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Lewis frowned as he looked at the person in front of

him.

She was sneaky, dressed in a woolen sweater that

oncealed her figure.

ut he felt at a glance that she was very familiar… very

much like Keira!

Lewis stared blankly at her, his eyebrows slightly furrowing, and he asked slowly, “Keira? Is that you?”

Keira’s eyelashes trembled, and suddenly she said, “It’s

me.”

Lewis froze completely.

In disbelief, he stared at the person in front of him… only to see Keira lower her head, timidly saying, “Who are you? How do you know my name is Keera?”

As she spoke, she tried hard to imitate her sister’s gentle tone.

Lewis paused. “…What?”

Keira then looked at him. Her face was still bruised,

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and the iodine wasn’t cleaned off properly, making the skin that was exposed very yellow.

Wearing a hat and a mask, not even her biological mother would recognize her

Keira continued timidly, “I, I was Keira’s high school classmate, and everyone calls me Keera. I heard the tragic news about Keira, so I came to visit Mrs. Olsen.

u Keira’s friend too?”

ing these words, Lewis looked somewhat dejected nd even scoffed at himself with a mocking smile.

He clenched his fists tightly.

He felt he was utterly ridiculous.

He didn’t understand why, even though the body that had been retrieved was unrecognizable, and DNA analysis had confirmed it was Keira.

He just didn’t believe it and personally oversaw the comparisons again and again…

But each time, it was Keira.

Even with the evidence in front of him, he still couldn’t accept that Keira had drowned…

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Even just now, when he saw that woman, he thought she was Keira…

But his Keira was always a carefree, spirited woman. How could she possibly be sneaky and subservient?

What on earth had he been thinking a moment ago?

Lewis lowered his gaze, answering her earlier question,

“I’m her… husband.”

choked slightly on the last two words.

went through Keira’s heart as she looked at his face, which had become gaunt enough that the cheekbones were protruding after only two days. Her eyes suddenly welling up with tears, and she hastily turned her head, “Condolences.”

her any

moment, went straight to the bedside, and looked at the medical record beside it.

stress… excessive mourning… but no

life-threatening danger.

sigh of relief.

to Mrs. Olsen and

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“Mom, I’m not dead. You have to take good care of yourself and get well. I’ll come

any longer, Lewis might start to suspect

stood up and was ready to leave, not noticing that Mrs. Olsen’s

there for a while,

than the last time Mrs. Olsen fainted; he seemed very normal, without the previous

good care of yourself so you can take care of my mother-in-law.”

“Don’t worry, I know. There’s no one else

say anything more, he lowered his gaze and said, “I’ll help arrange for the

arrive tomorrow.”

“Okay.”

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her eyes. She propped

“Keira!”

and took her hand. “Shirley, you’re awake? How are you feeling?”

struggled to look around. “Where’s Keira?

T

d…”

heard wrong… Keira

ay…

fainted. When she saw

swollen body was recovered from the water, she had fainted at just

her fists tightly, tears streaming down!

Keira isn’t dead! I’m

to

Not

gave way, and

If Keira were still

cried out, “I can’t calm down! I

Keira!”

holding Mrs. Olsen

ack,

P

Keira, she isn’t dead! She

dead! She was just talking in my ear. She d me she was still

her emotions. “Okay, she’s not dead,

dead, don’t worry…”

Olsen gradually calmed down.

was just here. I heard her talk to

smile. “Shirley, aside from Mr. Horton, no one was in the room

stunned. “Is,

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nodded. “Yes, that’s

immediately became disconsolate.

to herself, “How could this be… I clearly heard her… I really did hear her. Taylor, where’s my phone? I’m going to

in!”

to stop her. “Shirley, Mr. Horton is already

can we not make a fuss, please?”

Ve

shook her head. “I’m not

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