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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

number.

while later, the director

and the

is trying

“The patient is

doctor.”

director was startled.

ahead. “Don’t come to me again in the future…”

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“Right? Okay, okay.”

by his cold response, but after the shock, he soon

didn’t say anything but went home

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

guest bedroom but was

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

shrank, and her heartbeat

both adults. Of course, she understood

what Lewis meant…

sharing a bed

suppressed the shyness in her,

She then turned her head, her face flushing red.

entered Lewis’s room, a bit

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she entered, the door behind her slammed shut,

the man embraced her

Keira was startled.

already

about this, she

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

moves.

breathed a sigh of relief, then heard the man laugh and say, “Keira, I’m very

also very

that Lewis would take such

up Madeleine and he had already made

was quite

around his waist, feeling his

Lewis’s way of confessing his love to her,

wasn’t it?

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between the two; they just held each other and slept.

his restraint and self-control, as

mentally and thought it was better

next day.

second branch came to join old Mrs. Horton for

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

out together last night, and after returning they both entered Lewis’s room. That was what Fiona informed her first thing in the

she was truly delighted from the bottom of her

heart!

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

not un this late does she usually respect you?”

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might

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 look after Lewis. I’m one hundred percent satisfied with this

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