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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 blocked Madeleine’s

number.

while later, the director called

and the director’s

Davis is trying to kill hersel again!”

patient is

doctor.”

director was startled.

come to me again in the future…”

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“Right? Okay, okay.”

response, but after the shock, he soon said yes.

didn’t say anything but went

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

bedroom but was caught

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

heartbeat

adults. Of course, she

what Lewis meant…

to start sharing a bed

shyness in her,

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

room, a bit coyly.

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entered, the door behind

the man embraced

Keira was startled.

already so

she

merely holding her tight, burying his head in the crook of her shoulder

moves.

the man laugh and say, “Keira,

was also very happy.

Lewis

hadn’t even brought up Madeleine and

was quite good…

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

of confessing his love

wasn’t it?

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

feel his restraint and self-control,

mentally and thought it was better to take

next day.

came to

Keira hadn’t yet gotten up, old Mrs. Horton

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

delighted from

heart!

“Sister-in-law, the elders are at home,

this late does she usually respect

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was worried Keira might neglect old

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

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