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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.

at it and then

number.

the director called

answered, and the director’s voice came

Miss Davis is trying to kill hersel again!”

“The patient is

doctor.”

director was startled.

fixed ahead. “Don’t come to me again

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“Right? Okay, okay.”

seemed surprised by his cold response, but after the shock, he soon

say anything but went

and, seeing that she was sleeping soundly, they returned to the

was about to go to the guest bedroom but was caught by Lewis’s

man looked deeply into her eyes. “Keira, tonight let’s become

and her heartbeat suddenly began to

both adults. Of course, she understood

what Lewis meant…

a

the shyness in her, coughed,

She then turned her head, her face flushing red.

Lewis’s room,

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as she entered, the door behind her slammed

immediately the man

Keira was startled.

was already

thought about this, she sensed

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

moves.

the man laugh and say, “Keira, I’m

was also very

that Lewis would take

and he had already made up his

was quite

waist, feeling his heartbeat.

way of confessing his love to her,

wasn’t it?

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

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

ready mentally and thought it was better to take

the next day.

to join old Mrs.

hadn’t yet gotten up, old Mrs. Horton immediately smiled so wide her

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

delighted from the bottom

heart!

couldn’t help but frown. “Sister-in-law, the elders

this late does she usually respect

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worried Keira might neglect old Mrs.

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

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