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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

so formidable? She took down

at Jake, did she

eyes?

bite her lip hard; she cried out, “Keira, how dare you raise your hand in the Horton residence? Call the police!

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

could be made, her phone vanished from

snatched away by Keira, who charged

wore a nonchalant smile. “Didn’t you just stop Fiona from calling Mr. Horton? What do you think? Will I let you call the police?”

again.

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the ground.

hear the sound of Lewis’s car and, turning her head to see Lewis, Melissa cried out as if seeing a savior.

slightly, her icy gaze turning

toward Lewis.

violent air around her hadn’t subsided, and her

if she would

as he examined

caused Keira’s expression to darken.

Uncle, we were having a nice chat with Keira, but the

“That’s right, Lewis, you must

someone dares to be violent in the

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all! This woman is too barbaric! Can’t she talk nicely? Where is the demure and gentle manner of a lady in

intently at Lewis holding Keira’s hand, his lips bitten tightly, his

coldly, “Do you think I shouldn’t

taken action?”

Lewis

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

Keira was speechless.

slightly

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

and the chill on

in her demeanor and looked directly at the nanny next to

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yard and

back with the family

Keira, his face full of concern. “Miss Olsen, where are

serious?”

then shamefully raised

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

what to say.

Nor did Lewis.

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