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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.”

voice choked slightly on

of pain 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

pay her any more attention.

thought for a moment, went straight to the bedside, and looked at the medical record

excessive mourning… but no

life-threatening danger.

sigh

close to Mrs. Olsen and whispered in a

Not Dead

not dead. You have to take

that if she stayed any longer,

and was ready to leave, not noticing that Mrs.

there for a while, and before long, Taylor came

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

so you

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

help arrange for the best doctors to come for a consultation, and

arrive tomorrow.”

“Okay.”

She’s Not

opened her eyes. She propped

“Keira!”

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

around. “Where’s Keira? I heard

T

d…”

heard wrong… Keira was

ay…

that only then did Mrs. Olsen remember what had happened before she fainted. When she saw the ocean swaying precariously, she knew Keira had no

body was recovered from the water,

her fists tightly, tears streaming

Taylor. “No, Keira isn’t dead! I’m

threw off the covers to

She’s Not

way, and she collapsed.

Taylor caught her in time. “Shirley, calm down. If Keira were still here, she

“I can’t calm down! I

Keira!”

ed deeply, holding Mrs. Olsen

ack,

P

Keira, she isn’t dead! She

in my

soothing her emotions. “Okay, she’s not

dead, don’t worry…”

gradually calmed

heard her talk to

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

stunned. “Is, is that

She’s Not

“Yes, that’s right!”

immediately became disconsolate.

hear her. Taylor,

in!”

to stop her. “Shirley,

can we not make a fuss, please?”

Ve

shook her head. “I’m not making

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