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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

wanted to help

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

our private life as a couple, then

this, Lewis frowned.

few words, not good at explaining. Was she overwhelmed by

he was pondering, he heard her voice again.

ever played

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the reporters were slightly stunned, and

someone answered, “Yes.”

marry her when you grew up,

instantly at a

We were just playing, but Mr. Horton and Miss

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

reporter was speechless.

father, wanting to sell

statement modo Madeleine’s mother choke

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“I just wanted her to get married.

didn’t want her to

how Madeleine’s mental illness came

about?”

around her. “You’re all only concerned about whether Mr. Horton abandoned 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

were stunned into silence once

“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 building, wouldn’t she? Instead of, as of now, rationally telling

without Mr. Horton!”

and people

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broadcast fell silent.

of money Madeleine spent on treatments both at home and

she chose to return to her country, Mr. Horton established a mental hospital here for her! During these

do

blame Mr. Horton for the medicine not being administered in time. Why don’t you ask the assailants why

this?!”

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

die now, and it’s because of Mr. Horton. You say I abused

here!”

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child. Just ask any elder, and we’ll find out, right?

off

the police now and

took out her phone and dialed the

a case, and

Madeleine’s mother.

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 understand? My daughter saved his life. How

other reporters turned their attention back

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

at the reporter who

resolute.

suddenly had a bad feeling and quickly pulled the car over to the

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

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

just wanted to help her with her treatment. As for the

camera, her gaze resolute as she stared

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