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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.

and then blocked Madeleine’s

number.

little while later, the director

answered, and the director’s voice came

“Mr. Horton, Miss Davis is

indifferently, “The patient is yours. I’m not a

doctor.”

was startled.

gaze remained fixed ahead. “Don’t come to me again in

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“Right? Okay, okay.”

cold response, but after the shock,

didn’t say anything but went home with

parking the car, they sneaked a peek at old Mrs. Horton, and, seeing that

the guest bedroom but was caught

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

pupils shrank, and her heartbeat suddenly began to

adults. Of course,

what Lewis meant…

to start sharing a

the shyness in her,

desires. She then turned her head,

Lewis’s room,

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entered, the door behind her slammed shut,

immediately the man embraced her tightly.

Keira was startled.

was already so impatient?

she thought about this, she sensed that something was off.

holding her tight, burying his head in the crook of

moves.

breathed a sigh of relief, then heard the man laugh

was also very happy.

that Lewis would take such

even brought up Madeleine and

was quite good…

arms around his waist, feeling his

Lewis’s way of confessing

wasn’t it?

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substantial progress between the two; they just held each other and

self-control, as she stifled a laugh.

quite ready mentally and thought it was better to

next

Horton from the second branch came to

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

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

was truly delighted from the bottom of her

heart!

“Sister-in-law, the elders are

late does

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round

was worried Keira might neglect old

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 trifled with. Normally, she even helps me look after Lewis. I’m one hundred percent

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