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Isla still stubbornly retorted. “What kind of secret could there possibly be between me and Keira…”

Exactly.

Keira also wanted to know what the secret had to do with her, a secret so significant it could let Isla be threatened by Finley for so many years!

“Are you sure you want me to say it out loud?”

The faint voice of Connor added a sense of pressure to

Isla’s reluctance!

Isla immediately changed her tone. “I’m on my way to the hospital to visit Keira with my mother. I’ll ask her to put some pressure on Keira so she’ll confess her guilt as soon as possible. After I’m done with all this, I’ll come to see you, okay?”

Connor finally smiled. “Alright, I’ll wait for you tonight.”

The call ended.

However, Keira frowned and shuddered.

She didn’t expect Isla and Connor to have such a

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relationship!

Wasn’t Isla two years older than Connor?

She felt a chill run down her spine.

Lewis, standing by the window, said, “Mrs. Olsen is

here.”

In the phone call, Isla had already mentioned that she would be coming to visit Keira with Mrs. Olsen, thus Keira wasn’t surprised. She quickly freshened up and lightly patted her cheeks, adding some color to her

face.

Seeing her actions, Lewis paused slightly, “Are you afraid that Mrs. Olsen will worry?”

“Yes.”

Keira rushed into the bathroom, changed herself out of the hospital gown, and came out looking radiant again.

After all these preparations, there was a sound at the door. Mrs. Olsen walked in with Isla and Taylor Olsen.

Upon entering, Mrs. Olsen’s eyes were immediately on Keira. Seeing her looking as usual, she breathed a sigh of relief and quickly walked over to her. “Keira, are you

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when such a big thing happened? If it wasn’t for the news, when

her chest. Just as she was about to answer, Taylor sneered. “By looking at her healthy appearance, where does she look sick? As it says on

on her face, and she

her head.

Mrs. Olsen held her hand tightly. “Keira is not that kind of kid. Don’t

the Olson family before. Have you been too tired since you moved out? Did you

living expenses every month. How could she

Taylor scoffed.

me living

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words, Taylor was

didn’t receive it?

her

didn’t know about the living expenses, and she hadn’t

her. “Shirley, do you hear her talking nonsense here? She claims she didn’t receive

even went

family since I left the Olsen residence! Do you need me to show

was taken

to Isla. “Isla, didn’t I ask you to send money to Keira every month? Didn’t you send

gave the money to Aunt Hill! Could she have kept it from Keira? How

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this?”

disgust, “She’s such a selfish person. If you gave the money to her, it’s no

again. “Did you hear that? It’s not that we didn’t give you money, but your mother embezzled

family!”

Keira that he, as her father, had provided enough money!

chuckled but before she could retort, Mrs. Olsen intervened. “Taylor, no matter what, Keira didn’t receive the money. Therefore, she had to work hard, which ruined her

kind-hearted! You’re still worrying about her health! She’s not sick

pretending!”

all. Instead, he frowned at Keira. “Before we came, we asked the lawyer. Your despicable uncle was the one who made a mistake first.

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can be suppressed. Otherwise, if this continues

our family’s stocks will plummet severely, and we need to control the remarks on the

just looked at

hand. “Keira, did you really accidentally

“No.”

have any

glanced at Isla and noticed her nervousness, whereupon

sigh of relief.

Olsen looked troubled. “But I just inquired

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