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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.

And the reason Lewis, a responsible man, was so

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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 Madeleine’s

number.

while later, the

and the director’s voice

is trying to

is yours. I’m not a

doctor.”

was

come

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“Right? Okay, okay.”

surprised by his cold response, but after the

anything but went

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

the guest bedroom but

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

her heartbeat suddenly began to race!

Of course, she

what Lewis meant…

to start sharing a

the shyness in her,

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

entered Lewis’s room, a bit coyly.

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she entered, the door behind her slammed shut,

man

Keira was startled.

already so

thought about this, she sensed that something

holding her tight, burying his head in the crook of her shoulder without

moves.

sigh of relief, then heard the man laugh and say, “Keira,

was also very

Lewis would take such

and he

was quite good…

his waist, feeling his heartbeat. “I’m very

was Lewis’s way of confessing

wasn’t it?

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was no substantial progress between the two; they just held each

self-control, as she stifled a

mentally and thought it was better to take things slow.

next day.

from the second branch came to join old Mrs. Horton

gotten up, old Mrs. Horton

and after returning they both entered Lewis’s room. That was what Fiona informed her

she was truly delighted from the bottom of her

heart!

Horton couldn’t help but frown. “Sister-in-law, the elders are at home, and your granddaughter-in-law is

not un this late does she usually

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Keira might neglect

should sleep more! Besides, I’ve told you, my granddaughter-in-law is remarkable, not just dutiful

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