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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

Keira was just a scapegoat who

formidable? She took

did she see admiration in

eyes?

dare you raise your hand in the Horton residence? Call the police! We

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

before the call could be made, her phone vanished from

had been quickly snatched away by Keira, who

“Didn’t you just stop Fiona from calling Mr. Horton? What

terrified stenned back again.

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to the

and, turning her head to see Lewis, Melissa cried out as if seeing a savior.

slightly, her

toward Lewis.

air around her hadn’t subsided,

rising as if she would strike down anyone who

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

caused Keira’s expression

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

immediately chimed in. “That’s right, Lewis, you

to be violent

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at all! This woman is too barbaric! Can’t she talk nicely? Where is the demure

hand, his lips bitten tightly, his heart filled with reluctance.

then said coldly, “Do you

taken action?”

course.” Lewis

concerned voice. “Look, you’re bleeding. Have you forgotten you have anemia? Do you not know how

Keira was speechless.

was slightly

say she shouldn’t have

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

her demeanor and looked directly at the nanny

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“Go to the yard and call the family doctor

back with the family doctor.

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

serious?”

silent, then shamefully raised her

and his mouth twitched. “Am I too late? It’s already scabbed over.”

what to

Nor did Lewis.

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