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Keira looked at Lewis in surprise.

When he came, he had casually mentioned that

Madeleine had saved his life, but he hadn’t shared the

details.

Had it also been a case of abduction and trafficking…?

Only, unlike her own situation, had he nearly been

killed at the time?

If that were the case, then this would indeed be considered a life-saving grace.

No wonder Lewis was so accommodating toward

Madeleine.

While she was thinking, Lewis had already started to speak, his voice deep and gentle, with a hint of tenderness. “Sorry, I misspoke.”

He still held Keira’s hand tightly, his eyes having a complicated emotion as he looked at Madeleine, and explained earnestly, “I thought that a childhood promise is still a promise. Although I don’t love you, could stay unmarried for a lifetime, and be there for

I

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you when you need me, but I didn’t expect to have a marriage arrangement with Keira, nor did I expect to fall in love with her. I’ve thought about this for a long

time.”

He spoke slowly, with deliberate pauses. “Between you and her, I’m destined to let one down, so I choose her.

“Miss Davis, I won’t come to see you anymore, and you don’t have to call me either. I won’t stop paying your medical expenses, and you can ask the director for anything you need. Besides companionship, I’ll try to meet all your material needs!”

Upon hearing this, Madeleine’s face turned pale.

After leaving those words, he didn’t give Madeleine a chance to speak any further and pulled Keira away.

Keira left the hospital room with him, and suddenly, the desperate, heartbreaking cries of Madeleine came

from behind them.

Unfortunately, Lewis never looked back.

Keira was no saint; she didn’t feel pity for Madeleine and only found her pitiful.

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heartlessly rejecting Madeleine at this moment was because of his deep affection for Keira.

She looked at Lewis holding her hand and squeezed back firmly.

She thought, as long as Lewis didn’t let go of her hand, perhaps she would never let go of his hand in this lifetime…

The two left the hospital and drove away.

On the road, Lewis’s phone kept ringing.

and then

number.

little while later, the

answered, and the director’s voice

Horton, Miss Davis is trying to kill

said indifferently, “The patient is yours. I’m not a

doctor.”

director was

come to me again in the future…”

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“Right? Okay, okay.”

response, but after the shock,

say anything but

car, they sneaked a peek at old Mrs. Horton, and, seeing that she was sleeping soundly,

bedroom but was caught by Lewis’s tight grasp.

looked deeply into her eyes. “Keira, tonight let’s become real husband and

her heartbeat suddenly began to race!

adults. Of course, she understood

what Lewis meant…

sharing a bed

the shyness in her,

to follow her own desires. She then turned her head,

entered Lewis’s room, a bit

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the door behind her slammed

immediately the man embraced her

Keira was startled.

was already so impatient?

she thought about this, she

burying his head in the crook of her shoulder without any

moves.

heard the man laugh and say, “Keira, I’m very

was also very

Lewis would take such

Madeleine and he had already made up his mind.

was quite good…

arms around his waist, feeling his heartbeat. “I’m

way of confessing his

wasn’t it?

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the two; they just

his restraint and self-control, as she stifled a laugh.

she wasn’t quite ready mentally and thought

the next

to

gotten up, old Mrs. Horton immediately smiled so wide

they both entered Lewis’s

from

heart!

help but frown. “Sister-in-law, the elders are

not un this late does she usually respect you?”

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worried Keira might neglect

immediately said “Brother-in-law, that kind of talk is too much. When young folks sleep a lot, they should sleep more! Besides, I’ve told you, my granddaughter-in-law is remarkable, not just dutiful and kind, but also not someone to be trifled with. Normally,

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