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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.

at it and then

number.

little while later, the

and the

Davis is

“The patient is yours.

doctor.”

director was

come to me again in the

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“Right? Okay, okay.”

director seemed surprised by his cold response, but after

didn’t say anything but went home

old Mrs. Horton, and, seeing that she was sleeping soundly,

bedroom but was

eyes. “Keira, tonight

her heartbeat suddenly began

adults. Of course, she

what Lewis meant…

a bed with him

in

She then turned her

room, a bit coyly.

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she entered, the door behind her slammed shut,

the man embraced her

Keira was startled.

was already so

about this, she

was merely holding her tight, burying his head

moves.

of relief, then heard the man laugh and say, “Keira, I’m very

was also very happy.

hadn’t expected that Lewis would take such

brought up Madeleine and

was quite good…

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

way of confessing his love

wasn’t it?

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between the two;

could feel his restraint and self-control, as

wasn’t quite ready mentally and thought

the next

second branch came to

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

night, and after returning they both entered Lewis’s

from

heart!

but frown. “Sister-in-law, the elders

this late does she usually respect

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worried Keira might neglect old Mrs. Horton.

my granddaughter-in-law is remarkable, not just dutiful and kind, but

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