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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

number.

while later, the director

answered, and the director’s voice

“Mr. Horton, Miss Davis is trying to kill hersel again!”

said indifferently, “The patient is

doctor.”

director was

“Don’t come to

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“Right? Okay, okay.”

his cold response, but after

anything but went

sneaked a peek at old Mrs. Horton, and,

the guest bedroom but was caught by Lewis’s

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

heartbeat suddenly began

Of

what Lewis meant…

a bed with him

in

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

entered Lewis’s room, a bit coyly.

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she entered, the door

immediately the man embraced her

Keira was startled.

was already so impatient?

this, she sensed that something was

burying his head in the crook of her shoulder

moves.

of relief, then heard the man laugh and

also very

that Lewis would take

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

was quite good…

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

confessing his love

wasn’t it?

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progress between the two; they just held each other and

self-control,

and thought

the next

to join old Mrs. Horton for

old Mrs. Horton immediately smiled so wide

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

truly delighted from the

heart!

but frown. “Sister-in-law, the elders are at home, and your

late does she usually respect

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round

might

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

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