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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.

little while later, the director called him…

answered, and the

Horton, Miss Davis is trying to kill hersel

is yours.

doctor.”

was

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

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“Right? Okay, okay.”

but after the shock,

anything but went

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

about to go to the guest bedroom but was caught by Lewis’s

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

and her heartbeat suddenly began to race!

adults. Of course, she understood

what Lewis meant…

start sharing a bed with him tonight?

shyness in her, coughed, and

turned her

Lewis’s room,

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as she entered, the door behind her slammed shut,

immediately the man

Keira was startled.

already so impatient?

she thought about this, she sensed that

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

moves.

the man laugh and say, “Keira,

also

expected that Lewis

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

was quite

feeling his heartbeat. “I’m very

way of confessing his love

wasn’t it?

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

self-control, as she

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

the next day.

to join old Mrs. Horton for breakfast.

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

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

she was truly delighted from the

heart!

help but frown. “Sister-in-law, the elders are

this late does

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Keira might neglect old

Mrs. Horton immediately said “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 trifled with. Normally, she even helps

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