"That's great."

I felt grateful to Keith at this moment, never expecting him to be so thorough.

It was already a great stroke of luck that a professor of his stature would perform the surgery himself. But for him to also be so attentive to the heart donor was beyond my expectations.

I knew that it was because of Lisa.

"Do they know when the new heart will arrive?" I asked again.

Brandon lowered his gaze. "I'm not sure."

I glanced at the clean yet chilly hospital corridor. "So, what does Mr. Marrow suggest? Should she stay in the hospital and wait, or go home to rest?"

"I'll let her go home and rest. Ellie had hardly ever left her village due to her health and had never been to Hilcord. I want to take her around." Brandon shared his thoughts.

I agreed. The fact that Ellie had never tried coffee or milkshakes before spoke to how alien the outside world was to her. She might have read about it in books, but she had never actually experienced it. ""Alright." I supported his idea.

him. "I'm concerned that if you continue to keep her company, you won't be able to go to the office." Brandon didn't respond, so I continued with a sigh. "It'd be

must be about to

he'd never lie, and I believed him. But I couldn't understand why he was pretending to be poor in this

some hidden

did he not trust

pretend to be poor?" My question was abrupt and

gaze sharpened, yet he

test whether the woman they like is only after their money." I kept

heard his conversation with

do. If someone's keeping

wave of derision washed over me. "What a splendid reason he's concocted." I sneered,

about a

refused to reveal his identity. There was no

"Mae..."

Then, I pulled the keys out of my pocket and dangled them in front of him and said, "I need to return her keys." Brandon nodded in response. I walked away with steady,

I was still pretty upset that Brandon lied

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