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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…”

Howard’s mother. “It’s not

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mask on, and he told me

take it off…”

finally asked,

afraid he wouldn’t believe her, immediately

Lewis. “Mr. Horton, could you please clear this up

at them,

the mask and cap, her expression obscured, but Howard and his mother, and even the two-year-old child, didn’t seem to be lying.

this woman wasn’t

Of course…

at home, and he had been the one refusing to believe

forever in denial…

speaking, Lewis looked a bit dazed as if he wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed, yet his

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to be able to live in this community, he must belong to the smaller

slightly. “My wife’s face is injured and covered in iodine, which can’t be washed off right now; she’s

looked back at

Covered in iodine…

was a hint of yellow on the skin

beside her

theason s

A deep

se of

clenc

s fists

he

in Lewis’s

and nodded, “My

and walked away.

and sad, a

a fuss over

he is.”

and he immediately snapped. “What are ng at?

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playboy; he would never be interested

Keira knew she would surely beg pitifully

no such intentions.

weakness in front of him to simply glance at him indifferently

chill in the depths of his

so mysterious. Who knows what

up to

drove to

still pondering how to bring up the topic of sleeping with Amy that night and making Howard leave, when Howard said, “You take care of Amy tonight. I’ll sleep in Mom’s

Keira was surprised.

heard when

Howard had booked two double

share a room with

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with a slight lift of her chin,

looking at? At home, Howard always sleeps with

sleep with

Keira was shocked

away early. Since I was a child, I’ve always been sharing a room with my mom. Don’t make a scene like

there was

and son before

headed straight for the

to find that Amy was surprisingly easy to take care of.

crying or fussing, and at the age of two, she

with a towel.

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to bed herself. Then, with a light

her, Keira’s heart

was, the clearer it became that she must have suffered a

happen again…

her around, she would absolutely not

suffer any longer!

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 always felt

brows were deeply

sleep well at all

about Mrs. Olsen.

today was the day Mrs.

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