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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.

to tell the reporters it wasn’t like that

help clear Keira’s name!

was turning a corner, Keira’s distinct, cool voice emerged

in our private life as a couple, then today I’ll

hearing this, Lewis frowned.

always a woman of few words, not good at explaining. Was she overwhelmed by the pressure today?

was pondering, he heard

you ever played house?”

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were slightly stunned, and then

someone answered, “Yes.”

you played house and told a girl you would marry her when you grew up, did you actually marry her

instantly

that. We were

looked at that reporter and smiled. “Yes, she saved his life, didn’t she? So, is

reporter was speechless.

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

modo Madeleine’s mother

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wailed. “I just wanted her to get

didn’t want her to

how Madeleine’s mental

about?”

only concerned about

It’s because of the abuse she suffered from her parents that she lost all hope in life! Lewis could have saved her, but he was merely her medicine! Since when did a person’s death

into

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

without Mr. Horton!”

and people

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broadcast fell silent.

money Madeleine spent on treatments both at home and abroad is something an ordinary

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 her beck and call… I

can do

blame Mr. Horton for the medicine not being administered in

this?!”

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

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

here!”

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

mother was caught off guard

call the police now and

her phone and dialed

arrived quickly, filed a case,

Madeleine’s mother.

again as she angrily shouted, “Mrs. Horton, by doing this, are you and Mr. Horton plannin to wash your hands of my daughter completely? There’s a saying, ‘If you save someone, save them all the way.’ Don’t you

reporters turned their attention

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“Mrs. Horton, what you said just now made sense, but the problem now is that the medicine can’t stop. What are you and Mr. Horton

at the reporter who

resolute.

Lewis suddenly had a bad feeling and quickly pulled

halt, he heard the cool voice of a woman coming from

the mistress, Mr. Horton and I are in

up. He just wanted to help her with her treatment. As for the issue of

looked toward the camera, her gaze resolute as she

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