My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

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Matthew paused briefly before saying, "You already know that the South family's heirs have always been women, don't you?"

"Indeed."

"But the world is fair; intelligent couples might have less intelligent children. The competition for each generation's heir in the South family is always fierce. Besides choosing the heir, they also select the top ten candidates. The heir for the next generation is chosen from the children of these top ten individuals. In other words, only the children of the top ten have the qualifications to compete for the position of the next heir."

Keira was taken aback. "But my mother wasn't in the top ten of the previous generation, so I don't have the qualifications to compete..."

She and Isla would have been switched at birth. If her mother had been among the top ten competitors of the previous generation, Isla would also likely have become one of the candidates for the South family's current generation. But that wasn't the case. Having grown up with Taylor and his family, Keira was very familiar with the family members' lifestyles and routines. Isla had received no interference from any external forces.

Matthew said, "That's right, your mother wasn't in the top ten of the previous generation. But have you ever considered something else?"

"What is it?"

one successor. For those who fail by just a little bit, how could they be content in such a scenario? They would certainly pin their hopes on their daughters, so the losers would try hard to have children. However,

Keira vaguely realized what had happened with Keera's

losers. As long as these children carry the

she was stolen by someone from the South family because someone from

"Exactly."

typically don't need a man around. Your sister's adoptive mother had her womb damaged during the competition due to someone's scheme, rendering her unable to have children. She found out about your mother's whereabouts by chance and sent people to kidnap

doomed never to leave the South family. That was why she concealed her background and

in the South family until she was five, then taken by her adoptive mother's subordinates to settle in Clance, Crera. To outsiders, those two subordinates were

all this, Matthew added, "In the past, the South family zealously nurtured their progeny, but daughters are becoming increasingly scarce in the South family nowadays. To my knowledge, there are only nine contenders in your generation—one child from each of the top ten