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.

of genes. With so many people in the world, it's normal for genes to be similar,"

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

Brandon asked in a sharp

his eyes.

just you," he said

just asking. You could have answered

matter what, I won't search for your reflection in anyone else. You are

at his words. "Got it. Let's

hand in the other, Brandon asked, "Why the sudden

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

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 look that much

mistake someone else

or defend himself. Instead, he asked, "Where did you

on a

"On a man's phone?"

a very young PhD student..." I

Brandon fell silent.

I tilted my head to look at him and even tapped his palm. "What's wrong?