As soon as the call went through, the other party hung
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Then a ssage arrived. “Don’t call. My child has just fallen asleep.”
Keira was perplexed.
A child?
She was a bit confused.
She had thought the person setting her up must be soone with dark and calculating thoughts,
definitely harboring so sche, but now a child suddenly popped up?
And in her mind, an image of a flustered woman appeared…
She replied to the ssage. “Who are you?”
The response ca quickly. “Keira, I’m only looking out for your best interest. Listen to , don’t you
ever get a divorce! Only Lewis can protect you!”
Keira frowned.
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Protection?
She had been in Oceanion for many years, indeed bullied badly by Poppy Hill, but it wasn’t to the
extent that she needed protection, right?
She replied to the ssage. “I don’t need anyone’s
protection.”
The other party replied again. “No, you do. You just don’t know it yet. Keira, I won’t hurt you. You have
to believe ! I only have good intentions for you!”
intentions…
Keira thought carefully. The matter of marrying Lewis had been approved by old Mrs. Horton, so it
didn’t bring her any losses.
On the contrary, for any normal person, marrying soone like Lewis of the top family would indeed a
stroke of incredible luck.
She wrote, “Tell who you are.”
The person replied, “I can’t tell you.”
Keira started to press for answers. “Then tell , how do you know that I’m actually Mrs. Olsen’s
daughter? If vou knew why didn’t you tell earlier?”
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This person photoshopped a picture a few years back, inford old Mrs. Horton that Mrs. Olsen was
her
mother, and made old Mrs. Horton rember these
words.
But how could she know sothing even Keira herself
wasn’t sure about?
The person wrote, “The later you know, the better for you.”
Keira was confused.
She felt incredibly perplexed.
She sent a direct reply to the ssage. “If you can’t give a reasonable explanation, I’ll get a divorce
tomorrow.”
The person wrote, “What do I need to do for you t
believe ?”
Keira was perplexed. Why did it seem as though the one who conspired to marry her off to Lewis
without her permission was so innocent and weak?!
She felt like she was the bad guy!
Keira continued to ssage the person. “How did you
help get the marriage certificate back then?”
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On the day when the marriage certificate was issued, she herself was in the lab, so she couldn’t
possibly have been there to get the certificate, and afterward, she had said so to old Mrs. Horton…
The person who registered the marriage was definitely not her!
But there was a photo…
Makeup technology being so advanced nowadays, so could there be an imposter?
Keira was a bit confused at the mont.
The other party sent her another ssage. “This, I can’t explain clearly in a text ssage. But I’m
begging you, you have to believe . I won’t hurt you!”
Again, that eerie feeling.
The other party used “I’m begging you” and was clea in a state of desperation.
Keira seized the opportunity to pressure the person. “I forgot to bring my marriage certificate today, but
tomorrow I have arranged to get a divorce with Lewis at the courthouse.”
The other party wrote. “Why can’t you just believe ?
Soone like simply can’t harm anyone… Keira, please don’t get a divorce. Don’t do it!”
Keira stared at her phone. “If you don’t explain yourself, I won’t believe you!
The other party didn’t reply promptly this ti and seed to be pondering over sothing. After a full
five minutes, they seed to finally make up their mind. “I’ll co to see you tomorrow morning. When
you see , you’ll know what’s going on!”
Keira frowned.
Tomorrow morning…
This person knew she was in a hurry, but they wouldn’t co over imdiately. Instead, they had to
wait until the next morning. Did it an they weren’t in
Oceanion?
Keira pondered for a mont and then replied, “Wha ti? I have plans at noon.”
She also had a farewell arranged for the handso
uncle!
The other party replied imdiately, “I should arrive by eleven, and I’ll contact you then. Don’t go
through
with the divorce in the morning no matter what! You must wait for !”
Keira replied, “Okay.”
After putting down her phone, she couldn’t sleep.
Standing on the balcony and gazing into the distance, she felt as though sothing was drawing
nearer and nearer to her… Perhaps tomorrow she’d understand the real reason behind the marriage,
but what could
the secret be?
As she mused, a noise ca from behind her.
Turning around, she saw her mother get up from the bed, take a shawl, and walk over to her, draping it
over
her shoulders.
A warm sensation enveloped her, also warming her
heart a little.
Keira’s expression softened. “Mom, why haven’t you gone to sleep?”
“Perhaps it’s the excitent of sharing a bed with my daughter for the first ti,” Mrs. Olsen looked at
her. “Keira, do you really have the heart to go through with
the divorce?”
Keira fell silent for a mont. “I don’t.”
Mrs. Olsen seed not to have expected such a firm answer and suddenly stepped forward, wrapping
her arms around Keira, and resting her head on her
shoulder.
Her hand gently patted Keira’s back as she spoke softly. “Keira, love is sweet but also bitter. If you want
to cry, go ahead. I won’t laugh at you.”
Hearing this, Keira’s nose tingled.
The repressed emotions in her heart seed uncontrollable, overflowing from her chest.
She hesitated slightly, wanting to say sothing, but the mont she began to speak, an
uncontrollable sob escaped her.
Imdiately after, large tears began to roll down.
She didn’t know what had overco her.
Perhaps it was for her love that had ended without a
solution.
Or maybe for the injustices she’d endured over the last
twenty-two years…
Unseen by her, a black Bentley was parked outside the
yard on the street.
Lewis sat in the backseat quietly.
The driver didn’t dare to breathe too loudly.
Today, Mr. Horton’s mood was all wrong; after going to the office, he finished all the work he needed to
do for
the week.
He didn’t return ho in the afternoon to deal with
international affairs but stayed at the Horton Group.
After work, he didn’t go ho but ca here instead.
Yet he remained silent, staring at the Olsen residence…
Just when the driver felt he was going to go insane,
Lewis suddenly said, “Let’s go ho.”
The driver sighed with relief
He started the car, and on the way back to Horton’s, he stole glances at Lewis through the rearview
mirror, seeing his boss with closed eyes.
For so reason, his usually authoritative boss. seed… pitiable.
8./9
The car soon arrived at the Horton residence.
After getting out of the car, Lewis walked toward Old Mrs. Horton’s yard without saying a word.
As he approached, he saw the driver from Horton’s old house squatting by the gate, looking utterly
bored.
But upon seeing Lewis, he imdiately sprang up. “Mr. Horton, you’re finally back! There’s a parcel for
you; it was sent to the old house!”
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