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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

number.

later, the director called

answered, and the

“Mr. Horton, Miss Davis is trying to

is yours.

doctor.”

director was startled.

gaze remained fixed ahead. “Don’t come

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“Right? Okay, okay.”

cold response, but after the shock, he

didn’t say anything but went home with

they sneaked a peek at old Mrs. Horton, and, seeing that she was sleeping

bedroom but was caught by Lewis’s tight

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

her heartbeat suddenly began to race!

were both adults. Of course, she

what Lewis meant…

sharing a bed with

the shyness in

desires. She then turned her head, her face flushing

entered Lewis’s room, a bit coyly.

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she entered, the door behind

the man embraced her tightly.

Keira was startled.

already so

she thought about this, she sensed that something was

tight, burying his head in the crook of her

moves.

the man laugh and say, “Keira, I’m

also very

Lewis would take such

brought up Madeleine and

was quite good…

her arms around his waist, feeling his heartbeat.

was Lewis’s way of confessing his

wasn’t it?

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substantial progress between the two; they just held

his restraint and self-control, as

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

the next

from the second branch came to join old Mrs. Horton for

old Mrs. Horton immediately smiled so wide her eyes nearly

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

was truly delighted from the bottom

heart!

frown. “Sister-in-law, the elders

does

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was worried Keira might neglect old Mrs.

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

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