Chapter 139: Identity


    Trantor: Henyee Trantions | Editor. Henyee Trantions


    Everyone turned their heads to see Lewis and were stunned.


    Someone who didn’t know who that was asked, “Who is this?


    The person next to them immediately replied, “That’s Jake’s uncle, the current man in charge of the Horton family! I saw him on the financial news channel


    just a few days ago…”


    No sooner had they finished exining than Professor Miller stood up, eximing in surprise. “Mr. Horton?”


    The Horton Group gave a substantial amount of support to Oceanion University’sbs every year, and now that Professor Miller had be the dean of the Energy College, of course, he had dealt with Lewis before.


    As he stood up, the others immediately followed suit.


    Jake and I exchanged nces and both smiled.


    What arge-scale adultery bust!


    Jake looked down and politely called out, “Uncle, what brings you here?” Lewis nced at Keira and Scott before looking away and said in a deep voice, “I heard it’s Professor Miller’s birthday, and I happened to be in the area, so I came to have a look. Why? Am I not wee?”


    “How could that be!”


    Jake gestured toward Keira’s seat. “Uncle, please take a seat.”


    The seat of honor belonged to Professor Miller, who as today’s birthday star and elder, couldn’t possibly give up his seat. Given Lewis’s status, Keira immediately moved down one spot.


    Lewis walked over without ceremony and sat between her and Professor Miller. Upon seeing this, I cheerfully said, “Mr. Martin, what are you waiting for?


    Please, take a seat.”


    Scott, hearing this, gave Keira a look, thought for a moment, and sat next to her. The ssmate who had been sitting next to Keira immediately stood up and vacated his seat, allowing Scott to sit down without hesitation.


    And so…


    Keira found herself sandwiched between Scott and Lewis.


    Keira, suddenly feeling a chilling from Lewis, was puzzled.


    She looked at Lewis, bemused.


    Just as she was about to ask why he came over, Professor Miller spoke first. ‘■Keira, didn’t you have some misunderstanding with Mr. Horton before? Has it been resolved now?”


    Keira smiled. “Yes.”


    “That’s good to hear.” Professor Miller sighed in relief.


    Even though Keira was Dr. South, she was merely a research staff, and for the Hortons, the wealthiest family in Oceanion, snuffing her out was as simple as lifting a finger.


    Professor Miller then turned to Lewis. “Mr. Horton, it’s good that you’re here. I have some experimental data that I was just about to report to the Horton


    Group…”


    He began to talk to Lewis.


    This left Keira with no chance to inquire further. She sighed in resignation and suddenly felt a tug at her sleeve.


    Keira turned her head to see Scott looking at her.


    The man’s expression was warm and smiling. “Miss Olsen, do you remember who I am now? Could we add each other on WhatsApp?”


    Keira had already figured out what was going on.


    This man had no ill intent. He was called over for no reason, and considering he had taken time off from his construction site toe here, Keira found it difficult to refuse outright, so she merely nodded and took out her phone.


    Scott scanned her QR code and sent a WhatsApp request.


    Not far from them, Charles saw what happened and immediately said, “Did you see that? Dr. South and this gentleman just added each other on WhatsApp. They really didn’t know each other!”


    Erin couldn’t stand him speaking up for Keira and immediately scoffed. “Brown-noser, you’re so eager to clear things up for your boss. What? Is she going to give you a promotion and raise?


    Charles said, “You….!”


    Erin instantly turned her gaze to Keira. “Who can’t act? It’s just a scan of a


    code.”


    However, Charles had already believed Keira, and at the same time, he had realized something. Even if she really wanted a temporary, there was no need for her to marry a construction worker from a job site.


    He hadn’t spoken yet when a male student beside them spoke up. “Enn, that’s enough. Targeting Keira over and over today is indeed too much! I also think that Keira wouldn’t marry a migrant worker. In college, she didn’t even give


    Mr. Horton….”


    The words “a second thought” were forcibly swallowed down.


    He gave a sheepish smile.


    Jake’s gaze, however, turned gloomy.


    Erin snorted. “She was just putting on airs, right? Later, she wanted him, but Mr Horton didn’t want her. I remember sitting behind Keira at the graduation ceremony. When I saw Lewis proposing to I, Keira’s eyes widened! Do you think she really didn’t want it? She just couldn’t have it!”


    Upon hearing this, Jake was slightly startled and suddenly turned his gaze toward Keira.


    Did Erin’s words mean… that if the surprise he had prepared for Keira at graduation had been given to her, she would have epted his love?!


    Jake had pursued her for four years, always feeling like he had no chance.


    The final act was merely to draw a conclusion for himself.


    It never urred to him that she would be an illegitimate daughter. Upon learning of this, he was furious, yet all the surprises had already been arranged, and his ssmates were ready to y along. Out of desperation, he intentionally chose I.


    For a moment, Jake didn’t know whether to cry or tough.


    She had cared about him at one point! Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    But what of it?!


    Her background doomed her to be someone he could never truly consider. His mother would never allow him to marry an illegitimate daughter!


    Jake steeled himself, and when he looked up again, the bewilderment in his eyes had vanished, reced by a more forbidding air.


    Erin continued. “Ies from a wealthy family and has a well-matched marriage with Mr. Horton. The two together make a powerful union. And what is Keira?”


    Charles sneered. “Keira is my boss, Dr. South! What do you think? Certainly better than someone like you, right? But would you go for a migrant worker as


    a husband?”


    Erin was speechless.


    And just then, I suddenly spoke up. “Actually, I’m also puzzled, Keira. Why would you choose such a person? When he came to visit yesterday, Dad and <om were both stunned…”


    She deliberately emphasized this sentence, leading Erin to question in confusion. “I, you’ve been saying all along that she went to your ce. Why would she take her husband there?”


    I immediately showed a look of embarrassment. “That… Well, Keira, I’m sorry. I let it slip by ident…”


    Keira suddenly tensed up.


    Beside her, Lewis’s gaze darkened. Just as he was about to speak, Keira suddenly grabbed his hand under the table.


    Lewis was taken aback, then saw Keira slowly raise her head.


    Her back was straight, her eyes shifting from despair to a slow determination. Her identity had always been a pain she didn’t want to talk about, but she knew she had to learn to face it openly.


    Keira began to speak, enunciating each word deliberately. “Because I am the Olsen family’s illegitimate daughter..”