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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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I would hate her to

it doesn’t seem like it, right? Keira has always been working hard on

that’s what you are. Why didn’t you tell everyone?! Your background is just disgusting! Your mom is the mistress, isn’t she?

you?!”

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

so that all her classmates knew, and

Keira.

since high school, that

were few people like Erin who harbored personal

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were…

is the 21st century already. Is there still anyone who judges others by their background? What’s the matter?

funny. My ancestors are relatives of aristocrats, but am I arrogant? What’s wrong with someone’s background? Can a

of

tell a joke? Go away…”

Erin’s attack and shot

at her.

she chose. As long as she’s outstanding in her own right,

dig three generations back, who isn’t descended from humble

What do your parents do? Does your family own

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angrily, “You’ve all been bewitched by that seductress, haven’t you? All the boys are

words enraged the silent

spoke less not because they were less straightforward than the boys, nor did they rant and rave like them. But now

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

jealous because you like Charles, but he’s always speaking up for Dr. South. Don’t make it about boys and girls. People

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

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terms of research

was denouncing

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

she would end

Erin…

about 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 felt sorry for

attack. She stood up abruptly

confronted the me who had just spoken. “You say you

immediately at a loss

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