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Lewis was striding toward his car at this moment.”

He looked down at his phone.

On the phone was a live broadcast from the entrance

of the Olsen residence.

Madeleine’s mother had driven Keira into a corner!

Lewis was very anxious, so much so that when he heard the driver’s words, without a second thought, he

drove away immediately!

Now, the reporters on the phone were giving Keira a

hard time.

“Mrs. Horton, Miss Madeleine’s mother is pleading with you, won’t you say even a word?”

“That’s a human life; how can you be so cold-hearted?”

“Do you and Mr. Horton really plan to leave Miss

Madeleine to die?”

“Since it was agreed that Miss Madeleine would be married to Mr. Horton, why did Mr. Horton have a change of heart? Was it because you intervened? Mrs.

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Horton, don’t you feel guilty? In the dead of night,

don’t you suddenly feel scared?”

The reporters’ questions were becoming more and more tricky.

Comments of abuse also swept across the live

broadcast chat.

“Dammit! A mistress is taking over?”

“I feel that since you made a promise, you should keep it. How can you abandon her when she is mentally unwell?”

“Isn’t this the very definition of biting the hand that feeds you?”

“If Miss Madeleine finds out when she grows up that the person she saved would treat her this way, I wonder if the younger her would still save him!”

“A real-life version of The Farmer and the Viper story!”

“That’s not even the most important thing! Isn’t the most important thing about Mrs. Horton? She doesn’t say a word. Is she planning to play dead?”

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The public’s accusations made Lewis press the accelerator furiously.

He knew these comments wouldn’t hurt Keira. Her mental resilience had always been strong, but even so, he didn’t want her to be hurt in the slightest.

He ran red lights and sped all the way.

it wasn’t like that at all.

help

just as he was turning a corner, Keira’s distinct, cool voice emerged from the live broadcast.

a couple, then today I’ll take

hearing this, Lewis frowned.

woman of few words, not good at explaining. Was she overwhelmed

he was pondering, he heard her voice

ever

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the reporters were slightly stunned, and

someone answered, “Yes.”

you would marry her when

first branch. “You can’t say it like that. We were just playing, but Mr. Horton and Miss Madeleine’s situation is clearly

smiled. “Yes, she saved his life, didn’t she? So, is it because

reporter was

and continued. “Five years ago when Mr. Horton found her, Madeleine was being beaten by her mother and father, wanting to sell her to someone else as their daughter-in-law. Mrs. Davis,

statement modo Madeleine’s mother choke

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“I just wanted her

her to

how Madeleine’s mental illness came

about?”

all only

from her parents that she lost all hope in life! Lewis could have saved her, but he was merely

were stunned into

“Madeleine has been suffering from severe depression and autism for five years. If she had gotten married, what state would she be in now? Either living her days in a daze or she would have already jumped off a

without Mr. Horton!”

reporters and people watching the

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broadcast fell silent.

years, the amount of money Madeleine spent on treatments both at home and

And when she chose to return to her country, Mr. Horton established a mental hospital here for her! During these five years, whenever she called, Mr. Horton was there at

can do

being administered in time. Why don’t you ask the assailants why they hurt

this?!”

suddenly turned her head towards Madeleine’s mother. “You repeatedly claim it’s for Madeleine’s own good, but are you even fit to

“I don’t care, my daughter is about to die now, and it’s because of Mr. Horton. You say I abused my daughter, do

here!”

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“Everyone on your street knows about you and your husband abusing your child. Just ask any elder, and we’ll find

caught off

to call the police now and report

said that, Keira took out her phone and dialed

filed a case, and arrested

Madeleine’s mother.

Horton plannin to wash your hands of my daughter completely? There’s a saying, ‘If

their attention

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just now made sense, but the problem now is

at the reporter who had spoken,

resolute.

feeling and quickly pulled the car over to

a halt, he heard the cool voice of a woman

I are in a relationship out of free will, and he never dated Madeleine

help her with her treatment. As for the issue of the

the camera, her gaze resolute as

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