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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 director called him…

the

Miss Davis is trying to kill

“The patient is yours. I’m not a

doctor.”

director was

come to me again in the future…”

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“Right? Okay, okay.”

his cold response, but after the shock, he

didn’t say anything but went

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

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

eyes. “Keira, tonight let’s

heartbeat

adults. Of

what Lewis meant…

start sharing a

shyness in her, coughed,

desires. She then turned her head, her

Lewis’s room, a bit coyly.

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door behind her slammed

man

Keira was startled.

already so

this, she sensed that something was off.

holding her tight, burying his head in the crook of her shoulder without any

moves.

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

also very

that Lewis would

even brought up Madeleine and he had already

was quite

his waist, feeling his heartbeat.

way of confessing

wasn’t it?

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was no substantial progress between the two; they

his restraint and self-control, as she stifled

and thought

the next day.

the second branch came to join old Mrs.

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

both entered Lewis’s room. That was what

delighted from the bottom of her

heart!

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

un this late does

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Keira might neglect old Mrs.

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

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