How I Accidentally Married a Billionaire
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Chapter 257: Chapter 257 Chapter 257: Chapter 257 Lewis Horton frowned as he looked at the person in front of him.

She was sneaking around, wearing a knitted sweater that concealed her figure.

But he felt at a glance that she was very familiar… very much like Kiera!

Lewis Horton stared at her in a daze, his brows slightly furrowed, and he slowly spoke, “Kiera? Is it you?”

Keira Olsen’s eyelashes trembled, and she suddenly said, “It’s me.”

Lewis Horton froze completely.

He stared incredulously at the person in front of him… only to see Keira Olsen lower her head, timidly saying, “Who are you? How do you know my name is Keera?”

As she spoke, she tried hard to imitate her sister’s gentle tone.

Lewis Horton stopped short, “…What?”

Keira Olsen then looked at him, her face injured, now showing patches of blue and purple, the iodine not properly cleaned off, making the exposed skin look yellow.

With a hat and a mask on, even her biological mother wouldn’t recognize her.

Keira Olsen continued timidly, “I, I am Keira Olsen’s high school classmate, my name is Keera. Everyone calls me Keera. Hearing the terrible news about Keira Olsen, I specifically came to visit Mrs. Olsen. Are you a friend of Keira Olsen too?”

At these words, Lewis Horton looked somewhat despondent, and even smiled at himself with self-derision.

He clenched his fists tightly.

He felt he was utterly ridiculous.

He didn’t know why, but even though the person they had pulled from the water was unrecognizable, after the DNA comparison, it was confirmed to be Kiera.

Yet he always refused to believe, personally watching those people run the comparison over and over again…

But every time, it was Kiera.

Even with evidence in front of him, he still refused to believe Kiera had drowned…

Even just now, when he saw this person enter the door, he thought it was Kiera…

But his Kiera had always been a poised and bold woman, how could she possibly be sneaking around, acting so meek?

What on earth was he just fantasizing?

Lewis Horton lowered his eyes and answered her earlier question, “I am her… husband.”

The last two words were tinged with a choke.

Keira Olsen’s heart ached, looking at his profile that had become so gaunt in just two days that his cheekbones were protruding, her eyes suddenly warmed up, and she quickly turned her head, “Condolences.”

Lewis Horton didn’t respond to her anymore.

Keira Olsen thought for a moment, walked straight to the bedside, and looked at the case next to her.

Acute stress… excessive grief… but no threat to life.

Keira Olsen breathed a sigh of relief.

She leaned close to Mrs. Olsen, whispering in a voice only they could hear, “Mom, I’m not dead, you must take good care of yourself, live well. I’ll come to see you another day.”

Keira Olsen knew that if she stayed any longer, she might be discovered by Lewis Horton.

She stood up, ready to walk out, unaware that Mrs. Olsen’s fingers had moved.

When Keira Olsen left, Lewis Horton stayed put. Not too long after, Taylor Olsen returned.

This time Taylor Olsen appeared to be in much better shape than the last fainting episode of Mrs. Olsen, he seemed very normal, without the previous despondence.

Lewis Horton consoled, “Take good care of yourself so that you can look after your mother-in-law.”

Taylor Olsen nodded, “Don’t worry, I know. There’s no one else at home… I will definitely be strong.”

Lewis Horton said nothing more, lowering his eyes, “I will arrange for the best doctors to come for a consultation. The people from Clance are expected to arrive tomorrow.”

“Okay.”

After Lewis Horton left, Jodie South, who had been lying on the hospital bed, suddenly opened her eyes. She propped herself up with both hands and sat up, crying out loudly, “Keira!”

Taylor Olsen immediately approached and grabbed Jodie South’s hand, “Shirley, you’re awake? How do you feel?”

Jodie South looked around desperately, “Where is Keira? I heard her voice, where is she?!”

Taylor Olsen said, “Shirley, you misheard… Keira… she was buried today…”

“Buried…”

It seemed that Jodie South only then remembered what happened before she fainted. When she saw the swaying boat, she knew that Keira had no hope of survival.

After the bloated corpse was recovered, she fainted after only one glance.

Jodie South clenched her fists tightly as tears streamed down her face!

She looked at Taylor Olsen, “No, Keira is not dead! I must go find her!”

She threw the covers off and got out of bed, but suddenly her legs went weak, and she collapsed toward the floor.

Fortunately, Taylor Olsen caught her in time, “Shirley, calm down for a moment. If Keira were still alive, she definitely wouldn’t want to see you like this!”

Jodie South screamed, “I can’t be calm! I have to find Keira!”

Taylor Olsen sighed deeply. He hugged Mrs. Olsen tightly, gently patting her back,

But Jodie South continued to cry out hysterically, “My Keira, she isn’t dead! She definitely isn’t dead! She was just speaking in my ear, she told me she’s still alive!!”

Taylor Olsen continued to gently stroke her back, soothing her emotions, “Okay, she’s not dead, Shirley, she’s not dead, don’t worry…”

Jodie South’s emotions gradually stabilized.

She asked directly, “Taylor, Keira really came just now. I heard her calling for my mom, that’s when I woke up…”

Taylor Olsen gave a wry smile, “Shirley, besides Mr. Horton, no one else has been in the room just now…”

Jodie South was stunned, “Is, is that so?”

Taylor Olsen nodded, “Yes!”

Jodie South immediately became distraught.

She murmured disconsolately, “How could that be… I clearly heard her… I really did, Taylor, where is my phone? I’m going to call Lewis Horton, ask him if someone came in!”

Taylor Olsen quickly tried to stop her, “Shirley, Mr. Horton is already very upset, let’s not make a scene, okay?”

But Jodie South shook her head, “I’m not making a scene! Taylor, Keira really did come! She spoke right into my ear, I heard her very clearly…”

She clutched Taylor Olsen’s hand tightly, “We don’t have to find Mr. Horton, you go check the surveillance for me, someone definitely came in, it was Keira!”

Seeing her determination, Taylor Olsen sighed silently, but reassured her, “Okay, I’ll go and check for you… Can you calm down for now?”

Jodie South then nodded, “Okay.”

Taylor Olsen pressed the call button and summoned a nurse, asking her to help retrieve the surveillance footage for this hospital room.

The nurse quickly went to the security office and sent the surveillance footage covering the last half-hour to Taylor Olsen’s phone.

There would be no footage inside the room itself, only from the corridor outside.

But for Mrs. Olsen, that was enough.

Taylor Olsen opened the footage from half an hour before and fast-forwarded it to show Mrs. Olsen. They watched it together.

Lewis Horton arrived, Taylor Olsen went out to get water…

Taylor Olsen said, “Shirley, do you see? I was only gone for a moment, and Mr. Horton was here with you. It’s impossible that someone came…”

But almost as soon as these words were spoken, they saw a girl wearing a peaked cap and a mask sneaking into the hospital room!

Mrs. Olsen’s eyes welled up with tears, “Keira, it’s Keira! She’s really not dead!”