No, it couldnât beâ¦
It wasnât like that!
âMy sister, she couldnât possibly be dead!â
Keira looked straight at Howard, her voice trembling. âMrs. Horton passed away?â
Howard glanced at her and sneered. âWhy are you so worked up? Itâs as if you knew Mrs. Hortonâ¦â
Howardâs mother immediately asked, âThe Horton family? The number one prestigious family in
Oceanion? Werenât they saying the family head is quite young? How could she just die?â
Howard immediately said, âI heard she was kidnapped, thrown into the sea, and drowned alive. I also
heard that when the body was recovered, it was all bloated! It seemed to have been in the water for a
full 20 hours!â
âWhat a pity, to finally marry into a wealthy family only to have such a short life. Howard, can our family
attend this kind of funeral? We donât really know the
No, it couldnât beâ¦
It wasnât like that!
âMy sister, she couldnât possibly be dead!â
Keira looked straight at Howard, her voice trembling. âMrs. Horton passed away?â
Howard glanced at her and sneered. âWhy are you so worked up? Itâs as if you knew Mrs. Hortonâ¦â
Howardâs mother immediately asked, âThe Horton family? The number one prestigious family in
Oceanion? Werenât they saying the family head is quite young? How could she just die?â
ard immediately said, âI heard she was kidnapped, own into the sea, and drowned alive. I also heard
that when the body was recovered, it was all bloated! It seemed to have been in the water for a full 20
hours!â
âWhat a pity, to finally marry into a wealthy family only to have such a short life. Howard, can our family
attend this kind of funeral? We donât really know the
Horton family, do we?â
Howard immediately said, âMom, youâre silly. Thereâs
no reason to turn away visitors at a funeral. I heard that Mrs. Horton was from an ordinary background,
so at that time, we could just say Keera was her classmate, and we came to offer our condolences
upon hearing the news. Wouldnât we be able to get in then?â Howardâs mother immediately got excited.
âI was wondering why you insisted on bringing this jinx; so thatâs the reason. But why say Keera was
her
classmate? Wouldnât it be more convenient to say you were her classmate to get closer?â
âKeera and Mrs. Horton are the same age. Iâm three years older than them!â
After sayi
t, Howard looked at Keira. âWhat are
Hurry up!â
you w
H
Keiraâs wrist.
wned and dodged, âDonât touch me!â
ard sneered. âKeera, youâre my wife, and you wonât me touch you?!â
Keira looked steadily at him, âIâm not Keera.â
Howard immediately started sizing her up, but after a look, he sneered, âKeera, what tricks are you
playing now? If youâre not Keera, then who could you be?! Get up!â
After saying that, he stepped forward again, grabbed Keiraâs hair, and jerked it forcefully!
Keira subconsciously tried to strike back, grabbing his wrist to throw him over her shoulder, but
suddenly realized she hadnât regained her strength; her hands couldnât muster any force.
She was dragged down from the bed by Howard and fell straight to the ground.
âMommy, Mommy!â Amy immediately rushed over. She
front of her, stretched out her arms toward
and shouted, âDaddy is a bad man! Donât you touch Mommy!â
Howard sneered but ignored her and said to the middle-aged woman. âMom, hurry up and help her get
ready. Iâll go start the car!â
Howardâs mother cursed as she opened the wardrobe,
carolasalu arahhing a four alothan and throwing them
on the bed. âElsewhere, having a daughter-in-law means blessings, but Howard married you! What a
misery indeed! I have to serve you, this jinx, and that little loser too!â
â¦marrying into a familyâ¦
Keira keenly caught those words, but her fingers were held by a soft little hand; she looked up to meet
Amyâs gaze, âMommy, does it hurt? Iâll blow on it and it wonât hurtâ¦â
The little one puffed up her cheeks and blew on her head.
This gesture made Keira sad.
She hurried to her feet.
At this moment, Howardâs mother came over,
inten
fo
open the other side of the wardrobe, but was somewhat in the way.
ediately kicked Amy in the buttocks. âMove
You costly good-for-nothing! Canât you see Iâm
ng to get some clothes?!â
my stumbled and fell to the ground.
Keira immediately helped the child up, only to see a
bruise forming on her arm. The little oneâs eyes welled úp with tears, but she dared not let them fall.
Keira immediately glared at Howardâs mother.
Howardâs mother sneered. âWhat are you looking at? Who hasnât fallen down when they were little?â
Leaving that comment, she then turned to Amy. âCry, cry, cry! Thatâs all you know how to do. If you dare
cry again, youâll see how I beat you!â
Those words frightened Amy into hiccupping sobs, as
she stammered, âAmy wonât cry, wonât cryâ¦â
Then the tiny figure trembled slightly, widened her eyes, and slowly lowered her head.
Keira followed her gaze and realized that a two-year-old child couldnât control their bladder yet, s her
pants slowly became wet and dampened the floor beneath her.
Keira had never cared for children before, and just as she was about to say something comforting,
Howardâs motherâs roaring voice came over/ âWho let you wet yourself?! You useless trash! How
shameless can you
be!â
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Amyâs face twitched as large tears rolled down.
Howardâs mother immediately extended her hand to slap her. âSwallow those tears! Who allowed you
to cry? Do you feel wronged? What do you have to feel sad about? This jinx has been lying in bed for
two days now, and itâs all been me taking care of you. Even a dog knows not to pee indoors, how are
you worse than a dog!â
âSmack!â
Keira grabbed her wrist to stop her from hitting the child, feeling full of rage.
Amy was only two, still a child who understood nothing!
âs mother-in-law was simply terrible!
yes dark and menacing, she stared at Howardâs
ther. âDonât hit the child!â
Howardâs mother, however, effortlessly threw her off
and angrily said, âJinx, you think you can control me? Believe it or not, Iâll beat you too!â
Keiraâs gaze grew icy. âYou wouldnât dare!â
Howardâs mother sneered. âWhy wouldnât I dare?
Terrible