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Upon hearing their conversation, Old Mrs. Horton asked curiously, “Which Allen family?”.

Tom instinctively glanced at Lewis, not daring to respond.

Lewis, however, explained, “The Allen family from Clance.”

The moment these words escaped his lips, a semblance of shock washed over Old Mrs. Horton’s face.

Keira, who was acutely perceptive, sensed that the atmosphere in the room had become slightly tense.

Her doe-like eyes subtly surveyed Lewis before discreetly observing Tom.

Tom discreetly signaled her to avoid speaking recklessly.

At this moment, the nurse came in with breakfast.

Keira assisted Old Mrs. Horton towards the table where the food had been arranged.

The three of them usually refrained from talking while

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they were dining.

However, today, after Old Mrs. Horton finished half her

bowl of milk, she set her spoon down, “Brat, isn’t it better for you not to work with the Allen family?”

Keira glanced at Lewis.

The man lowered his gaze. His long eyelashes veiled his thoughts, making them inscrutable.

Seeing this, Tom immediately suggested, “Miss Olsen, if it’s alright, shall we go and ask the doctor about Old

Mrs. Horton’s health status?”

Keira deduced from these words that Tom was trying

to clear the room. The rest of the conversation, she

surmised, wasn’t meant for them to hear.

She picked up the half-eaten sandwich and was abo to leave the room with Tom, when Old Mrs. Horton grabbed her arm, “My dear, you don’t need to leave. You’re one of us, not an outsider. Sooner or later, you’ll know about the mess in this family!”

Tom instinctively looked toward Lewis.

knitted his brows, looking slightly displeased. He opened his mouth

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the door behind him. He stood guard outside to prevent anyone from barging

about to learn some of the Horton family’s secrets. She felt awkward, not

real wife or

her to listen

“My dear, I’ve never spoken to you about my spoiled brat’s

Lewis and noticed that he was casually eating his bread without any intention of interrupting their conversation. She went

family?”

a sigh without really noticing their subtle interaction

family but

mother is Mrs. Allen’s

ago, we wanted to establish

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in his youth. When he was just over forty, he married a girl in her twenties from the Davis family. After she became pregnant, we discovered that his ex-wife had secretly raised a son –

was mentally sorting these relationships.

Davis would have been Lewis’s

son with his

who was also Jake Horton’s

half-brothers. No

were at odds.

Miss Davis. It was solely a business alliance. She was fairly reluctant, and

back to the Davis’s. Rightfully so, the Davis family grew to resent the

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were severed.”

Mrs. Horton looked somewhat distressed after

recounting this.

lips,

existence of his son, and whether he had truly deceived Lewis’s mother had now become a topic of

she be so heartless

prematurely at seven months,

after the divorce to

just two more months until he was fully ready

fetus. He was

in a neonatal intensive care unit for three months, with tubes

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the old lady ended up nicknaming him “Puppy”… So that

“Some people don’t deserve to be mothers. You can simply treat them as strangers”. Keira

Lewis was just like her. He was also abandoned by his

tough as iron, making him seem distant. That aloof demeanor seemed to carry a sense of

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