My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

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Mary immediately frowned and looked at her.

Keira pursed her lips, trying to make her gaze seem

softer.

Mary examined her face back and forth, then suddenly stood up, walked over to her, and touched her

forehead.

Keira was dumbfounded.

“You don’t have a fever, so why are you talking nonsense? You refused to tell me who they were back

then, saying it would compromise my safety. Why are you asking me now?”

For the first time, Keira sensed Keera’s caution.

At least regarding this matter, she was very careful.

Keira just said “Right”, her expression unchanged. “I was worried you might have discovered some clue, but it seems you still know nothing. That’s good.”

Sure enough, Mary was led astray. “Keera, you really are too cautious. Didn’t you say? Since you couldn’t even complete their first task, they wouldn’t come

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looking for you again.”

That remark made Keira momentarily stunned. “The

first task?”

“Yes, you said the first task involved someone very important to you, so you refused…”

Someone very important…

Keira frowned. “The very important person to me…

who is it?”

Mary immediately rolled her eyes. “Who else could it be? Howard! You two were already together then.”

She then spoke with a strong hint of jealousy. “Anyway,

it’s not me.”

After saying that, she couldn’t help but complain. “I considered you my best friend; we’ve been to the same school since kindergarten and have stayed friends all these years, but to you, I’m less significant than Amy, let alone your mother-in-law and Howard. For them, you actually abandoned me… Forget it, let’s not talk about it. It makes me feel so sad!”

She was genuinely aggrieved!

Mary pouted.

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Keira wasn’t good at comforting others, so she remained silent. Just then, the sound of the door opening was heard, and Howard’s mother walked in.

Humming a tune from a dance, she didn’t look toward the living room as she entered but headed straight for the kitchen. “Keera, what’s for dinner? I’m hungry after

exercising!”

was already in the kitchen, only to find it completely empty, without a trace of cooking.

startled, then stormed out shouting, “Keera, what have you been doing at home all afternoon? What time is

stopped, then scoffed, “Oh, isn’t this Mary? Haven’t seen you here in over half a year, huh? What, you’ve come to your senses and decided to bring

responded with a facade of a

seen you in half a year, somehow you look even more

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mother’s expression faltered, and she

“You’re so

“Just telling the truth!”

“You!”

saying furiously, “Keera, you’re just going to stand there watching your friend insult me? Let me tell you, her being rude to me is the same as being disrespectful to you! She obviously doesn’t take you seriously, otherwise, wouldn’t she know such behavior

to kick her out right now! And you’re not to see her again. If you don’t, I swear I’ll tell Howard you allowed your friend to come

tensed up when

looked at Keira.

ago, it was

and his mother’s words made Keera block

outright.

into Howard

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partnered on a project with him, Howard would have Keera add

back.

was furious at

her best friend and their friendship like commodities being negotiated

that she had somehow

Mary was also

would be swayed once again by Howard’s

and Howard’s moth started to get arrogant. “Why the silence? Cat g tongue? Weren’t you quite articulate

took a

No matter how anxious Mary was, she knew this was

wanting to make things difficult for

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now. Contact me if you

got up and walked out.

door.

out.”

made Mary pause slightly, and a sense of emptiness suddenly filled her

hadn’t made up her mind yet.

tightened her jaw and reached the door, then turned back to Keira. “Keera, everything can be fought for again, but freedom is your own. Don’t forget what

lightly, her voice calm.

Mary not be anxious?

once before, she feared pressuring Keera too much and being blocked again, limiting herself to unsaid words as she

Mary left, Keira turned back around.

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mother sneered. “What are

How can you compare to Cindy?

gaze grew colder.

curled into a faint smile. “Alright,

dinner now.”