Chapter 186: Going to the Olsen Family



Going to the Olsen Family

Uncle Olsen was a senior member of the family, so

they should have visited him

Moreover, between Lewis and Uncle Olsen...

He pondered for only a brief moment before agreeing, then turned to look at Keira.

Seeing this, Keira walked over to his side.

Next to her, Ellis couldn't help but clear his throat. Remembering Mrs. Olsen and Keira's opposing positions, and recalling her saving him on horseback, he couldn't help but remind her, "My uncle is very cold by nature. If you say less when you meet him, he probably won't make things difficult for you."

Just as Keira was about to nod, she heard Lewis say, "You don't have to go. Just stay here with Mrs. Olsen."

Keira was startled.

Ellis was surprised and said, "Hey, Lewis, do you have any manners? Uncle Olsen is an elder after all. He's

here, and you don't bring your wife to meet him?"

Lewis ignored him completely and just patted the back of Keira's hand. "Don't worry!

Uncle Olsen was domineering and was bound to make things difficult for Keira after seeing her.

Knowing this, how could Lewis let Keira go and seek humiliation on her own?

After leaving these words, he turned and walked out the door.

Keira stood in place, watching him leave.

Ellis clicked his tongue and then sized up Keira. "I really don't know what's so great about you that would make Lewis offend my uncle for you. Keira, are you sure you don't want to go and see? If you go, at most Uncle Olsen will scold you a few words, but if you don't, Lewis will be at odds with my uncle."

Keira glanced at him indifferently and simply said, "I

trust him."

She had stayed with her grandmother for so long along with Lewis and had some understanding of the things that kept the man busy every day.

Lewis wasn't as simple as he seemed; it appeared he had his own power base besides the Horton Group.

Without giving it much thought, Keira walked over to a nearby sofa and sat down quietly to watch Mrs. Olsen.

Seeing this, Isla followed Lewis out again.

Outside.

Upon leaving the room, Lewis walked straight toward Uncle Olsen.

Uncle Olsen was still leaning against the wall but shifted his gaze to him, his gaze gradually becoming sharp. "I hear you've married the Olsen family's illegitimate daughter?"

The question was asked with a chilly indifference, consistent with his typical manner of speaking, which left no clue as to his emotions.

Isla's face brightened with joy, thinking that Uncle Olsen was about to stand up for her!

She immediately looked at Jake.

Jake understood his meaning immediately and said, "Uncle, could you ask your bodyguards to withdraw? Having them stand guard at the door affects my mother-in-law's medical treatment."

Uncle Olsen immediately frowned and turned his gaze

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back to Lewis, "And there are bodyguards?"

Isla lowered her head, displaying a wronged expression. "Keira made my mom faint with anger, and Dad and I didn't want her to stay with my mom, so Uncle Lewis brought in bodyguards and took over the hospital room..."

Uncle Olsen looked at her straight away.

Isla's tearful appearance didn't appeal to him, and once again he turned to Lewis. "Don't you think you owe me an explanation?"

Jake and Isla immediately looked at Lewis with anticipation.

Yet they saw Lewis reply indifferently, "Well, it was too noisy; I brought my bodyguards to guard the door to prevent just anyone from disturbing Mrs. Olsen."

Isla immediately bit her lip. "Uncle, she's my mom! I have the right to decide who can come in and who can't! And Keira, my mother fainted because of her. Please take her away. I don't want my mom to wake up and see her! What if she gets upset again?"

Uncle Olsen's gaze was stern as it settled on Lewis,

emanating a powerful presence.

It seemed that if Lewis's response wasn't satisfactory, he wouldn't let the matter drop.

Despite the tension, Lewis remained calm. After seeing Uncle Olsen finish his cigarette, he took out a pack from his pocket and handed one to him.

Uncle Olsen took it reflexively, continuing to watch Lewis.

Lewis said, "I guessed you might come, so I prepared cigarettes, but I don't smoke and don't have the habit of carrying a lighter with me."

Uncle Olsen paused slightly.

He took out his lighter, lit the cigarette, and then began speaking. "Don't think that by handing me a cigarette, I'll let you off the hook. Speak."

Lewis began, "Before Mrs. Olsen fainted, she seemed to have something to say while holding Keira's hand. A for the bodyguards, it's impossible to dismiss them."

Isla immediately frowned.

She hadn't expected Lewis to be so assertive in front of Uncle Olsen!

She quickly looked at Uncle Olsen as if waiting for him

to give her an explanation, but saw Uncle Olsen simply lower his eyes and say indifferently. "Don't disturb her."

Lewis continued. "The guards are there to ensure Mrs. Olsen isn't disturbed. You don't need to worry about that."

Uncle Olsen nodded, and then he didn't say anything else.

Isla was flummoxed.

She looked shockingly at Uncle Olsen, then at Lewis, and combining the conversation after the two met with the fact that Lewis had prepared cigarettes for him, she suddenly realized something, "Uncle Olsen, do you know Uncle Lewis?"

"Yes, we've had dealings before."

Uncle Olsen's tone was still cold.

Isla was stunned!!

Lewis looked at her. "I still have things to discuss with Mr. Olsen. You can go back inside."

Isla and Jake dared not disobey the order and left.

After the two went inside, Uncle Olsen finally turned to Lewis. "I asked you to visit the Olsen family to check on Mrs. Olsen and see whether the illegitimate

daughter was causing any trouble. Who told you to marry that illegitimate daughter?"

His tone finally changed from the chilly demeanor before, carrying a hint of reproach.

Lewis lowered his gaze.

When Jake and Isla got engaged and paid the formal visit to the Olsen family, he personally accompanied Jake as the head of the Horton family, all because Uncle Olsen asked him to help check on how Mrs. Olsen was doing.

As for why he married Keira...

He didn't give much of an explanation, "Because I like

her."

Uncle Olsen's frown deepened. "Then take good care of her. If she really makes Jodie uncomfortable, I won't spare her for your sake!"

Lewis replied assertively, "Husband and wife are one. If you dare lay a hand on her, then I can only choose to

stand by her aide"

Uncle Olsen sneered. "The wolf cub has grown up and dares to challenge me now. Do you think you are my opponent?"

Lewis said calmly, "Let's try."

Inside the hospital room.

Unable to hear the conversation outside clearly, Ellis grew anxious. "What are my Uncle and Lewis talking about? Will they start fighting? It would be great if they did, to give Lewis a taste of being suppressed, so he doesn't get too arrogant!"

As they were talking, Keira's phone suddenly rang.

She hung up directly.

But it rang again. Keira glanced at it with a frown and ultimately decided to take the call and step out into the hallway to answer it, not wanting to disturbs Olsen.

Keira opened the door and walked straight out.

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Chapter 187: Entering the Ward



Keira could feel Lewis and Uncle Olsen on the right side of the ward, so after leaving the room, she merely glanced briefly in that direction before heading left. '

Therefore, when Uncle Olsen saw the door open, he also glanced briefly and then fixed his gaze on her from behind, narrowing his eyes.

Keira's silhouette was tall and straight, giving off a bamboo-like quality.

That quality resembled Mrs. Olsen closely.

Uncle Olsen had long heard of the illegitimate

daughter because she grew up by Mrs. Olsen's side and bore Mrs. Olsen's shadow.

Isla just resembled an empty shell.

Yet merely the silhouette of Keira seemed to bear a striking similarity to Mrs. Olsen's elegance.

His greedy gaze stayed on her a bit longer.

He wanted to see in Keira what Mrs. Olsen looked like when she was young, but unfortunately, it had been over twenty years since he had seen Mrs. Olsen, and

her face had become blurry in his memory.

Uncle Olsen very prudently withdrew his gaze.

After Keira took a left turn into the staircase entrance, she then answered the call, asking, "Holly, what's up?"

The call was from Holly Sims.

The fact that she kept calling even after being hung up on once meant there must be something important.

Holly said, "Connor Hill's trial verdict is out. He's been convicted of premeditated murder, so he's been given a suspended death sentence. He's likely to be transferred to prison tomorrow, and after that, he won't be our responsibility anymore. Have you really been unable to get him to reveal the secret about you?"

Keira lowered her gaze. "Thanks for the heads you delay it for another two days for me?"

She always had this intuition that the secret Connor was about to divulge was of paramount importance to her.

Holly immediately said, "No problem. I'll apply for a delayed transfer, postponing it to the day after

tomorrow. But Keira, Isla is carrying Connor's child. As long as this child exists, for the child's future glory and

wealth, he definitely won't speak. We can't pry mouth open."

"I'll think of another way."

After hanging up, Keira narrowed her eyes.

Then she calmly pushed the door open and headed back.

Ellis thought Uncle Olsen would give her a hard time, and so did Lewis, which was why they hadn't wanted her to leave, but in truth, she wasn't afraid at all.

The word "afraid" simply wasn't in her dictionary.

To her surprise, Lewis was standing alone at the door while Uncle Olsen was nowhere to be seen.

Keira walked over and arched an eyebrow. "Where i

he?"

"He's gone to wait in the car for news," Lewis said.

"Someone who got wind of him coming to Oceanion tried to get cozy with him, so he left to avoid disturbing the peace of the ward," Lewis elaborated.

Keira nodded, then said, "I'll stay here to watch over things, and if you have business to take care of, go ahead."

Lewis took her hand. "Then I'll go work in the car downstairs. Call me if you need anything."

"Okay."

Keira entered the ward and saw Mrs. Olsen still deep in slumber, so she found a spot on the nearby sofa to sit down.

The night deepened, and the ward gradually quieted down.

Leaning back in the chair, Keira unwittingly fell asleep.

When the morning sunshine flooded the ward, she jolted awake and checked the time-just six in the morning. She had managed to sleep for about four hours the night before.

Keira first looked toward Mrs. Olsen and saw her expression was still calm, seemingly dreaming about something as her brows were slightly knitted together.

Keira then turned to Taylor.

The sight made her startle!

In just one night, Taylor's hair had gone half white! His face was haggard, his eyes sunk in, clearly having not slept all night, with the whites bloodshot.

His mouth was alarmingly pale with cracks showing traces of blood, and in a single night, his face had sprouted a fine stubble. He had aged considerably.

But he seemed unconcerned, still gripping Mrs. Olsen's hand tightly, occasionally damping her lips with a water-soaked cotton swab.

Watching this, Keira felt a stir in her heart.

She couldn't help but pour Taylor a glass of water.

Taylor looked at the hand that suddenly appeared before him, paused slightly, and followed it to see Keira, but this time, he didn't burst into anger.

He silently accepted the water and only took a co of sips before placing it aside.

Noise also came from outside the door.

Isla came in carrying breakfast and, upon seeing Keir and Taylor, her pupils shrank slightly. She then said, "Dad, you haven't rested or eaten anything all-night. I bought you breakfast. Please try to eat a little."

Taylor gestured dismissively and said, "There's no need."

His response immediately surprised both Isla and Keira.

It turned out that, overnight, Taylor's voice had become incredibly hoarse...

If it wasn't for the few sips of water he just had, he probably wouldn't have been able to speak at all now.

Seeing this, Keira couldn't help but comfort him. "You should relax; Mrs. Olsen will be all right. When she wakes up, she surely won't want to see you like this."

Isla followed suit. "Dad, please eat something."

But Taylor continued to gesture no. "Shirley is unconscious and can't eat. I won't eat until she wakes up."

He was very firm.

Having not interacted with him much and not being very close, Keira didn't say more.

She went outside, preparing to go downstairs to get breakfast from Lewis.

Lewis had just sent her a message, saying that breakfast was ready.

But before she could go downstairs, Isla suddenly followed her and asked, "Keira, doesn't it bother you that Dad isn't eating anything at all?"

Keira frowned and ignored her.

But Isla quickly blocked her way and confronted her. "The Olsen family raised you, and this is how you treat Dad? That's utterly heartless and ungrateful!"

Keira looked at her coldly. "Isla, don't think that because Mrs. Olsen fainted, I won't hit you."

Hearing this, Isla didn't step back as usual but instead suddenly moved closer to Keira, with a malicious glint in her eyes.

Downstairs, two stretch vehicles were parked in the parking lot.

Lewis was sitting in one of them.

He had taken a short rest of a few hours last night and now had the breakfast he bought arranged inside the car

He had sent a message to Keira. If she woke up, she could come downstairs. She replied just now saying she would be right down, but he had yet to come.

This prompted him to get out of the car.

Uncle Olsen was sitting in the other vehicle.

He hadn't slept all night, always watching the position of the third-floor hospital ward. He too had just gotten out of the car to stretch his legs.

Upon encountering each other in the parking lot, they exchanged a glance.

Lewis walked toward Uncle Olsen as if he wanted to greet him...

But before he could speak, a piercing scream suddenly came from Mrs. Olsen's room on the third floor!!

Lewis and Uncle Olsen were both taken aback.

Immediately, the two men, in unison, turned their heads and hurried up the stairs!!

What happened in the ward?

Could Mrs. Olsen have woken up?!

Neither of them waited for the elevator but instead

climbed directly to the third floor via the stairs.

They quickly arrived outside the hospital room, then they heard a voice from inside, "Blood, so much blood..."

The pupils of both Lewis and Uncle Olsen shrank slightly. Without any further hesitation, they immediately pushed the door open and entered!

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Chapter 188: Caught



Lewis and Uncle Olsen rushed to the entrance of the hospital ward and then charged inside.

Before they even entered, they heard Jake's angry roar, "Isla!"

Isla's piercing scream came through. "My baby! Keira, you did this on purpose! You killed my child!"

Lewis frowned, and he quickened his steps into the room.

Uncle Olsen was slightly taken aback.

Once he understood the situation and saw that Mrs. Olsen was fine, he breathed a sigh of relief, then stood at the door and turned to look at Ellis, who was guarding outside, asking, "What happened?"

Ellis was also in a daze.

Two minutes ago, at his uncle's command, he came to check on Mrs. Olsen's condition, but as soon as he entered the room, he saw Isla and Keira in a scuffle...

Inside the hospital room.

Isla was on the ground, clutching her own abdomen, with her trousers stained red by blood, while Jake was helping her.

Isla exclaimed, "Jake, she pushed me!"

Jake's eyes were red-rimmed as he stared at Isla and said, "I know, I saw it... Isla, how are you feeling?"

Cold sweat broke out on Isla's forehead. "My stomach hurts, it's so painful... Jake, we've lost our baby..."

Having been pregnant for just two months and losing so much blood, one didn't need to think to know the baby was gone too.

Jake, hearing this, became frantic, "Doctor, doctor!"

The doctors outside rushed in, and Jake, holding Isla, immediately placed her on the gurney and quickly ran toward the emergency room...

Keira stood behind them, a hint of mockery flashing through her eyes.

Lewis glanced at her and asked. "Are you okay?"

Keira responded indifferently, "I'm fine."

Isla had just been grabbing her, not letting her go, insisting that she persuade Taylor.

Keira was getting a bit impatient; she just pulled her hand away, using a bit of force, and Isla charged backward, then violently crashed her waist against the chair.

What followed was that bloody scene.

She wanted to laugh.

It was written all over Isla's face, her petty tricks. Wasn't it just because Lewis reminded Jake, leading Jake to become suspicious of her?

Keira had long anticipated that Isla would seek an accident to have a miscarriage.

After all, she was already married into the Horton family, and if this child was gone, there could be another...

But she had just woken up and was worried about Mrs. Olsen, so she hadn't expected Isla to pull such a stunt in the hospital room!

After thinking for a moment, she gestured to Lewis. "Although the child is gone, tests can still be done. Can you speak to the hospital on my behalf..."

Keira wasn't the least bit panicked.

With the DNA test report in hand proving the child wasn't Jake's, the Horton family wouldn't pursue further, and Isla's charade would be in vain.

Furthermore...

A smirk appeared on Keira's lips.

Yesterday, it was said that as long as that child was still there, Connor wouldn't talk, and now the child was gone... if they could just come up with a way to make Connor give up on Isla, then he would reveal the secret.

Isla's move was simply suicidal!

Lewis immediately sent a message to Tom.

The hospital belonged to the Horton family, so they could do whatever they wanted here.

The way they exchanged smiles and glances, caught in the eyes of Ellis, made him frown. He said angrily, "Keira, Lewis, how can you two still be smiling?! You've just caused the death of a human being. Don't you feel even a little bit of remorse?"

Keira slowly began. "I didn't push her, it wasn't my fault."

"If it wasn't you, then who could it be? I saw it with my own eyes, and you're still lying! Mr. Olsen, you saw it too, didn't you?!" Ellis looked to Taylor for confirmation.

But strangely enough, Taylor was still just staring at the hospital bed where his wife lay, never saying a word from the start to the finish.

It was as if he simply didn't care about Isla's miscarriage.

Both Keira and Ellis knew that Taylor was lost in his own world...

Unless Mrs. Olsen woke up, there was a real possibility he might genuinely starve himself to death.

Ellis frowned upon seeing him like this/ "Forget it, if he's not in the mood to deal with you, Uncle Olsen and I cannot just stand by and watch Mrs. Olsen's daughter be bullied by you! I will take care of this matter myself!"

With these words, he left the room.

One hour later, someone entered the room and called out, "Sir, Madam, the elder Mr. Olsen is here, asking for you to go to Miss Isla's hospital room."

Lewis stood up, "I'll go. You stay here."

The butler immediately said, "The elder Mr. Olsen asked for both of you to come over."

Lewis's brow knitted, about to speak, when the butler added with a smile. "Hearing that Mrs. Olsen was hospitalized here, they initially intended to come find you and your wife for a talk. But out of concern for disturbing Mrs. Olsen's rest, they decided to call you two over instead... "

At those words, Keira immediately stood up. "Then let's go."

She and Lewis left the room and turned left at the two adjoining hospital rooms to Isla's room.

At that moment, she was lying on the hospital bed, her complexion a bit pale and her eyes slightly red.

The Horton family members present in the room were quite numerous.

Nathan, Oliver, and Melissa were all there, and Jake was right beside Isla's bed, putting on an appearance of deep affection and loyalty.

As the two entered the room, Jake immediately clenched his fists, looking angrily at Keira. "Keira, didn't you know that Isla was pregnant? How could you push her with such force? You definitely did it on purpose!!"

Melissa also stood up abruptly, looking angrily at them. "Lewis, what are you trying to do? The first branch of the family was about to have a great-grandson. How could you do such a thing?! Do you realize that the child who was miscarried was a boy?"

Her heartache was intense.

If Jake had a son, and Lewis's side ended up without children, then ultimately the Horton family's wealth would still belong to their first branch.

But she never imagined that this dream would be shattered!

Oliver immediately chimed in with Melissa. "Lewis, I've always known you didn't like me as your elder brother, but how could you do something like this? You've been married for two years and haven't had a child, are you so desperate? But that doesn't mean you should harm your nephew's child!"

Nathan also slammed a hand on the armrest of the sofa, pointing angrily at Lewis and Keira. "You poisonous woman, it's bad enough that you haven't born any children in two years after your marriage, but to go as far as harming my great-grandson is utterly unforgivable! And you, Lewis, you must give your nephew an explanation for this incident!"

Lewis looked at him impassively and sneered, deliberately asking, "What kind of explanation?"

Nathan immediately replied, "You divorce this vile woman immediately, right now! And transfer five percent of the company's shares to Jake as compensation, then this matter will be settled!"

A glint of mockery flashed in Lewis's eyes, "What if the child that was lost wasn't Jake's?"

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