How I Accidentally Married a Billionaire
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Chapter 264: Chapter 264 Chapter 264: Chapter 264 The room was very dark, and the lights were off.

Kiera Olsen could barely make out someone on the bed as she immediately turned and expertly flicked on the light.

The incandescent light came on.

She instantly spotted Jodie South.

She lay quietly on the bed, her eyes closed, sleeping, with both hands peacefully resting on her chest, assuming a precise sleeping posture.

Kiera Olsen stepped forward, about to check on her, when suddenly rapid footsteps sounded from behind.

Immediately, Aunt South and Taylor Olsen rushed in one after another!

Aunt South frowned and scolded in a lowered voice, “What are you doing barging in like this? Get out immediately!”

But Kiera Olsen did not head towards the door; instead, she approached Mrs. Olsen and observed carefully, “I just happened to come by, I wanted to check on Aunt.”

“How can you have no manners! How could our Miss have such an unreliable classmate! You really are…” Aunt South walked over and stood in front of her.

Taylor Olsen also furrowed his brows, “Miss, if you don’t leave now, I’m going to call the police!”

Just as he finished speaking, Lewis Horton spoke indifferently from the doorway, “It’s just a case of entering the wrong room, no need to make such a big fuss, right?”

Taylor Olsen clenched his fists and looked helplessly towards Lewis Horton, “Mr. Horton, what do you mean by this? Shirley is already unwell, and this severe ordeal has left her emotionally devastated. We should head out now instead of talking here and distressing her further.”

Kiera Olsen immediately voiced her doubts, “I heard Mrs. Olsen is a light sleeper, how come she hasn’t woken up with all this commotion?”

Upon hearing this, Aunt South immediately responded, “Of course, it’s because the madam took sleeping pills before bed!”

She questioned, “Why are you asking so thoroughly? Who exactly are you? Could you possibly be involved with the murderer of our Miss?”

She didn’t seem to be lying.

Kiera Olsen then turned towards Taylor Olsen.

She saw Taylor Olsen also looking at her skeptically, his eyes devoid of guilt.

As she was sizing up the two of them, she suddenly felt a scrutinizing gaze upon her.

Kiera Olsen then realized that even Lewis Horton was staring at her.

The man’s eyes brimmed with emotion, and he seemed somewhat suspicious…

Kiera Olsen immediately took a step back and said lightly, “I am Kiera Olsen’s high school classmate, entrusted by Uncle Olsen to visit Mrs. Olsen…”

Sure enough, the mention of “Uncle Olsen” halted any further questioning from the three people in the room.

Aunt South immediately dismissed her suspicions, “Then why didn’t you just say so?”

Taylor Olsen tightened his jaw and said nothing.

Lewis Horton still glanced at her a couple of times before slowly averting his gaze.

Taylor Olsen bluntly said, “You’ve seen her now, and she’s fine. Can you leave now? Don’t disturb my wife anymore!”

Jodie South and Lewis Horton, being of different genders, he took the initiative to step back and exited the room.

Kiera Olsen continued to stare at the hospital bed, turning towards Taylor Olsen, “Uncle Olsen asked me to inquire when exactly Mrs. Olsen will wake up. If she doesn’t get better, he has a doctor ready to come over to see her…”

There was a coercive undertone in her words.

Taylor Olsen understood her implication and frowned.

Seeing this, Lewis Horton suddenly dropped his gaze.

He clenched his fist and spoke, “Keera’s funeral is tomorrow, isn’t your mother-in-law coming to bid farewell? If she can’t attend, it indicates her condition is serious, maybe I should take her to the hospital?”

This request from Lewis Horton was actually quite insensitive.

Taylor Olsen was Jodie South’s husband, their twenty-year love deep, and given Taylor Olsen’s previous behavior during Jodie South’s illness, there was no doubt that if Jodie South were to pass away, Taylor Olsen would surely follow her!

Such deep marital affection couldn’t raise any doubts.

So not only him but even Kiera Olsen had never considered that Taylor Olsen might mistreat Jodie South.

The two of them were just concerned that Mrs. Olsen’s illness was strange and couldn’t be neglected.

Taylor Olsen immediately said, “No need, Shirley’s health has improved a lot. She is just still very drowsy and lethargic.”

He lowered his gaze, knowing he had to give a proper explanation, he slowly said, “Shirley was saying before she went to sleep that no matter what, she will be there at the funeral tomorrow, we’re definitely going…”

Lewis Horton gave him a deep look, “That’s good, see you at the funeral tomorrow.”

“Alright, Mr. Horton, I’ll walk you downstairs.”

After saying this, Taylor Olsen didn’t move but turned to look towards Kiera Olsen.

Kiera Olsen had no choice but to leave the room reluctantly, looking back three times with each step.

Once they exited the house and stood on the street outside the Olsen Family’s residence, she still stared at the room on the second floor with the light on.

Unfortunately, the curtains in the room obscured the view… She couldn’t see what was inside.

So, she didn’t see that after she and Lewis Horton had left, Taylor Olsen hurried upstairs, found an excuse to send Aunt South away, and then came to the bedside.

His hand gently caressed Jodie South’s face, “Shirley, did you see? My love for you over these years has made Aunt South trust me without hesitation. No one will help you. Will you be a good girl and listen?”

He bowed his head, resting it on her chest.

Listening to her heartbeat, he closed his eyes contentedly, “I know you can hear, Shirley. Don’t worry, tomorrow I will take you to the funeral to send her off, but the only one going will be the immobile you. Don’t blame me. I am just afraid they will take you away…”

After saying these words, he lifted the quilt and lay down beside Jodie South.

He stretched out his arm and tightly hugged Jodie South.

Mrs. Olsen, with her eyes closed, now let out tears of helplessness.

She wasn’t asleep. She could hear all the noises outside; others didn’t notice, but having watched Keera grow up, she recognized it–the girl sent by Uncle Olsen was Keera!!

But she couldn’t respond… because she had been injected with a drug!

The presence of the man beside her filled her with nothing but humiliation and degradation!

Mrs. Olsen tried hard to move her arms to push the person away, but it was in vain.

She closed her eyes in despair.

Taylor Olsen, however, smiled, his lifelong wish finally fulfilled. Just thinking about Mrs. Olsen lying beside him made him feel his life was complete!

He soon fell asleep.

Mrs. Olsen, listening to his steady breathing, suddenly opened her eyes wide!

Keera had changed her identity and didn’t acknowledge them, probably to guard against the murderer…

So she couldn’t just remain captive; she had to save herself!

She needed to tell Keera that the murderer was Taylor Olsen, to let Keera lower her guard, to be herself again…

But how could she save herself?

Her body had no strength at all…

Just as she thought this, her fingers touched a small piece of paper, which felt slippery–not like ordinary paper. It was… thermal paper!

It was just given to her by Keera!

Hope flashed through Mrs. Olsen’s pupils.

Thermal paper, usually used in supermarkets for printing receipts, shows traces when scratched with a fingernail, and the small size of the paper makes it easy to hide.

Keera must have suspected something, that’s why she left it.

Thinking of what Lewis Horton had said, that tomorrow she would go to Keera’s funeral… so Keera would definitely be there too!

She… was saved!

Mrs. Olsen immediately used all her strength to write on the thermal paper, “Taylor Olsen is the killer, save me,” then clenched it tightly in her hand.

…

Downstairs, Keera Olsen withdrew her gaze.

Although she knew she shouldn’t suspect Taylor Olsen, after all, he had protected her mother for over twenty years without ever arguing with her, Keera still felt uncomfortable, thinking Jodie South’s situation was a bit strange.

So, just now, taking advantage of the darkness in the room, she quickly rushed to the bedside and placed a small piece of thermal paper by her hand.

This way, as long as she could still move, she could send out a message…

If everything was just her overthinking, that would certainly be best.

But if there was really something wrong with her mother, it would also provide a way to seek help.

Thinking this, Keera Olsen breathed a sigh of relief, then turned back, only to see Lewis Horton’s eyes intensely focused on her in the darkness, “Miss Keera, please take off your mask.”

His words were polite, but his tone was not at all negotiable.

Keera Olsen instinctively covered her mask.

She felt his eyes fixed on her, suspicious, wanting confirmation, and she squinted.

Keera Olsen looked down, “I’m sorry, I have a skin condition.”

But Lewis Horton suddenly stepped forward, his figure looming over her, “Then Miss Keera, explain why you are so familiar with the Olsen Family?”

Being able to find Mrs. Olsen’s room upstairs right away indicated she had been to the Olsen house before!

Keera Olsen coughed, “Uncle Olsen told…”

Before she could finish her excuse, the man suddenly reached out to take off her mask!

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