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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.

displeased. He opened

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room quietly, closing the door behind him. He stood guard outside to prevent anyone from barging in and to avert any eavesdropping.

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

Lewis’s real wife or lover. Was it

to listen to their

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

of interrupting their conversation. She went

family?”

a sigh without really noticing their subtle interaction and confessed,

with the Allen family but with Mrs.

fact, the brat’s mother is Mrs. Allen’s

to establish a

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forty, he married a girl in her twenties from the Davis family. After she became pregnant, we discovered that

sorting

have been Lewis’s

his ex-wife. That

also

Lewis were half-brothers. No wonder

were at odds.

was solely a business alliance. She was fairly reluctant, and upon

a drastic divorce and went back to the Davis’s. Rightfully so, the Davis family

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were severed.”

Mrs. Horton looked

recounting this.

her lips, looking

mother had now

be so heartless as to abandon her

born prematurely at seven months, with the Horton

waited till after the divorce

two more months until

a seven-month fetus.

and a half pounds. He had been placed in a

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up nicknaming him “Puppy”… So that was

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

her. He was also abandoned by

lowered. His handsome features looked as tough as

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