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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.

it and then blocked

number.

little while later, the director called

and the director’s voice came

is trying to kill

patient is yours. I’m not

doctor.”

was

fixed ahead. “Don’t come to me

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“Right? Okay, okay.”

surprised by his cold response, but after the shock, he soon said yes.

but went home

and,

to go to the guest bedroom but was caught

her eyes. “Keira, tonight let’s become

and her heartbeat suddenly

adults. Of course, she understood

what Lewis meant…

a bed with him

suppressed the shyness in her,

desires. She then turned her

Lewis’s room, a

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as she entered, the door behind her

the man embraced her tightly.

Keira was startled.

was already so impatient?

she sensed that something was off.

head in the crook of her shoulder without

moves.

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

was also very

hadn’t expected that Lewis would take

she hadn’t even brought up Madeleine and

quite good…

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

Lewis’s way of confessing his love to her,

wasn’t it?

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was no substantial progress between the two; they just held

his restraint and self-control, as she stifled a

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

next

Horton from the second branch came to join old

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

after returning they both entered Lewis’s room. That was

delighted from the bottom of

heart!

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

un this late does she usually respect you?”

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worried Keira might neglect old

is remarkable, not just dutiful and kind, but also not someone to be trifled with. Normally, she even helps me look after Lewis.

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