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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 blocked

number.

while later, the

and the

Davis is trying to kill hersel again!”

is yours. I’m not

doctor.”

director was

fixed ahead. “Don’t come to me

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“Right? Okay, okay.”

by his cold response, but after

say anything but

at old Mrs. Horton, and, seeing that she

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

“Keira,

her heartbeat suddenly

both adults. Of course, she

what Lewis meant…

start sharing a

suppressed the shyness in

follow her own desires. She then turned

entered Lewis’s room,

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the door behind her

man embraced her tightly.

Keira was startled.

was already so impatient?

she thought about this, she

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

moves.

a sigh of relief, then heard the man laugh and

was also very happy.

that Lewis

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

was quite

her arms around his waist, feeling his heartbeat. “I’m

was Lewis’s way of confessing his love

wasn’t it?

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

and self-control, as she stifled a

wasn’t quite ready mentally and thought it was

the next

Horton from the second branch came to join

Lewis and Keira hadn’t yet gotten up, old Mrs.

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

from the bottom of

heart!

frown. “Sister-in-law, the elders are

not un this late does she usually

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round

might neglect old

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

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