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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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and framed me for causing her miscarriage. I’m just

“She’s Shirley’s daughter, my daughter, but you’re not! Even if Isla did something wrong, you have to take the blame for her!”

you owe that to the Olsens. If you want to sever ties with the Olsens and have nothing to

flesh and blood to

you, your life was given by me, so it can only be mine! Unless you die, you can never escape my curse for the rest of your

hands on her hips, her

arrogant.

Keira wasn’t having any of it. “We’ll deal with the future later. Today, I must

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directly at the three people in front of her.

by word, with resounding force, she said,

that are not mine, nor will I bear any blame

her gaze fixed on Poppy. At that moment, she felt a true strength rising within her.

her forcefulness and involuntarily took a

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

she turned and walked out.

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

Taylor also frowned.

and could only turn to Poppy with tears

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family will

I might as well be dead!”

sentence brought Poppy to her

“Keira! Stop

in her steps at all.

for the doorknob, a cry from Isla came from behind her. “Aunt

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 tell them the truth,

steps faltered

only scorn in

her mother?

completely controlled by her, but once she grew up and Poppy could no longer control her, she started to threaten her with her

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let out a mocking laugh. She looked at Poppy and said softly, “Then go ahead and die.”

few words made Poppy’s pupils

without any hesitation, Keira opened the door

and walked out.

she saw a group of people standing

as Oliver and Nathan, were all

front of them stood several

heartless Lewis, the CEO of Horton Group, is! His wife killed 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

act made the reporters look solemn.

Nathan exchanged glances, excitement flashing in

era of the

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