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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.

the reporters it wasn’t like

help

turning a corner, Keira’s distinct, cool

interested in our private life as a couple, then today I’ll take the time to

hearing this, Lewis

words, not good at explaining. Was she overwhelmed by the pressure

pondering, he heard her voice

you ever played

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were slightly

someone answered, “Yes.”

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

reporters were instantly at a loss.

reacted quickly, obviously someone arranged by the Horton family’s first branch. “You can’t say it like that. We were just playing, but Mr. Horton and Miss Madeleine’s situation is clearly

at that reporter and smiled. “Yes, she saved his life, didn’t she? So, is it because she saved Mr. Horton’s life that she developed

was speechless.

being beaten by her mother and father, wanting to sell her to someone else as their daughter-in-law. Mrs. Davis, at that time, you certainly didn’t have the love

Madeleine’s

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“I just wanted

want her

know how Madeleine’s mental

about?”

all only concerned about whether Mr. Horton

hope in life! Lewis could have saved her, but he was merely her medicine! Since when did a

into silence

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

without Mr. Horton!”

reporters and people watching

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broadcast fell silent.

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

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 ask you

do

Madeleine is gravely ill and attempted suicide, you blame Mr. Horton for the medicine not being administered in time. Why don’t you ask the

this?!”

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

of Mr. Horton. You say I abused

here!”

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Just ask any elder,

mother was caught off

I’m going to call the police now and report you for

out her phone and dialed

arrived quickly, filed a case, and arrested

Madeleine’s mother.

first branch, her eyes lit up 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,

their attention

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now made sense, but the problem now is that the medicine can’t

at the reporter who

resolute.

suddenly had a bad feeling and quickly

screeching to a halt, he heard the cool voice of a woman

mistress, Mr. Horton and I are in a relationship out of free will, and he never dated Madeleine after

As for the issue

the camera, her gaze resolute as she

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