My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

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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.

his brows, looking slightly displeased. He

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

the Horton family’s secrets. She felt awkward, not knowing whether to stay

wasn’t Lewis’s real wife or

to listen to their

was caught in this dilemma, Old Mrs. Horton began addressing her, “My dear, I’ve never spoken to you about my spoiled brat’s

eating his bread without any intention of interrupting their conversation. She went ahead and asked, “Was Mr.

family?”

sigh without really noticing their subtle interaction

family but with Mrs.

brat’s mother is Mrs.

ago, we wanted to establish a marital alliance with the Davis family from

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in her twenties from the Davis family. After she became pregnant,

sorting these

have been Lewis’s mother.

son with his ex-wife. That child

who was also Jake Horton’s

Lewis were half-brothers. No wonder

were at odds.

her age was hardly an attractive prospect for the young Miss Davis. It was solely a business alliance. She

sought a drastic divorce and went back to the Davis’s. Rightfully so, the Davis family grew to resent the Horton family, and all communications between the two

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were severed.”

Horton looked somewhat

recounting this.

lips, looking toward Lewis.

Lewis’s father, Nathan Horton, knew about the existence of his son, and whether he had truly deceived Lewis’s mother had now

she be so heartless as to abandon

seven months, with the Horton family?

after the divorce to

child or waited just two more months

fetus.

Old Mrs. Horton had once mentioned – that Lewis, as a newborn, was only around one and a half pounds. He had been placed in a neonatal intensive care unit

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the old lady ended up nicknaming

Lewis had said to comfort her. “Some people don’t deserve to be mothers. You can simply treat them as strangers”.

truth was, Lewis was just like her. He was also abandoned

as tough as iron, making him seem distant. That