My Mirror Image

Chapter 188

Chapter 0188

She sat on a bench in the hospital corridor, her face devoid of color, not knowing when the call on her phone got disconnected.

Chad’s words echoed repeatedly in her mind, alternating with the image of her grandfather lying in the hospital bed, covered in tubes,

Candice felt like her throat was constricted, and even expelling a breath required tremendous effort. Her face was chillingly cold, and she numbly reached out, feeling some moisture.

Was she crying?

Candice stared at her moist fingertips In a daze.

Alex was right. She had indeed overestimated herself, thinking that she alone could move Chad and improve her grandfather’s condition.

How could that be possible?

Her shoulders drooped, and her long hair fell, obscuring her expression from view.

Footsteps approached, and a familiar chilly aura mingled with the chaotic scent of disinfectant piercing her senses,

She tensed, hearing Alex’s cold volce, “Want me to operate on your grandfather?*

His words lacked any emotion. She slowly lifted her head, tears clinging to the corners of her eyes.

She gazed at Alex, who wore an Indifferent expression, his dark eyes betraying emotions she couldn’t decipher.

He looked down at her. “Do you want it?”

For a long while, Candice’s bewildered mind slowly started working. She croaked, “Your terms?”

She stared at him, her beautiful eyes devoid of their usual liveliness, resembling an unfathomable abyss, tranquil and undisturbed.

Alex’s eyes narrowed slightly, and then he casually said, “This is a problem for you to consider. Why do you think I would help you?”

Candice’s lace was already pale, and upon hearing his words, she didn’t react much, just continued to gaze at him.

Alex’s eyebrow twitched, and he scrutinized her for a moment before reaching out and grasping

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tone was gentle. “I’m not a philanthropist,

the hand gripping Candice’s chin

had to tilt her face upward along his force. She understood

help her.

was that she had to satisfy him and make him willing to

a long time before returning to the ward to

her grandfather.

witness nurses turning her grandfather over like he was a puppet,

pushed

could barely speak clearly now. Standing at the doorway, Candice could

murmurs.

It was heart–wrenching.

bear to watch any

left the room did Candice compose herself and

this period, each time she saw her grandfather in this state, the defenses

again.

his nails, she noticed how long they

hands, the same hands that had once held her, combed her hair,

clipping his nails, Candice’s vision

endure Chad’s scolding and Alex’s humiliation. But seeing

she couldn’t contain her emotions.

be like this?

of her grandfather’s hand. The old man seemed to sense something.

but he couldn’t manage it

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losing control of her emotions, but she

in her

get tired and feel unable

she had no choice.

hold on, hold

and Candice felt her grandfather slowly writing

her paim.

I’m sorry.

reminded her later that her grandfather’s emotions

time she calmed him down and left the hospital, it was already evening. Alex’s call happened to come in. Candice paused for a moment upon answering only to hear his cold voice saying, “GT, come by yourself.”

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