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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

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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.

and then blocked

number.

the director called him…

and the director’s voice came

Davis is trying to kill

“The patient is yours. I’m not a

doctor.”

was startled.

come

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“Right? Okay, okay.”

cold response, but after the shock,

anything but

old Mrs. Horton, and, seeing that she was sleeping soundly, they returned to the bedroom.

bedroom but was

eyes. “Keira, tonight

heartbeat suddenly began

both adults. Of course, she

what Lewis meant…

to start sharing a bed

the shyness in her,

to follow her own desires. She then turned her

room, a bit

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the door behind her slammed

the man embraced

Keira was startled.

was already so impatient?

she sensed that something was

merely holding her tight, burying his head in

moves.

the man laugh

was also very

expected that Lewis would take such

hadn’t even brought up Madeleine and

quite

waist, feeling

Lewis’s way of confessing

wasn’t it?

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the two; they just held

restraint and self-control, as she stifled a

quite ready mentally and thought it was

next

second branch came to join old

Mrs. Horton immediately smiled so wide

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

delighted from the bottom of

heart!

the elders are at home, and your

un this late does she usually respect

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might neglect old Mrs. Horton.

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

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