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Before they could get close, cries of alarm were already audible.”

Lewis’s frown deepened even further, and he pressed

harder on the accelerator.

With a drift and a sharp turn, the car screeched to a halt in front of old Mrs. Horton’s courtyard gates.

Lewis anxiously pushed open the car door, expecting to see a woman trembling in humiliation over being mistreated, but as soon as he stepped out, he was stunned by the scene before him.

Keira stood there tall and upright, her gaze sharp. Sh exuded an aura of authority, with a group of securit guards sprawled around her on the ground.

The housemaids stood trembling at a distance.

Jake was also stunned, clearly not expecting Keira to be so capable in combat.

His shocked gaze fell upon Keira, who at that moment seemed so pure and untouchable. She elevated above all, making him realize for the first time that the

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reason he couldn’t catch up with her in university wasn’t that she didn’t like him, but rather… he might not be good enough for her.

His jaw tightened.

The Keira he knew was a loner, preferring solitude in school, yet obedient and clever, diligently completing any homework or cleaning tasks set by teachers and fellow students.

But at that moment, he suddenly felt as though he had never really known her.

She stood aloof from the world, looking down with an air of superiority.

He suddenly understood that in university, she wasn’t really afraid of teachers or classmates, she j it beneath her to bicker with them.

Like a lone wolf that had strayed into a pack

huskies.

She tried hard to blend in with the crowd, maki

truly mistake her for an outcast husky…

Isla hadn’t expected this situation either.

hought

Olsen’s, Keira was just a scapegoat who could

back. When had her fighting skills become so formidable? She took down over a dozen security

Jake, did she see

eyes?

hard; she cried out, “Keira, how dare you raise your hand in the

snapped Melissa back to her senses. Frightened, she took a few steps back to distance herself from Keira and then took out her phone to start dialing. “Fine,

the call could be made, her

quickly snatched away by Keira, who charged over.

a nonchalant smile. “Didn’t you just stop Fiona from calling Mr. Horton? What do you

back again.

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to the

and, turning her head to see Lewis, Melissa cried out as if seeing a savior. “Lewis, come quick! This

tilted her head slightly, her

toward Lewis.

around her hadn’t subsided, and her

still rising as if she would strike down anyone who dared

took her hand, frowning deeply as he examined her. “How could you resort to

words caused Keira’s

with Keira, but the she suddenly started hitting people… She didn’t even worry about disturbing old Mrs. Horton, aggravating

this, Melissa immediately chimed in. “That’s right, Lewis, you must take

someone dares to be violent in the

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is too barbaric! Can’t she talk nicely? Where is the demure and gentle manner of

hand, his lips bitten tightly, his heart filled with

coldly, “Do you think I

taken action?”

course.” Lewis

she heard his concerned voice. “Look, you’re bleeding. Have you forgotten you have anemia?

Keira was speechless.

was slightly

expected that Lewis would say she shouldn’t have

chill on her body quietly dissipated…

not to notice the change in her demeanor and looked directly at the

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to the yard and call the family doctor

came back with the family doctor.

Keira, his face full of concern.

serious?”

then shamefully raised her

that was already clotting, and his mouth twitched. “Am I too

didn’t know what

Nor did Lewis.

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