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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.

while later, the director called

answered, and the

Miss Davis is trying to

“The patient is yours.

doctor.”

was

ahead. “Don’t come to me again in

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“Right? Okay, okay.”

by his cold response, but

didn’t say anything but

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

to go to the guest bedroom but was caught by

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

and her heartbeat suddenly began

both adults. Of course, she

what Lewis meant…

to start sharing a bed with

the shyness in her, coughed, and

She then turned her head, her face flushing red. “Okay.”

room, a bit

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door

man embraced

Keira was startled.

already so impatient?

she thought about this, she sensed that something was

tight, burying his head in the crook of her shoulder

moves.

breathed a sigh of relief, then heard the man laugh

was also

that Lewis would take such

action; she hadn’t even brought up Madeleine and he had already made up his mind.

was quite

arms around his waist, feeling his heartbeat.

was Lewis’s way of confessing his love to her,

wasn’t it?

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

feel his restraint and self-control, as

mentally and thought it was better to

next

second branch came to

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

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

was truly delighted from the bottom of

heart!

elders are at home, and

not un this late does

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Keira might neglect old Mrs. Horton.

“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

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