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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.

glanced at it and then blocked

number.

little while later, the director

answered, and the director’s

“Mr. Horton, Miss Davis is

“The patient is yours. I’m not a

doctor.”

was startled.

remained fixed ahead. “Don’t come to me again in the

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“Right? Okay, okay.”

but after the shock, he soon said yes.

say anything but went home with

peek at old Mrs. Horton, and, seeing that she was sleeping soundly, they returned to the

bedroom but was caught by Lewis’s tight

her eyes. “Keira, tonight let’s

heartbeat

were both adults. Of course, she understood

what Lewis meant…

start sharing a

in her,

own desires. She then turned

room, a

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entered, the door behind her

immediately the man embraced her

Keira was startled.

was already so impatient?

this, she sensed that something was off.

tight, burying his head

moves.

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

also

expected that Lewis would take such

she hadn’t even brought up Madeleine and he had

quite

her arms around his waist, feeling his

was Lewis’s way of confessing

wasn’t it?

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the two; they

his restraint and self-control,

ready mentally and thought it

the next

from the second branch came to join old Mrs. Horton

gotten up, old Mrs. Horton immediately smiled so wide

after returning they both entered Lewis’s room. That was what

from the

heart!

frown. “Sister-in-law, the elders are

late does

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round

might

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

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