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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

number.

little while later, the director called him…

the director’s

is trying

said indifferently, “The patient is yours.

doctor.”

director was startled.

ahead. “Don’t come to me

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“Right? Okay, okay.”

director seemed surprised by his cold response, but after

say anything but went home

and, seeing that she was sleeping soundly, they

the guest bedroom

“Keira, tonight

pupils shrank, and her heartbeat suddenly began to race!

Of

what Lewis meant…

a

in her, coughed,

follow her own desires. She then turned her head, her

room,

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door behind her slammed shut,

the man embraced her

Keira was startled.

was already

she

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

moves.

breathed a sigh of relief, then heard the man

was also very happy.

Lewis would

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

was quite good…

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

confessing his love to her,

wasn’t it?

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progress between the two; they just held

and self-control, as she

wasn’t quite ready mentally and thought it was better to take things

next day.

second branch came to join old Mrs. Horton

and Keira hadn’t yet gotten up, old Mrs. Horton immediately smiled so

Lewis’s room. That was what Fiona informed her first thing in the morning.

was truly delighted from the bottom of her

heart!

elders are at home, and

not un this late does

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was worried Keira might

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,

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