How I Accidentally Married a Billionaire-Chapter 161 -
Chapter 161: Chapter 161
Chapter 161: Chapter 161
After Keira Olsen saw the message, she replied, “Driving from Clance, it must take at least six hours, right? What time will your brother arrive?”
Rebecca Allen’s response came quickly, “Around noon I guess! My brother got the photo this morning and sent it to my parents. They saw it and were so excited, they said they had something to discuss with you in person.”
Keira Olsen was slightly startled.
Nowadays, with such advanced mobile networks, many things are communicated over the phone, and face-to-face contact between people has become less frequent.
What matter required a personal discussion?
And that photo seemed to be about Lady South…
Lady South was Mrs. Olsen’s mother, Jodie South…
It appeared that this matter was definitely very important!
Keira Olsen replied to the message, “Okay.”
It was only after she had finished washing up and went out that she heard a piece of surprising news.
“Going to the equestrian club?”
Keira Olsen was slightly surprised.
Melissa Knight, who stood before her, said with a mockingly forced smile, “Yes, there’s a business meeting held at the equestrian club today. As the head of the Horton Family, Lewis will definitely attend, and as his wife, you should accompany him.”
After saying this, Melissa Knight happily took Isla Olsen’s hand, “Of course, Jake and Isla will also go. Isla, you can ride, can’t you?”
Isla Olsen nodded with a smile, “Of course, my dad often took me horseback riding when I was younger. I’ve had a pony since childhood… Keira has seen it too. Back then, I was too scared to ride, so it was Keira who led the horse around the equestrian club for me~”
Keira Olsen’s eyes dimmed.
Horse riding has always been a popular pastime among the wealthy elite.
At the age of seven, Isla finally got her own pony. She wore a riding outfit, looking dashing and cute as she orbited her pony, occasionally excitedly reaching out to touch it.
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And little Keira Olsen could only help by holding the reins.
Isla would go horse riding, all the while scolding her, “Hurry up, run faster! You’re so slow, didn’t you eat breakfast this morning?”
…She really hadn’t eaten breakfast.
From the moment she got up at the age of seven, she was there to serve Isla, carrying her school bag behind her. Poppy Hill never scheduled time for her to have breakfast.
The thing she hated most was Isla’s Saturday riding lesson.
She was like a little princess, whereas she herself was…
Just as she thought about this, Isla opened her mouth again, “Keira, it’s great we’re going together today. I’ll need your help getting on the horse. You wouldn’t know, but in all the years I wasn’t at the Olsen family, every time I rode, getting on the horse felt uncomfortable.”
Upon hearing this, Keira Olsen’s fists tightened suddenly.
Melissa Knight already asked, “Keira Olsen can still help you get on the horse?”
Isla nodded, “Yeah, when I was a child and couldn’t mount my horse, it was Keira who would kneel down and be my mounting block…”
Keira Olsen sharply turned to look at her, a fierce flash passing through her eyes.
It was her once humiliating past.
But she hadn’t willingly knelt down, it was Poppy Hill who had pressed down on her head, allowing Isla to trample on her pride time and again, grinding her inherent rebellious spirit underfoot…
She clenched her jaw, about to speak, when Isla lowered her head, “You know, I was young and thoughtless back then; Keira, I hope you won’t mind it…”
Keira Olsen let out a scoff.
Young?
Indeed, Isla was young at the time, but she had always been a bad apple!
She knew exactly what Poppy Hill’s sore point was and understood how to make Keira Olsen’s life even more difficult.
Just like now, she was apologizing with her mouth, but her eyes seemed poisoned with hate. It was out of extreme loathing that she’d spew such words.
Keira Olsen’s gaze was sharp as she looked at her. “You misspoke, didn’t you?”
Isla Olsen immediately lowered her head. “Keira, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have poked at the pain of your childhood, it was not intentional, I just remembered when we were kids…”
Melissa Knight immediately said, “Keira Olsen, Isla didn’t mean it. Don’t be so aggressive! Besides, you were an illegitimate daughter when you were a child. Isn’t it justified for her to despise and bully you?”
These words made Old Mrs. Horton slam the table forcefully. “From now on in this house, I don’t want to hear ‘illegitimate daughter’ ever again! My granddaughter-in-law is not an illegitimate daughter!”
Melissa Knight sneered. “The state doesn’t care what I say, has the Horton Family lost freedom of speech? Or is it that Lewis Horton’s wife is so precious that we common folks can’t even curse an illegitimate daughter?”
This retort left Old Mrs. Horton speechless.
Keira Olsen suddenly laughed. “Sister-in-law, I didn’t mean to forbid you from using those three words.”
Melissa Knight scoffed. “Then when you said Isla misspoke, wasn’t it because she mentioned your childhood? That’s no different from forbidding it, is it?”
Isla Olsen quickly responded. “Keira, I already apologized. It wasn’t on purpose, you…”
“Smack!”
Keira Olsen suddenly raised her hand, and a harsh slap landed on Isla Olsen’s face, causing Isla to cover her face in shock.
Melissa Knight was the first to react, her voice suddenly rising. “Keira Olsen, what are you doing? This is not a place for you to act willfully!”
Isla Olsen also had tears in her eyes. “Keira, just because I misspoke, was there any need for you to hit me? You…”
Keira Olsen let out a cold laugh. “Misspoke? Every word you utter is a mistake, Isla. The Horton Family values manners most, and yet you call me by name so directly. Is this how you show respect to your elders?!”
Isla Olsen was instantly choked by her words.
Keira Olsen then looked at Melissa Knight. “Sister-in-law, it’s understandable for you to defend your daughter-in-law, but even I, the illegitimate daughter, know not to directly address an elder by name. As a well-bred lady, you should know better, right? So, as an elder, if I discipline a younger member to teach her a lesson, to prevent her from making mistakes in front of others, you shouldn’t mind, should you?”
Melissa Knight was also left at a loss for words by this retort.
Keira Olsen sneered again and turned to Isla Olsen. “What were you about to say? Say it again!”
Isla Olsen was so angry that her chest was heaving, but since Keira Olsen was in the right, she reluctantly, with clenched teeth and venom, said, “Auntie, at the riding event today, please help me get on the horse again!”
At that moment, a deep voice came from upstairs. “Since you know she’s your auntie, you should understand more that it’s not proper for an elder to help a junior mount a horse!”
Lewis Horton’s gaze was stern as he looked at Isla Olsen, a glint of lethal intent flashing in his eyes.
Isla Olsen stepped back in fright.
Only then did Lewis Horton turn to look at Keira Olsen. “You don’t have to go to the event if you don’t want to.”
Melissa Knight immediately said, “Wouldn’t that be bad? You’ve just made her identity public last night, and her absence from such an important event will make uninformed people think Mrs. Horton can’t show her face, damaging your reputation!”
Lewis Horton said sternly, “Turns out my brother’s face is all thanks to my sister-in-law. That’s your business. At least my reputation doesn’t depend on my wife!”
He looked again at Keira Olsen. “Do you want to go?”
Keira Olsen was about to speak when her phone vibrated.
She opened it to find a message from Rebecca Allen. “[Annoying! After my brother came to Oceanion, he didn’t come home but said he’s at Clance due to some gentlemen arriving from the capital and went to the riding event with them! He also said he has an appointment with you in the evening, and he can return later at night; it’s too much!]”
Keira Olsen narrowed her eyes.
She hadn’t expected Frankie Allen to also attend the riding event.
Thinking about the photo Mr. and Mrs. Allen had mentioned several times and Rebecca Allen’s message that she must see the photograph…
Keira Olsen suddenly curled her lips into a smile. “Then, let’s go.”
