How I Accidentally Married a Billionaire-Chapter 154 -
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Chapter 154 -154
When Lewis Horton made this statement, everyone present was stunned.
Mrs. Olsen paused in her steps and then dramatically turned around, her eyes wide with disbelief as she looked toward Kiera Olsen.
She was utterly shocked, her gaze filled with incredulity.
Her mouth opened as if she wanted to say something, but she couldn’t find the words. Finally, she seemed to understand something and her eyes fixed on the marriage certificate in Kiera Olsen’s hands.
Kiera Olsen’s fingers tightened.
She stepped forward again and handed the marriage certificate to Mrs. Olsen.
Meanwhile, the others were questioning what Lewis Horton had said.
Isla Olsen cried out in shock, “How is that possible? Uncle, Mrs. Horton is right here, how can you say you are married to Kiera Olsen?”
She looked at Madeleine Davis, only to see her looking pale as paper, her face also in disbelief!
She tightly clutched her dress, looking baffled at Lewis Horton, “Lewis, what, what did you just say? You’re joking with everyone, right?”
Her reaction, however, elicited sympathy from everyone:
“Look at Mrs. Horton’s expression, she obviously had no clue…”
“So what is Mr. Horton trying to do? Does he really intend to leave Mrs. Horton for that seductress?”
“Oh God, Mrs. Horton is so pitiful!”
“Does a woman without a family background deserve to be bullied? But what can Mrs. Horton do? The Horton family is so powerful, it’s like changing wives is as easy as changing clothes, right?”
“Mrs. Horton’s eyes are glazed over…”
Oliver Horton frowned and immediately said, “Lewis, what do you mean by this? You want to divorce your wife and then marry Kiera Olsen? Even so, you must go through the proper legal process. While you are still married, you can’t treat her like this! Horton family’s values don’t allow such actions!”
Upon hearing this, the elder Nathan Horton also came forward.
The man in his sixties was vigorous and dressed in a fine suit, looking well-maintained and elegant like a middle-aged man.
He frowned at Lewis Horton, “Scoundrel! Our Horton family members have never engaged in infidelity. Are you now going to abandon your lawfully wedded wife for this married woman?”
However, a sneer appeared at Lewis Horton’s lips as he glanced at Oliver Horton and retorted, “The Horton men never cheat?”
The outsiders might not know, but the Hortons knew that not only had Oliver Horton cheated, but he also favored an illegitimate daughter he had out there. Oliver Horton had many conflicts with Melissa Knight over this illegitimate daughter, even contemplating divorce just to allow this daughter to legitimately enter the Horton family.
This was also fundamentally why Jake Horton despised illegitimate daughters.
Yet Oliver Horton appeared nonchalant, “Yes, Lewis, Horton family values prohibit men from cheating.”
That sanctimonious demeanor only made Lewis Horton feel more mocking.
This was his esteemed big brother.
The one who bullied him when he was too young to resist, the one who colluded with human traffickers and sold him at the age of nine, and over the years, repeatedly sent assassins to eliminate him!
Nathan Horton always trusted and protected him, thinking that it was all a misunderstanding, always opposing him from the position of the first branch of the family.
But he had long lost hope in these relatives, hence he was devoid of any emotion.
Lewis Horton slowly said, “Who said I cheated?”
This remark made Oliver Horton pause, then he scoffed and said, “What do you mean by that? You just boldly acknowledged your relationship with Miss Olsen, and now you’re starting to deny it again?”
Lewis Horton, however, looked directly at Madeleine Davis: “Miss Davis, tell everyone, have we gotten married?”
The people around immediately turned their attention to Madeleine Davis.
Kiera also glanced over.
From the beginning, this seemingly weak and harmless woman had always acted like Mrs. Horton, letting herself be vilified by others. Kiera did not know the relationship between Madeleine Davis and Lewis Horton, but she had always believed in Lewis Horton.
Isla Olsen also raised her eyebrows and asked in puzzlement, “Auntie, aren’t you and Uncle married?”
Madeleine Davis tightly twisted her fingers together. “I… Brother Lewis, what do you mean? For all these years, I have been your wife in name…you promised to marry me!”
Wife in name…
Before the crowd could react, Jake Horton suddenly understood something. “I get it! Uncle, you actually never married, right? Grandfather once said that to become the CEO of the Horton Group, one must be married. You’ve been deceiving us all along!”
Oliver Horton also realized something: “Lewis, the marital status of the Horton Group’s CEO affects the entire group. How can you concoct such a massive lie for your own benefit!”
Nathan Horton angrily said, “I set the rule that the CEO of the Horton Group must be married to prevent any instability in family affairs from tarnishing the reputation of the Horton Group! What kind of scandals might erupt! Lewis Horton, are you married or not?!”
Lewis Horton looked at them.
There was no legal stipulation that the group’s CEO had to be married; it was something Grandfather had concocted merely to stop him from rising to power!
Thus, he concocted a wife but had never admitted it was Madeleine Davis; it was merely everyone else guessing based on his situation.
He had always been too lazy to clarify.
But now it was different…
Across the crowd, Lewis Horton’s gaze turned towards Kiera, and he slowly said, “Didn’t I just say it? Miss Olsen and I are married. We are husband and wife!”
“…”
The scene fell silent once more.
Isla Olsen was the first to scream, “Impossible, Kiera only got her marriage license last month! She had a shotgun wedding with some little punk, how could she possibly be married to you?!”
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Jake Horton agreed, nodding: “Right, Uncle, you previously lied to us that you had gotten married two years ago, and now you say you married Kiera… You’re not trying to meddle in Kiera’s marriage to find a cover-up, are you? You must be lying again!”
His eyes were bloodshot with hatred as he looked at Lewis Horton.
How could Kiera become his aunt? Then how would she ever become his woman!
He didn’t believe it!
Oliver Horton sighed, “Lewis, with all these lies, we truly don’t know whether to believe you anymore. If the reporters here spread this, wouldn’t others think Horton Group is a company of swindlers?”
Old Mr. Nathan Horton took the opportunity to say, “Lewis Horton, your marital status is so unstable, and now you can’t give a clear explanation, I think we should simply call a board meeting to remove Lewis Horton from the CEO position, to give an explanation to the employees of Horton Group and everyone else!”
Those words were finally spoken.
Lewis Horton stared at his elderly father and sneered slightly, “Who said my marital status is unstable?”
As his words fell, the image on the curtain suddenly changed to a bright red marriage certificate!
The marriage certificate belonged to him and Kiera Olsen; the date was from two years ago!
