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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.

And the reason Lewis, a responsible man, was so

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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 Madeleine’s

number.

the director called

the director’s

is trying to kill

said indifferently, “The patient is yours. I’m not a

doctor.”

director was

fixed ahead. “Don’t come to me

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“Right? Okay, okay.”

response, but after the

anything but

car, they sneaked a peek at old Mrs. Horton, and,

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

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

heartbeat suddenly began

Of course, she

what Lewis meant…

sharing a bed with him tonight?

shyness in her,

her own desires. She then turned her head,

entered Lewis’s room, a bit coyly.

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entered, the door behind her slammed

immediately the man

Keira was startled.

already so

she thought about this, she sensed

head in the crook of

moves.

then heard the man laugh

was also very

hadn’t expected that Lewis

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

quite good…

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

way of confessing

wasn’t it?

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no substantial progress between the two; they

feel his restraint and self-control, as she stifled a

mentally and thought

next day.

the second branch came to join old Mrs. Horton for

old Mrs. Horton immediately

entered Lewis’s room. That

was truly delighted from the bottom of her

heart!

Horton couldn’t help but frown. “Sister-in-law, the elders are at home,

this late does she usually

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worried Keira might neglect old Mrs.

“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 me

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