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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 Madeleine’s

number.

while later, the director called him…

the director’s voice

Miss Davis is trying to kill hersel

patient is yours. I’m

doctor.”

director was startled.

“Don’t come to

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“Right? Okay, okay.”

response, but after the shock,

but went home with him.

at old Mrs. Horton, and, seeing that she

about to go to the guest bedroom but was caught by

her eyes. “Keira, tonight

and her heartbeat suddenly began to

were both adults. Of course,

what Lewis meant…

a bed with him tonight?

shyness in

turned her head, her face

Lewis’s room,

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entered, the door behind

the man embraced

Keira was startled.

already

she thought about this, she

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

moves.

a sigh of relief, then heard the man laugh and

was also very

hadn’t expected that Lewis

action; she hadn’t even brought up Madeleine and

quite

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

Lewis’s way of confessing his

wasn’t it?

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the two; they just held

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

she wasn’t quite ready mentally and thought it was better to take

the next

branch came to join

that Lewis and Keira hadn’t yet gotten up, old Mrs. Horton immediately smiled

went out together last night, and after returning they both entered Lewis’s room. That was what Fiona informed her first

was truly delighted from

heart!

frown. “Sister-in-law, the elders are at

does she usually

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round

might

my granddaughter-in-law is remarkable, not just dutiful and kind, but also not someone to be trifled with.

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