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In the hospital.

Keira grabbed Isla’s hand.

Isla turned to look at her, “What’s wrong?”

Keira lowered her head, her expression obscured, but her helplessness and misery were palpable.

It was as if her emotional defenses had crumbled.

Yet the words she uttered next stunned Isla. “I won’t

do as you say.”

Isla frowned.

Poppy, consumed by anger, hit Keira hard on the back several times. “You ungrateful creature, what are you saying? How dare you say no to Miss Isla?! I’ll beat

to death!”

you

After enduring a few blows, Keira suddenly pushed her away with force.

Poppy staggered several steps backward and fell to the ground, then immediately jumped up. “Good heavens, you dare to lay a hand on me? I’m your mother!!”

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Her shrill voice finally got a reaction from Taylor.

He frowned and looked toward them, promptly stood up, then walked over to them. He glanced at Keira,

then at Isla, and finally at Poppy. “What are you arguing about?!”

Just as Poppy was about to speak, Taylor suddenly

raised his arm!

“Slap!”

He didn’t slap Poppy but instead struck Keira’s face

hard!

Keira hadn’t expected him to hit her, given how weak he appeared.

She held her cheek in shock, feeling the burning pain, and looked incredulously at Taylor.

Taylor’s gaze was grim as he glared at her. “It’s you again, it’s always because of you that our family is disrupted. Keira, why don’t you just die? Why are you here bothering Shirley!”

Keira let her hand covering her face slowly drop, and clenched her fist tightly. “You heard everything just now, right? It was Isla who carried someone else’s

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for causing her miscarriage.

Shirley’s daughter, my daughter, but you’re not! Even if

to the Olsens. If you want to sever ties with the Olsens and have nothing to do with us

return your flesh and blood to us!”

Unless you die, you can never escape my curse for the rest of your

her hands on her hips, her

arrogant.

it. “We’ll deal with the future later.

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directly at the three people

with resounding force, she

any debts that are not mine, nor will I bear any blame that is

within her. “I couldn’t choose my birthright. I owe you

intimidated by her forcefulness and

not your daughter; the money that the Olsen family spent on me over the years has been repaid long ago. I owe the Olsens nothing! All these lies were concocted by Poppy, and they have nothing to

leaving those words, she

panicked and immediately shouted, “Keira, you are not allowed to

Taylor also frowned.

and could only turn to Poppy with

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the Horton family will surely divorce me!

might as well

Poppy

“Keira! Stop

in her steps at

reached for the doorknob, a cry from Isla

back, only to see a fruit knife grasped in Poppy’s hand. She pressed against her own neck, her eyes almost crazed as she looked at Keira. “If you dare to go out and

steps faltered slightly.

looked at Poppy with only

this her mother?

Poppy could no longer control her,

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laugh. She looked at Poppy and

words made

hesitation, Keira opened the

and walked out.

out, she saw a group of people

Melissa, as well as Oliver and

of them stood several reporters.

my grandson, and now she doesn’t even show a hint of guilt, but is instead very arrogant… We of the first branch of the family can’t go on

pitiful act made the reporters look

Nathan exchanged glances, excitement

era of the internet, public opinion

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