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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.

and then

number.

the director called him…

and the director’s voice came

is trying to kill

said indifferently, “The patient is

doctor.”

director was startled.

fixed ahead. “Don’t come to me again in the

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“Right? Okay, okay.”

seemed surprised by his cold response, but after

but went

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

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

her eyes. “Keira, tonight let’s become

shrank, and her heartbeat suddenly began to

were both adults. Of

what Lewis meant…

to start sharing a bed with him

in her, coughed,

to follow her own desires. She then turned her head, her face flushing red.

Lewis’s room, a bit

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entered, the door behind

immediately the man embraced

Keira was startled.

was already so impatient?

thought about this, she sensed that

his head in the crook

moves.

of relief, then heard the man laugh and say,

also

Lewis would take such

brought up Madeleine and he had already made up his mind.

quite good…

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

way of confessing his

wasn’t it?

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

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

and thought it was better

the next

second branch came to join old Mrs.

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

returning they both entered Lewis’s room. That was what Fiona informed her first thing

was truly delighted from the bottom

heart!

elders are

this late does she usually respect

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Keira might neglect

said “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,

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