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Keira suddenly turned her head, looking at Lewis in disbelief.

How did he know?!

Her astonished expression made Lewis’s eyes darken slightly as he lowered his gaze. “It is indeed you.”

Keira was speechless.

She was actually tricked by this guy.

How unfair!

Keira sneered. “Since you know, I’ll be straight with you. One portion of the medicine is here, and that’s

worth three percent of shares. Don’t forget to transfer

them!”

“Okay.”

Lewis’s response was crisp and straightforward.

Keira was perplexed.

She looked at him in surprise. “Really? You’re not even going to bargain?”

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Lewis took a deep breath and said, “Keira, thank you.”

Keira felt a bit uncomfortable. “For what?”

Lewis said indifferently, “Nora’s research project on Alzheimer’s disease had been stalled and only

restarted this year. I think you must have done it for Grandma, right?”

He took Keira’s hand. “Keira, you’re so good to me.”

Keira cleared her throat. “Don’t be so cheesy.”

She withdrew her hand. “Grandma has been so kind to

me, and I couldn’t just stand by and do nothing. Besides, I just wanted to find out the truth about our marriage certificate.”

Lewis paused slightly upon hearing this.

He had originally intended to investigate it properly.

But so much time had passed since then without any traces of the past events, and he had almost forgotten

about it.

He asked, “Did Grandma remember?”

“Yeah, she remembered,” Keira raised an eyebrow. “Impressive medicine, huh?”

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“Impressive.”

Lewis was amused by her demeanor, but then he suddenly worried about whether the truth might hurt their relationship.

He hesitated for a moment before asking, “Is it still important to you what exactly happened when we got married?”

was startled, “Of course, it’s important.”

certificate required the presence of both parties and since

no question of

in for them.

back then? Could they have been

considering Keira’s special

Nora’s identity had

the Horton

look made Lewis’s heart sink. “So… do

the most important

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though Lewis had publicly acknowledged Keira’s identity, he had never

love.

was a bit nervous.

when she

thought about divorce for a long

time…

matter of the company going public

being pushed forward by Samuel. Once

went public, her role as the chairperson meant she

asked him

you?”

how

could use Grandma to trap her for

feelings between them, he couldn’t

upon layers of secrets she

held…

was Nora was incredibly

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course, I don’t want

“What?”

didn’t hear him

about to repeat himself when

rang.

discovered that the handsome uncle she’d added yesterday had sent her a message. “Kid, the trick you told me to try yesterday doesn’t seem to work very well.”

help but laugh. “What’s wrong?”

she still ignored me. Should I send something else?”

then turned her head to Lewis and asked, “If you made me mad, how would you

up

Lewis was perplexed

contemplating, he said. “Beg for forgiveness? If you don’t

what

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be

really couldn’t rely on Lewis

strategize for the man.

man replied, “I’ll give it a

turned her attention

now?”

Lewis was speechless.

indifferently,

Fiona had finished checking Selena’s luggage, ultimately not allowing

left with Oliver,

breath.

left the living room, Selena stopped in her tracks and

courtyard.

face had vanished, replaced with

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said, “Selena, the house in the main courtyard has been prepared for you. You can’t leave; you need to help me think of a way to snatch the position of head of the

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