My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

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Although Keira knew that she wasn’t Taylor’s daughter, she was indeed raised as the illegitimate daughter of the Olsen family

In the past, she cared a lot about this and even felt

that her blood was tainted.

Under Poppy’s relentless brainwashing, she felt she had let down the Olsen family and Isla.

She recalled that when she was going to leave the Olsen family, Poppy wouldn’t let her go and wanted her to slave away for the family. She knelt for ten grueling hours.

At thirteen years old, she dressed in thin clothes, kneeling in the cold winter.

After a full ten hours, she stubbornly looked at Poppy and asked, “Can I now leave the Olsen family?”

Ever since then, she never brought up her own identity

again.

Jake accused her of deceiving him and keeping it from him, but in reality, she didn’t intentionally hide it. She

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just didn’t know how to break the news. She had already decided, back then, that if Jake confessed his love to her by graduation, she would reveal her identity.

Looking back now, she suddenly felt that her past twenty-something years were actually confined by

Poppy.

Poppy crafted a cage called “illegitimate daughter” and firmly bound her within it.

But how important was a person’s background, really?

Keira had already come to terms with it. She just hadn’t learned to face it openly.

Now, she was finally able to face it.

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The whole private room was silent.

Everyone looked at Keira with disbelief, then turned toward Isla and began whispering among themselves:

“Oh my God, are they actually sisters?”

“What sisters? That’s an illegitimate daughter, which means Keira’s mother is ‘the other woman’! If I were

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would hate her to death, right?”

hard on work-study programs. I heard she earned her tuition by working

among themselves, Erin suddenly realized something and burst out loudly. “Keira, so that’s what you are. Why didn’t you tell everyone?! Your background is just disgusting! Your mom is the mistress, isn’t she? She wrecked another family, and you

you?!”

turned to Isla. “Isla, aren’t you too kind to

school, Isla would stir things up so that all her classmates knew, and

Keira.

that trick no

were few people like Erin who harbored

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were…

already. Is there still anyone who judges others by their background? What’s the matter? You’re so arrogant! Is your family royalty or

aristocrats, but am I arrogant? What’s wrong with someone’s background? Can a person

descendant of a noble family?”

you tell a joke? Go away…”

couldn’t stand Erin’s attack

at her.

by their origins, and whatever Keira’s background may be, it isn’t something she chose. As long as she’s outstanding in her own

origins, if we dig three generations back, who isn’t descended from

how great is your background? What do your parents do? Does your family own

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struck speechless by the questions. She then retorted angrily, “You’ve all been bewitched by that

enraged the silent

less not because they were less straightforward than the boys, nor did they rant

you’ve gone too far! We’re all classmates, and even though Keira might have been a bit reclusive at school, she’s actually got a nice personality! There was a time when I was on duty and couldn’t reach

“I think you’re just jealous because you like Charles, but he’s always speaking up for Dr. South. Don’t

think you’re so great, that your background is so superior. Can you surpass Dr.

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of research achievements?”

was denouncing

from the side, lowered her gaze, and let out a

the truth, she would

Erin…

to be reduced to tears by the crowd’s scolding, Isla said, “I agree with you guys. So Keira, you really shouldn’t just marry someone at random because of your background… You should ask Dad for his opinion… Dad was very upset and

words, Erin suddenly found a new angle attack. She stood up abruptly as if this posture w give her an advantage over everyone

the me who had just spoken. “You say you don’t care about family backgrounds, but would you really be willing

men were immediately at a loss for words.

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