My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire novel Chapter 311

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Keira was perplexed but quickly rushed to untie the

person.

Lewis watched her, a smile lurking in his eyes. “Keera may have kept a low profile from a young age, but indeed, she never learned martial arts. Keira, you’ve given yourself away.”

Keira untied the tie from the man’s hand, her eyes teasing as she looked at him. “Mr. Horton, I don’t understand what you’re talking about.”

“Is that so?”

Lewis moved his wrist and walked over to sit on the

sofa in the master bedroom, his gaze still fixed on her

Keira felt somewhat uncomfortable under his scrutiny

and lowered her head, continuing. “Mr. Horton, isn’t it inappropriate for you to come here so late?”

Lewis’s eyes drooped, yet a smile crept into them. “Miss South resembles my late wife, and I miss her terribly, so I came for a visit. I hope you don’t mind.”

Keira said, “Do as you please!”

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She ignored Lewis and started searching the master bedroom, eager to find the diary Mary mentioned.

However, having lived in this master bedroom for a month, she had never seen it. How could she possibly

find it now?

Keira stood in front of the desk, staring pensively.”

Where would Keera hide a diary?

She had already looked through the wardrobe, and nothing was there.

The desk and various drawers were also empty.

This past month, she hadn’t only been caring for Howard’s mother and diligently cleaning the house every day, but she had also been searching for any information about Keera.

She wanted to uncover her secrets.

But she had already cleaned and cleared out everything in the house, looked through Keera’s more mundane diaries, and found nothing out of the ordinary!

If it hadn’t been for Mary mentioning today that Keera had a locked diary that she never showed to anyone.

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she wouldn’t even know such a thing existed.

She felt around on the bed and checked under it… still

no clue.

While she was pondering, the deep voice of Lewis

suddenly filled the room. “When I was a child and wanted to hide something, I would usually bury it in the ground.”

Bury it in the ground…

Keira abruptly turned her head, her gaze landing on the small garden of the villa.

The villa had its own small yard, and Keera liked to plant flowers, so in a corner of the yard, she kept som different varieties of flowers and a tree…

Keira abruptly stood up and strode outside.

Amy and the maid had already gone to bed, as for Mary, she hadn’t come out from the guest room.

Keira took the garden shears and went to the tree, stepped around arbitrarily, and suddenly noticed that the soil in some area wasn’t as soft, feeling rather hard!

She immediately started digging with a small shovel.

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After just a few digs, she saw a metal box.

The box wasn’t large, just the size of a book, and there was no lock on the box.

Keira dropped the shovel, took out the metal box,

dusted it off, and then opened the box to find a notebook with a floral cover, the kind readily available in stationery stores, lying quietly inside.

The notebook had a small lock on it, but the key wasn’t

inside the box.

Keira fell silent for a moment, reburied the box, then went back upstairs to the bedroom. She was about to close the door when she realized Lewis was right

behind her.

Keira almost forgot about that damn man.

She rolled her eyes and went inside.

Lewis then said, “The key might be quite difficult to find…”

Keira couldn’t help but glance at him. “Who said I’m looking for the key?”

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Lewis was taken aback.

Then he saw Keira take scissors from the side and with a “snip, snip,” cut the notebook free from the locked

part.

Lewis was speechless.

After Keira did all of this, she opened the notebook and found everything was intact, finally letting out a sigh of relief.

But she didn’t look at the things her sister had left behind right away; instead, she turned to Lewis. “Mr. Horton, aren’t you planning to leave? Breaking and entering is a crime, you know.”

“Is that so?”

Lewis took a step forward, coming up to her.

Suddenly, he bent down, lowered his head, and

embraced her into his arms.

Keira wanted to struggle, but Lewis said, “If you push me away, that will prove you’re Keira, not Keera because Keera wouldn’t have the guts.”

Keira was perplexed.

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She stopped moving.

Indeed, if Keera were in her shoes, given the mismatch in their status with Lewis, she would only try to please him, fear him…

As she was thinking, the man suddenly lowered his head and buried it in the nape of her neck, his breath spraying on her skin, making her itch. She felt as though ants were crawling all over her body, stirring her heart into chaos.

She pushed at Lewis, pretending to be like Keera. “Mr. Horton, don’t do this…”

But Lewis spoke again. “Don’t do what? Last time at the Oceanion Hotel, you didn’t reject me like this…”

Keira stiffened.

Then Lewis reached out and caressed her cheek. “Keira, last time, this is how I undid your clothes…”

With a tug at her waist, the robe instantly fell to the

floor.

Keira’s pupils contracted, and she instinctively covered her body, but Lewis grabbed her arm. “You didn’t

refuse me last time either…”

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After saying that, he bent down, pressing Keira back, step by step, they reached the bed, and he looked down at her. “You were very cooperative…”

Keira said nothing.

The man lowered his head, coming closer, his hot breath making Keira’s heartbeat speed up.

However, he made no further move and stopped at her neck. “Keira, are you that cruel? Won’t you talk to

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His voice was filled with grievance, bewilderment, and incomprehension.

It was heart-wrenching.

Keira knew she couldn’t hide it anymore.

She slowly lowered her gaze

After a long while, she chuckled softly, pushing Lew away, and put her robe back on. “Even if I do that, wh

then?”

When Lewis heard that, he saw her finally admitting it, and he was stunned in place.

He chuckled softly, but his eyes reddened again.

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He was certain the person before him was his beloved, but as long as Keira refused to admit it, he was filled with dread, afraid that he had mistaken someone else

for her.

That was why he kept coming to look for her.

This past month, he had also watched her from afar countless times.

Watching her play Keera with flawless precision, there were moments when he wondered if he really had mistaken her identity.

Until this very moment.

The heart that had been hanging in suspense finally

settled down.

It was her…

It truly was her…

He was about to say something when he saw Keira’s back turned to him; her gaze was filled with strands of complexity and reluctance. “You couldn’t bear to watch your old flame die, and I couldn’t possibly tolerate you being with other women like some might. Since that’s the case, why are you so persistent about

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who I really am? We’re still getting a divorce, aren’t

we?”

Upon hearing this, Lewis took out the ring from his

pocket…

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Lewis’s joyful expression stiffened momentarily.

Then he quickly realized what was going on and couldn’t help but laugh at the absurdity of the

situation.

Keira didn’t come back to him because of that?

His eyes had tears in them, yet he started laughing

again.

Stepping forward, he took Keira’s hand with his right hand and led it to touch his left hand.

Keira frowned and thought this man was shameles

She had already said they were getting a divorce, and yet he dared to seduce her?

Just as she was about to pull her hand back, she suddenly touched something cool; she looked down and was stunned.

Wasn’t this the ring she had sent to that young man?

The ring was made of jade, its emerald color clearly

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indicating it was expensive. How did it end up in Lewis’s possession?

Furrowing her brows, she heard Lewis begin to speak slowly.

“When I was a child, I was kidnapped. A four-year-old little girl helped me by feeding the traffickers sleeping pills. She saved me but had to go home to suffer. Crying, she hugged me and asked me to marry her…”

Upon hearing this, Keira was shocked and looked at

him.

Lewis gave a bitter smile. “After I returned home, I searched for her, but the little girl didn’t have a name back then. When I found Madeleine, she remem everything from our childhood clearly and claim was her. I asked her for the ring as a token. She t me she lost it. She was abused by her parents, suff from mental illness, and had been waiting for me to

save her…”

Looking earnestly at Keira, Lewis continued. “Later, when I received this ring, I realized I had been blind for years and talking to the wrong person. I never found that little girl. All these years, she’s been

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suffering…”

Keira’s eyes were filled with tears, and her throat felt choked up.

Looking at Lewis, she suddenly didn’t know whether to cry or to laugh.

After a long while, she calmed herself down. “When did you receive the ring?”

Lewis looked at her, “On the day of your accident.”

Keira looked down. “And yet you still asked me to meet for a divorce! Saying ‘Don’t miss the 2 o’clock

appointment.”

Upon hearing this, Lewis quickly stepped forwar embraced her tightly. “Keira, do you know how n regret it?! I just wanted to surprise you, to tell you truth at the courthouse, to tell you I’ll marry no on

but you in this life, to tell you that you are my lifesav But I never imagined that you would be in an

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accident… Carrying the news that we were to divorce, you had an accident…”

Since Keira’s accident, he had refused to believe that the victim was her. He couldn’t accept that reality,

partly because of this.

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He had wanted to give her a surprise but never thought it would leave her departing in pain and

regret.

The mere thought of that moment on the boat, when she was suffocating, and she thought he still wanted to divorce her, made his heart ache so much he couldn’t

breathe!

Until today, until this moment, until now!

the

He was still filled with remorse and regret, questioning why he hadn’t just explained everything over phone, why he had to come up with such a messy

surprise…

Keira felt the slight tremble of his body and sudde understood his intention.

She extended her arms and hugged him.

The response was an intense, shaking kiss…

The clothes she had just put on slid off once again…

Both were not good with words, so they could only act, expressing their joy and passion at recognizing each other…

Time and again…

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Lewis wished he could meld Keira into his body, wish they could become one and never be apart again…

The night grew deeper.

The white sheer curtains were blown by the wind,

swaying, and making the scene inside appear intermittently.

Even the moon in the sky seemed bashful, hiding behind the clouds, yet it couldn’t help peeking through

a slit…

A night of fiery passion…

A night of unrestrained indulgence…

Lewis released his repressed longing time and

again…

As a result, when Keira woke up the next day, it already ten in the morning.

She was startled, quickly glanced at the man lying n to her, then immediately jumped out of bed, flung open the bedroom door, and dashed out, only to see Mary playfully texting on the living room couch downstairs.

The maid was monning the floor.

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Ceira exclaimed, “Where’s Amy?”

Mary grinned teasingly at her and said, “Knew you u wouldn’t be getting up today, so I sent her off to the he arly learning center!”

eira was perplexed.

s she was puzzling over this, Mary had already heekily leaned in and bluntly said, “Keera, good for ou! I was wondering why you finally agreed to divorce hat scumbag Howard, turns out you’ve got a new lame! Last night was pretty intense…”

eira’s cheeks immediately turned a burning red.

‘hinking about the excitement from last night, shelt

bit embarrassed…

he hadn’t expected Lewis, who seemed so

constrained, to have such a variety of…. moves. As sh eaned against the door, she couldn’t hold back and le

›ut a moan…

Keira hastily put a stop to the R-rated scenes in her ›rain, trying hard to forget the details of last night. She coughed and said, “Well, I…”

But Mary cut her off, speaking very seriously. “Keira,

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there’s no need to say anything, I understand. It was Howard who cheated first, so you finding a gigolo is nothing to blame.”

After that, she added, “But in the future, you should still temper it down. We have a long way to go! You don’t want to exhaust him so soon, do you?”

“Pffft!”

Keira was drinking water and when she heard the last sentence, she sprayed it out.

Mary dodged away in disgust, then her phone started to vibrate intensely again.

Keira drank some water and walked to the kitchen get a sandwich the maid had prepared. As she ate heard Mary click her tongue twice. “Keera, Clance changing!”

Keira was taken aback. “What do you mean?”

“Today, news came from the Horton family in Oceanion that they were going to make their presence known in Clance! Turns out they’ve been planning this for a month in Clance. They’re the wealthiest in Oceanion, no less influential than the five major families of Clance. Their arrival might just change the

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landscape in Clance!”

Lewis’s move to Clance was something he told her about last night.

He wasn’t leaving.

Keira didn’t show much reaction and just listened as Mary continued. “I heard that the family head of the Horton family, Lewis, isn’t even thirty yet, and now he’s stepping up to compete on par with the heads of the fiye families. That’s impressive… Though it probably has nothing to do with me.”

After saying that, the door to the master bedroom suddenly opened.

Lewis was particularly fastidious and a neat frea he wouldn’t wear yesterday’s clothes, so Keira co only find an unworn set of lounge wear that belon to Howard for him.

Lewis was now wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, and the cotton trousers were a bit short. The man who usually had a strong and steady presence now looked like a college student.

Upon seeing his face, Mary’s eyes lit up, and she

sneakily nudged Keira, whispering “Keera vou’ve got

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good taste. Which school is he from? This gigolo is a whole lot better than that scum Howard!”

Keira was speechless.

She, too, ogled Lewis along with Mary.

The man always used to dress sharply in suits, which overshadowed his handsome face, but now, with his hair in disarray, that face was truly stunning.

Without a word from her, the playful Mary approached him and said, “Young man, you know how to take good care of my sister, right? Do it well, and you might just get to marry into wealth – you could end up on the list of rich wives.”

Lewis stiffened.

Mary then asked, “By the way, what’s your nam

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Lewis instinctively looked toward Keira, asking with his eyes: can I tell her?

After a night of unreserved conversation, Keira told Lewis about Keera’s cause of death and incidentally mentioned her mother’s situation.

Lewis had said at the time, “I’ve been helping out with Mrs. Olsen’s issue, but so far, there’s no news.”

Setting aside the cordial relationship between Lewis and Uncle Olsen, the fact that Mrs. Olsen was Keira’s mother meant that Lewis had always taken the matte seriously.

However, he hadn’t understood the reasons before,

but now he did.

After sharing information, they realized that, given the backgrounds of both the Horton and the Olsen

families, the fact that they couldn’t find the “South family” indicated just how mysterious the South family actually was.

The only way to save her mother was to lure the

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snakes out of their hole!

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The South family would be in touch with Keera, so Keira couldn’t resume her identity for the moment; she had to continue posing as Keera to entice them to

make contact.

Lewis, wanting to avoid his appearance linking Keera with Keira, decided after some thought to conceal his identity and stay by Keira’s side.

He coughed and was about to conjure up a name or something when Mary laughed. “No way? Keera, have you finally turned things around? Your little boyfriend, he’s really under your thumb, isn’t he? He doesn’t dare utter his name?”

Lewis was speechless.

He said nothing.

Mary didn’t fuss over this and instead felt happy for

Keira.

At that moment, her phone buzzed again.

She glanced down at it, and her brows knitted together, “Damn it!”

Keira asked casually, “What’s wrong?”

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Mary sighed. “My uncle is really something… Hearing that Lewis came to Clance, he told me to find an opportunity to ‘bump into’ him, to try…”

“Ahem!”

Keira instinctively glanced at Lewis.

Mary said indignantly, “Can you believe it? Does he think I can’t get married? He wants me to seduce

Lewis? I’ve heard he just lost his wife! He’s a widower!!”

“Pfft!”

Keira couldn’t help but spit out a mouthful of water again!

Then she looked at Mary with an expression tha hard to describe… and behind her, Lewis with a similarly indescribable expression.

Keira coughed. “Well, Mary, Lewis is actually quite a right…”

Mary huffed. “His background isn’t bad, and marrying him would make someone a family head’s wife, on par with the top five families, but what if this Lewis is old and ugly? He’s almost thirty… However, I’m not

interested in him. As for those unmarried girls in

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Clance, who knows!”

Keira was dumbfounded.

She coughed and pointed at Lewis. “What do

of him?”

you think

Mary said, “Of course, he’s a cute little puppy. Looks as

if he’s just in his early twenties, right?”

Lewis, who was “in his early twenties,” had by now gone completely expressionless.

Struggling to keep a straight face, Keira said, “Alright, aren’t we supposed to go to the hospital? I’ll change my clothes and be right there!”

Hearing that, Mary was slightly startled and nodd

Keira then went inside.

Lewis followed her like a little tail.

At that moment, he was severely lacking in a sense of security, worried that in the blink of an eye, Keira might disappear again…

Seeing him like this, Keira couldn’t help but say, “Can you stop following me?”

Lewis said, “You’re in a dangerous situation right now.

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I get worried if I don’t follow you.”

In fact, he had secretly been following her for a month!

Keira, feeling helpless, said, “But with what identity will

you

follow me around? If someone recognizes you, it’s easy to link me with Keira.”

Lewis looked down. “Shall I be your bodyguard?”

Keira was dumbfounded.

She turned around, wrapped her arm around his neck, leaned in close, and whispered, “Just now, Mary said,

many women in Clance are eyeing you… Are you sure about being a bodyguard for a twice-married woman with a child?”

Lewis immediately tightened his embrace arou waist and said outright, “As your friend said, I’m old and ugly widower, a perfect match for you!”

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She said in resignation, “Then suit yourself, but still be careful not to reveal your identity.”

“Okay.”

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Keira changed her clothes and handed a black cap to

Lewis.

Lewis, wearing a white T-shirt and white cotton pants, topped off with the black cap, radiated a youthful vibe that made Keira feel refreshed.

When they left and were going downstairs, Mary came

up to them. “What’s going on? Can’t bear to part?”

Keira coughed and said, “He wants to be our driver.”

“That’s fine then.”

Mary tossed her car keys to Lewis and then took a seat in the back with Keira.

On the way to the hospital, Mary started looking up information online. “Keera, it seems that aborting a baby requires at least 42 days into pregnancy…”

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Keira said, “For medication abortion, there shouldn’t be a time limit, I think.”

“Really?”

Mary continued. “Do you think the baby feels anything right now? Would it hurt if I had an abortion?”

Keira said, “It shouldn’t because it’s only a fertilized

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egg at this point.”

Mary didn’t know what to say.

She couldn’t help looking at Keira. “Keera, how come you’re not persuading me to keep the baby?”

Keira smiled, looking straight at her. “Do you want to keep it?”

“Of course not.”

“Then there’s nothing to persuade. Don’t be afraid, I’ve heard from people that an abortion is quick. Just lie down and sleep, and when you wake up, the baby will be gone.”

Mary fell silent.

Although Keira knew Mary was reluctant to go thro with it, she still deliberately said those words becaus she understood the more she spoke like that, the harder it would be for Mary to let go.

Sure enough, when they reached the hospital entrance, Mary stared at the sign and couldn’t bring herself to step inside.

Outside the obstetrics and gynecology department of the hospital.

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Keira helped Mary get a number and then waited with her on a bench for their number to be called.

Mary was very nervous, her palms sweating.

Outside the hospital.

When Ellis walked out of the hospital, he happened to see Lewis and was surprised, “Lewis? It really is you! What are you doing dressed like that, and here of all places?!”

Lewis lazily looked up at him.

The listless expression on his face was swept away. “And what brings you here?”

Ellis replied, “A friend of mine is sick, so I came to visit… What are you doing at an obstetrics and gynecology hospital? Is it…”

His gaze swept over Lewis’s groin. “You have some kind of hidden condition?”

Lewis was speechless.

Watching Ellis’s smug expression, remembering when he had come to offer a few words of sympathy during his own moments of deep sorrow, and then thinking of

Marv on her way to get an abortion…

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From the snippets of conversations between Mary and Keira, he had figured out that the child was likely

Ellis’s.

And here was this guy, leisurely enjoying the show…

Lewis suddenly took on a teasing smile. “I don’t need to prove anything to you, but I think you should be more concerned about yourself.”

Ellis immediately jumped. “Concerned about myself for what? I’m absolutely fine!”

“Really?”

Lewis smiled. “I just thought I saw Miss Mary Davis heading upstairs to the obstetrics and gynecology department…”

Ellis was suddenly taken aback. “What?!”

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Mary’s hands and feet were sweating coldly, her gaze fixed on the diagnostic room in front of her.

Keira didn’t comfort her, just gave her enough space.

“Number 13, Mary Davis. Has Mary Davis arrived?”

The nurse suddenly called out her name, startling Mary, who jumped to her feet. “I’m here!”

Mary followed behind the nurse and looked back at

Keira.

Keira gave her an encouraging look. “Go on!”

Mary swallowed hard and followed the nurse into the

room.

After a series of tests and examinations, it was

confirmed that Mary was pregnant. The doctor asked, “Are you sure you don’t want it?”

Mary clenched her jaw and tightened her fingers, and after a moment, she nodded

The doctor said, “I really can’t understand you young

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people. These days, many people can’t even have children… Are you sure you don’t want it? Well, I’ll write you an order for a CT scan. Once you’ve been scanned, the child will be exposed to radiation, and you can’t keep it.”

Mary nodded again.

The doctor wrote up the paperwork, scheduled the surgery, and then let Mary out.

Keira immediately stayed by her side. “What’s next?”

The two followed the nurse to the CT room, handed over the paperwork, and waited to be called.

Most people here were there for an abortion.

Most of them were couples, some were with frien and there was even a girl brought by her parents. was sobbing, with both parents wearing masks, feel

ashamed.

Seeing this, Mary grasped Keira’s hand even tighter. “Keera, do I really not want this child?”

Seeing her scared like this, Keira sighed. “Mary, you already know the answer, don’t you?”

Mary was taken aback.

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Keira looked at her, “From leaving the house today to coming here, you’ve said many times that you don’t want an abortion, it’s just that you might not have noticed.”

Mary’s jaw tightened.

Keira looked at her, “Mary, I’m your friend, and it’s up to you to make the decision. Whatever choice you make, I’ll support you!”

Mary’s fingers tightened even more, just as someone came out of the CT room and called for her. “Mary Davis, is Mary here?”

Keira looked at her.

Mary stood there, hesitating

“Is Mary Davis here?”

The nurse called out again. “If not, it’s the next

person’s turn…”

That prompted Mary to blurt out suddenly, “I’m here!”

She stood up again and strode toward the CT room.

She felt she had thought things through very clearly.

Ellis didn’t like her, and the child would have no father

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if it were born. It would even tie her down, not to

mention that her uncle also wanted to use her for an arranged marriage…

She strode into the CT room.

The nurse pointed to two isolation bags and said, “When the door is closed and the machine turns on, the radiation will hit the child, so put on this vest to protect your chest and back!

Mary looked at the vest, asking, “Is this to prevent other organs from being exposed to radiation?”

“That’s right.”

The nurse said, “You shouldn’t have this kind of CT scan more than twice a year. A baby that’s been

scanned definitely can’t be born. Alright, don’t waste time. Put it on and lie down!

Yet Mary’s hand rested on her lower abdomen as she reached out to pick up the isolation vest…

Keira was waiting outside.

She really didn’t know what Mary would choose.

But whatever the choice, she expressed her

understanding.

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With Mary’s complicated family situation, if she were to become pregnant before marriage… It would be fine if Ellis took responsibility, but if he didn’t, she would become the laughingstock of Clance.

At that time, she might have to leave Clance to give herself and her child a better life.

Not having the child would be the best for her personally.

Of course, Keira was strong-willed and didn’t care about what others said, so if this situation fell on her, she would simply rely on her own feelings to decide whether to keep it or not.

But not everyone was her.

Keira didn’t dwell on it any further, instead, she was reminded of Keera’s diary at home.

Last night, Lewis was causing a fuss, and she hadn’t yet seen the contents of that diary; she had no idea what it might contain… She definitely couldn’t mess around tonight; serious matters called for serious attention.

As she was thinking, the door of the CT room opened, and Mary walked out with red eyes.

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Keira immediately went up to her. “Did you finish the CT that quickly?”

But Mary shook her head, “Keera, I’ve decided to keep the baby.”

Keira was taken aback.

Even though she had anticipated it, when Mary actually made that decision, she couldn’t help but silently sigh for her.

She nodded. “Okay, then I’ll be the child’s godmother.”

Mary nodded, and then she said, somewhat anxiously, “Keeping the baby will be a bit troublesome. First of all, I still don’t know how to tell my parents…”

Mary walked out with determination, continuing discuss what needed to be done to keep the baby. “Should I just find some man to pretend to be my boyfriend? Actually, it might also help me avoid being used by my uncle for blind dates… and prevent me from having to seduce that Lewis.”

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She paused for a moment, then suddenly said, “Have you considered telling the baby’s father?”

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Mary was slightly startled.

She then looked down.

When she discovered she was pregnant, her first reaction was to call Ellis.

After all, Ellis was the baby’s dad and had the right to

know.

But as she picked up the phone, she ultimately chose to put it down, because she didn’t know how Ellis would react after hearing the news.

She liked Ellis.

She understood that Ellis was a responsible man, which was why she didn’t want to use the child to

him down…

As she wavered, Keira suddenly said, “Sometimes misunderstandings are a result of us being presumptuous. If you don’t speak up about certain things, how would you know what he’s thinking?”

Mary was startled.

Keira went on. “Is there a possibility that Ellis might just have feelings for you too?”

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Mary’s fingers tightened slightly.

While they were talking, a familiar voice suddenly rang out. “Mary? What are you doing here?!”

Both turned their heads to see Ellis striding toward them with his assistant.

There was an urgency on his face that he himself hadn’t noticed, his gaze swept behind her. “Are you not feeling well? Or is there something else? Do you need me to find a specialist for you?”

Mary paused slightly.

She suddenly looked at Keira.

Keira gave her an encouraging nod.

Seeing this, Mary felt as if she had found her backbone.

Yes, how could she possibly know the truth without asking?

She suddenly turned to Ellis and stated, “I’m not sick; I’m pregnant.”

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Mary, upon hearing this, felt as if she had found her anchor.

Indeed, how could the truth be known without asking?

She suddenly looked at Ellis and said, “I’m not sick. I’m pregnant.”

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The corridor suddenly fell silent.

After Mary said those words, her heart began to pound wildly, but the weight that had been pressing on her chest seemed to vanish.

Keera was right…

The child wasn’t just hers alone; she shouldn’t be the only one to decide its fate.

She quietly watched Ellis.

But she saw Ellis was already stunned.

After he heard her words, his gaze fell on her

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The indoor heating was turned up high, and Mary had taken off her coat. Underneath, the sweater she wore clung to her slender figure; her waist and abdomen

were thin, and there were no visible signs of

pregnancy.

Ellis’s gaze then returned to Mary’s face.

The concern on his face gradually receded, turning icy

cold.

After a moment, he scoffed. “Then?”

Mary hadn’t expected this reaction, and she was taken aback for a moment. She was about to speak when she heard Ellis scoff. “You wouldn’t say that the child is

mine, would you?”

Mary was dumbfounded.

She knew her previous actions might have led to a misunderstanding, and she decided to clarify everything at once, “That day, it was my first time… Ellis, I have no other men.”

She looked at him seriously and said earnestly.

But what responded to her was Ellis’s sneer. “Mary, do think I’ll believe you just because you said so?”

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Mary tightened her jaw. “What I’m saying is true, this

child…”

“Shut your mouth!”

Ellis interrupted her sharply with a shout.

Keira hadn’t expected this situation either.

Ellis was usually lively but took things seriously and responsibly. However, his face was now extremely ugly, and he exuded a cold aura.

Fearful that Mary might be hurt, she stepped forward and looked at Ellis, “Ellis, what is the meaning of this? You don’t want to take responsibility?!”

Ellis was still rather polite to Keira, “If the child isn’t mine, why should I take responsibility? Looking for a scapegoat? Or do you think I’m an easy mark?”

By now, Mary’s eyes were wide open.

She looked at Ellis in disbelief…

What she said before, about it not being her first time, about playing wild, was all said in anger at Ellis. She thought that if she just explained herself clearly, he would trust her…

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But she hadn’t expected it to turn out like this! What did Ellis take her for? An uppity escort?!

She clenched her fists tightly, her whole body trembling with anger, and even a flash of despair crossed her eyes.

She shouldn’t have had any illusions about Ellis…

Keira, however, furrowed her brows, sensing that something was amiss.

Ellis had just rushed up to find Mary, which clearly wasn’t a chance encounter, showing his concern for her. Then why was this situation unfolding?

She suddenly realized something and turned to Ellis ask, “What are you doing at the maternity hospital?”

Ellis’s complexion turned ashen, and he found it somewhat hard to speak.

But Keira continued to step forward and pressed, “Why did you swear that the child wasn’t yours?”

Ellis let out a cold laugh and said, “Because I will never be able to have children in this lifetime!”

At that statement, both Keira and Mary were

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dumbfounded, their gazes inadvertently shifting to Ellis’s crotch…

Ellis suddenly felt uncomfortable in a particular area. He shifted his body and said angrily and

embarrassedly, “What are you thinking about?! Mary knows whether I am capable or not, doesn’t she?”

Mary was speechless.

Actually, he was quite capable; that day, he almost disassembled her skeleton.

Seeing their reactions, Keira asked, “Then why do you say you will never have your own children in this lifetime?”

Ellis’s face turned red.