her fingertips before gently applying it to

silent, his

moment her

skin.

onto his back like

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scorching him.

his discomfort, Keira asked softly, “Does

in the reflection of

see her expression,

if she were handling

antique.

corner of his mouth twitched slightly. “No, it

moment later, having applied the ointment, Lewis put on a new shirt and buttoned it up. “Thank you,

Miss Olsen.”

“Don’t mention it.”

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