Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 331

Charles' mentor would die if the respirator was removed.

"You should be by her side now to accompany her through the final moments," I reminded him.

"I know. I'll go to her now." He looked at me with gratitude. "Sorry for the disturbance."

I offered a faint smile. "I hope there will be a miracle."

Without another word, he left. As I watched him walk away, my feelings toward him were completely different from last night.

"What are you staring at? I've been calling you." Brandon approached and took the flowers from my hand.

I wasn't sure how to explain Charles' situation to Brandon, especially since I hadn't mentioned the incident with Charles from last night, and his story was quite complex.

More than that, I felt inexplicably downhearted, partly because of Charles' words about his mentor not being around much longer.

"Brandon, why do you think two people without any blood relation can look so alike?" I asked him.

the world, it's normal for genes to be similar," he answered in a

thought about why Charles was following me and asked, "Do you think one day you might look

Brandon asked in

looked into his eyes.

you are just you," he said

just asking. You could have answered casually. I wasn't looking for anything

a stray hair from my cheek. "No matter what, I won't search for your

at his words. "Got it. Let's

in one hand and my hand in the other, Brandon

who looks almost exactly like me." I paused. "The

had initially only been struck by how similar I looked to the lady in the photo, but as the image lingered in my mind, I realized that the resemblance was even stronger than I had first thought. "Does she really

which is why I'm worried you might mistake someone else for

or defend himself. Instead, he asked, "Where

saw it on a man's

"On a man's phone?"

a very young PhD student..." I then

Brandon fell silent.

to look at him and even tapped his