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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

number.

later, the director called him…

the director’s voice

“Mr. Horton, Miss Davis is trying

is yours. I’m

doctor.”

director was startled.

“Don’t come to me again

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“Right? Okay, okay.”

director seemed surprised by his cold response, but

anything but went home with him.

and, seeing that she was sleeping soundly, they returned

guest bedroom but was

into her eyes. “Keira,

pupils shrank, and her heartbeat suddenly

were both adults. Of course, she

what Lewis meant…

sharing a bed with him

suppressed the shyness in her, coughed, and

turned

Lewis’s room, a bit

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entered, the door behind her

man embraced her

Keira was startled.

already

this, she

was merely holding her tight, burying his head in

moves.

breathed a sigh of relief, then heard the man laugh and say, “Keira, I’m

was also

hadn’t expected that Lewis

hadn’t even brought up Madeleine and he had already made

was quite good…

around his waist, feeling

was Lewis’s way of confessing his love

wasn’t it?

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no substantial progress between the

his restraint and self-control, as she stifled

she wasn’t quite ready mentally and thought it was better

the next

branch came to join

old Mrs.

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

she was truly delighted from the bottom

heart!

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

this late does she usually

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was worried Keira might neglect old Mrs.

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

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