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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.

child was a gift from Mrs. Olsen, even though it was

first dress she received was also from

girl’s beauty isn’t for pleasing men, but for pleasing herself, even though that dress was later stripped off by Poppy and given to Isla.

Poppy’s control in middle school, and Mrs. Olsen provided her with identification for the college entrance exams, without which she probably couldn’t

from the beatings of her childhood, or lost her life in the mountainous areas where she was nearly sold off. Even if she had survived by some stroke of luck, she would have been no better than a living corpse.

admiration for Mrs.

sad when Mrs. Olsen asked her to leave just a

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man-made lake, silently

was foggy

vision and seemed to obscure her future.

warm

point. The night had softened the sharpness he exhibited during the

and gentle. “Why are you out here

Keira’s nose tingled.

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

eyes.

blinked rapidly, trying hard to hold back

tears…

he suddenly

through their thin clothes and into hers,

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didn’t know when it started, but it seemed that every time she was sad

she pushed him away. “Shouldn’t we head back now?”

people everywhere looking for you. She can’t

Olsen, you understand what it

race. She knew what it meant

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

retort that, coincidentally, her company was also

if the man know what

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say, his voice suddenly deep and

word clearly. “Miss Olsen, you have seen the state of the Horton family. The future is 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

Keira was stunned.

words were realistic, laced with

as if he wasn’t sure she would agree.

her head, “If you really fall into hard times in the future, getting kicked out with nothing to your name, you

words, Lewis was momentarily taken aback, then

many backup plans… The things he had just said were a reminder of