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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.

He opened his mouth

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stood guard outside to prevent

some of the Horton family’s secrets. She felt awkward, not knowing

she wasn’t Lewis’s real wife or lover.

her to listen to their

“My dear,

casually eating his bread without any intention of interrupting their conversation. She went ahead and

family?”

let out a sigh without really noticing their

family but with Mrs.

brat’s mother is Mrs. Allen’s

the past, “Years ago, we wanted to establish a marital alliance with the Davis family

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forty, he married a girl in her twenties

sorting

would have

Horton, had a son with his

also Jake Horton’s father.

were half-brothers.

were at odds.

hardly an attractive prospect for the young Miss Davis. It was solely a business alliance. She was fairly reluctant, and upon discovering the deceit, she was furious. She

the brat, she sought a drastic divorce and went back to the Davis’s. Rightfully so,

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were severed.”

Horton looked somewhat distressed

recounting this.

pursed her lips, looking

son, and whether he had truly deceived Lewis’s mother had now become a topic of irrelevance. Regardless,

could she be so heartless as to abandon her

prematurely at seven months, with

she have waited till after the

just two more months

seven-month fetus. He was a life!

only around one and a half pounds. He had been placed in a neonatal intensive care unit for

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which was why the old lady ended up nicknaming him “Puppy”… So that was how it happened!

to comfort her. “Some people don’t deserve to be mothers. You can simply treat them as strangers”. Keira drew a deep breath. She felt her chest

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

handsome features looked as tough as iron,

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