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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

fighting skills become so formidable? She took down over a dozen security guards with

looked at Jake, did she see

eyes?

“Keira, how dare you raise

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, you dare to fight back against security. Let’s see if you have the guts to resist the police!”

call could be made, her phone vanished from

had been quickly snatched away by Keira, who

calling Mr. Horton? What

again. She trinned and

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the ground.

did she hear the sound of Lewis’s car and, turning her head to see Lewis, Melissa cried

head slightly,

toward Lewis.

air around her hadn’t subsided, and

she would strike down anyone who dared stop her.

took her hand, frowning deeply as he examined her.

words caused Keira’s expression to darken.

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

Melissa immediately chimed in. “That’s right, Lewis, you must take control! This

dares to be violent in the Horton

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barbaric! Can’t she talk nicely?

holding Keira’s hand, his lips bitten tightly, his heart filled

“Do you think I shouldn’t have

taken action?”

Lewis frowned.

darkened, and she was about to withdraw her hand when she heard his concerned voice. “Look, you’re bleeding. Have you forgotten you have anemia? Do you not know how precious your blood

Keira was speechless.

was slightly

had never expected that Lewis would say she shouldn’t have taken

warmed slightly, and the chill on her body quietly dissipated…

in her demeanor

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the yard and

long, the nanny came back with the

over to Keira, his face full of concern. “Miss Olsen, where are you injured?

serious?”

fell silent, then shamefully raised her hand.

tiny cut that was already clotting, and his mouth twitched. “Am I too late? It’s already scabbed

didn’t know what to

Nor did Lewis.

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