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The marriage certificate even had footprints on it,

dirty and grimy.

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Mrs. Olsen took out a handkerchief to wipe it, her eyes

downcast. “No matter what, Isla shouldn’t have damaged Keira’s marriage certificate.””

Taylor scoffed. “She shouldn’t have resorted to physical

violence either! With that barbaric and uncouth

temperament of Keira, why are you still worried about

her?”

Mrs. Olsen ignored this remark. After cleaning the marriage certificate, she prepared to open it and take a look.

However, the marriage certificate was snatched away by Taylor. “What good will it do? Didn’t her husband already visit our house last time? That laborer let his wife be someone else’s mistress and homewrecker. He’s such a useless man! Stop looking at it to avoid getting angry all over again!”

Mrs. Olsen’s jaw tensed, and she finally said, “Before we leave, let’s return the marriage certificate to

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Keira…”

“… Alright, alright. Shirley, you’re just too kind-hearted!”

As they conversed, they walked toward the hall.

Keira didn’t return to the front hall, Instead, she went to the back garden.

This year’s winter seemed particularly cold. The chilly wind pierced through her thin dress, quickly making her feel as if even her bones were chilled. Yet, these sensations couldn’t compare to the coldness in her chest.

She didn’t blame Mrs. Olsen for the misunderstanding, nor did she feel qualified to blame her.

Mrs. Olsen was the sole source of warmth in her childhood life.

It was Mrs. Olsen who taught her self-respect, self-love, and to live life not by others’ definitions;

It was Mrs. Olsen who helped her with the enrollment paperwork when Keira started elementary school, giving her the chance to receive nine years of

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compulsory education.

gift from Mrs. Olsen, even though

was also

a girl’s beauty isn’t for pleasing men, but for pleasing herself, even though that dress was later stripped off by Poppy

control in middle school, and Mrs. Olsen provided her with identification for

died in infancy, perished from the beatings of her childhood, or lost her life in the mountainous areas where she

held an uncontrollable admiration

was why she felt so exceedingly sad when Mrs. Olsen asked her to

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man-made lake, silently gazing

surface. Oceanion was foggy today.

and seemed to

warm coat was suddenly draped over her shoulders.

around blankly, only to see Lewis had approached at some point. The night had

intently, his voice low and gentle. “Why are you out here

Keira’s nose tingled.

at that moment filled her heart with an indescribable sourness, moistening the rims of

eyes.

blinked rapidly, trying hard to hold back

tears…

suddenly embraced

from his body seeped through their thin clothes and into hers, gradually awakening

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she

she pushed him

“Grandma is sending people everywhere looking for you. She can’t wait to announce our marital

looked down at her. “Miss Olsen, you understand what it means to announce

heart race. She knew what it meant but deliberately asked, “What does it mean?”

the CEO of Horton Group publicly listed company, needs to be stable, or it will affect the whole company. So…

coincidentally, her company was also about to

it neamed as if the man know what

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suddenly deep and magnetic. He cut

full of uncertainties, and it’s possible that I may be ousted by the first branch of the family or even driven out of Horton Group. So, are you willing to spend

Keira was stunned.

were realistic, laced

if he wasn’t sure she would agree.

into hard times in the future, getting kicked out with nothing to your name, you

taken aback, then he couldn’t help but

had just said were a reminder of the

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