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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.

wanted to tell the reporters it wasn’t like that at all.

wanted to help clear Keira’s

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

private life as a couple, then today I’ll take the time to explain it thoroughly

hearing this, Lewis

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

he was pondering, he heard her voice again.

ever

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slightly stunned, and then

someone answered, “Yes.”

would marry her when you grew up, did you actually marry her when you grew

were instantly

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

saved his life, didn’t she? So, is it because she saved Mr. Horton’s life

was

wanting to sell her to someone else as their daughter-in-law. Mrs. Davis, at that time, you certainly didn’t have the

Madeleine’s mother choke un

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then she wailed. “I just

her to

how Madeleine’s mental illness

about?”

“You’re all only

lost all hope in life! Lewis could have saved her, but he was merely her medicine! Since when did a person’s death cease to be about holding the executioner accountable

into silence

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

without Mr. Horton!”

people watching

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broadcast fell silent.

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

Horton established a mental hospital here for her! During these five years, whenever

do

medicine not being administered in time. Why don’t you ask the assailants why they hurt her, making her end up like

this?!”

for Madeleine’s own good, but are

daughter is about to die now, and it’s because of Mr. Horton. You say I abused my

here!”

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abusing your child. Just ask any elder, and

mother was caught off guard once

you’ve reminded me, I’m going to call the police now and report you for abusing Madeleine, resulting in her mental

took out her phone and dialed the police

filed a case,

Madeleine’s mother.

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

turned their attention

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made sense, but the problem now is that

at the reporter who

resolute.

bad feeling and quickly pulled

to a halt, he heard the cool

right now. I’m not the mistress, Mr. Horton and I are in a relationship out of free will, and he never dated

As for

the camera, her gaze resolute as she stared straight ahead.

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