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Lewis’s eyes were filled with urgency.”

When the girl visited the hospital, he was immersed in his pain and grief, not noticing her.

What puzzled him further was why, if Keira was still alive, she wouldn’t come to acknowledge him…

But today, he ran into her again here.

Her concern for Mrs. Olsen was beyond ordinary; even if she claimed to have been sent by Uncle Olsen, the understanding they shared just now made him suspect

she was Keira!

And then there was the familiar figure…

He didn’t want to hear her excuses; he just wanted to

see if that face beneath the mask was the one he

yearned for in his dreams!

Unfortunately, his fingers barely touched her before

perceptive Keira stepped back.

Keira’s voice was subconsciously cold. “Mr. Horton, please show some self-respect!”

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That voice…

Lewis’s eyes suddenly reddened. “Keira!”

Keira paused momentarily.

Had he really suspected her and recognized her?

Before she could speak, Lewis blurted out anxiously, “Why don’t you come home?”

Keira frowned.”Mr. Horton, I don’t know what you’re talking about…”

“You…”

Just as Lewis wanted to say more, a voice suddenly interrupted him. “Keera!”

Both turned their heads to see Howard holding Amy as they walked down from a nearby car, his gaze hostile as he scolded Lewis. “Who is this? What are you pulling

at each other for here?”

Keira raised an eyebrow but said nothing.

Lewis looked at him, puzzled.

Howard marched directly in front of Keira. “You, a married woman, are behaving so intimately with

another man; what kind of behavior is this? Who is he?

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You must explain yourself to me today!”

Howard’s mother also approached from the car. “Exactly, Keera, you seem like a decent housewife usually, but who knew you’d be so flirtatious in

private? Your face isn’t even healed, and here you are seducing another man. How could you do this to my

son?”

Lewis was baffled by the couple’s accusations.

Keira feigned a vulnerable, aggrieved demeanor, “Howard, Mom, I didn’t…”

“How could you not? We saw everything! You were pulling at each other, nearly embracing! And now you say it didn’t happen, how shameless can you be!”

Howard’s mother shoved Keira forcefully and snatched Amy from Howard’s arms, scoffing. “Damaged goods, see? Your mother is so lowly; don’t you dare grow up

to be like her!”

Amy, not understanding these words, stared

wide-eyed and reached out to Keira. “Mommy, hug, hug…”

not like that. he said I looked like a

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a mask on, and he told me to

take it off…”

finally asked,

afraid he wouldn’t believe her,

clear this up quickly? Otherwise, my husband and mother-in-law might misunderstand…”

gazed at them, dumbfounded.

wearing the mask and cap, her expression obscured, but Howard and his mother, and

this woman wasn’t

Of course…

which was still at home, and he had been the one refusing to believe or face

forever in denial…

that even without speaking, Lewis looked a bit dazed as if he wasn’t the sharpest tool

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live in this community, he must belong to the smaller circles

which can’t be washed off right now; she’s not presentable, and that’s why she’s wearing a mask. Don’t

looked back at

Covered in iodine…

of yellow on the skin that was

her mask.

that theason s was wearing

A deep

se of

clenc

s fists

he

in Lewis’s heart; he

and nodded,

and walked away.

sad, a

fuss over

he is.”

and he immediately snapped. “What are ng at? Sure, the guy’s

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would never be interested in you!”

she would surely

no

had just shown weakness in front of him to simply glance at him indifferently and then turn around, holding

his heart from that

Keera is always so mysterious.

to now!”

group drove to

bring up the topic of sleeping with Amy that night and making Howard leave, when Howard said, “You

Keira was surprised.

had certainly heard when

had booked two

a room with his mom?!

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and with

you looking at? At home, Howard always sleeps with me. How come at

with

Keira was shocked

with a sneer that didn’t quite reach his eyes. “Keera, my father passed away early. Since I was a child, I’ve always been sharing a room with my

that there was something indefinably amiss

the mother and son before

and headed straight for

only to find that Amy was

well-behaved, not crying or fussing, and at the age of two, she could already

with a towel.

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take the bottle to bed herself. Then, with a light pat on her own

Keira’s heart melted.

became that she must have suffered a great deal at home before.

wouldn’t happen again…

would absolutely not let

suffer any longer!

lay down on the bed and soon started tossing and turning, her thoughts returning to Mrs. Olsen whom she saw at the Olsen family today. For some reason, she

her brows were deeply

at all

about Mrs. Olsen.

soon, and today was the day

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