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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.

a child was a gift from Mrs. Olsen, even though it was later secretly torn up by Isla.

was also from Mrs.

for pleasing men, but for pleasing herself, even though that dress was later stripped off by Poppy and

it was Mrs. Olsen who helped her break free from Poppy’s control in middle school, and Mrs. Olsen provided her with

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

uncontrollable admiration for

exceedingly sad when Mrs. Olsen asked her to leave just a moment

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lake,

surface. Oceanion was foggy today. It blurred

to

a warm coat was suddenly draped over

had softened the sharpness he exhibited

his voice low and gentle. “Why are you out here alone? Aren’t you

Keira’s nose tingled.

filled her heart with

eyes.

trying hard to

tears…

he suddenly embraced her.

clothes

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it started, but it seemed that every time she was sad and hurting, this man would always appear just in time.

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

curved into a smile. “Grandma is sending people everywhere looking for you. She can’t wait

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

race. She knew what it meant but deliberately asked,

“The marital status of the CEO of Horton Group publicly listed company, needs to be stable, or it

that, coincidentally, her company

the man know what she was

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voice 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

Keira was stunned.

words were realistic, laced with hints

he wasn’t sure she

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

was momentarily taken aback, then he couldn’t

The things he had just said were a reminder of the unknown road ahead for Keira, but he didn’t expect her reply to be this.

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