Chapter 821

After Brad left, the room grew as silent as a pond frozen in time. The dim wall lamp cast a soft glow over Nadine, illuminating the loneliness deep within her heart. When Brad asked that question, she couldn't bring herself to lie and instead told him the truth. There was a time when she did use Brad as a replacement for Jack. But it didn't take long for her to realize that Brad and Jack were two completely different people, and the idea of one replacing the other was absurd. One was full of warmth and sunshine, the kind of guy who spread warmth to everyone around him. The other was cold as ice, someone who could go an entire day without saying a word, and everyone who came across him would avoid him like the plague. Jack was the former—her beacon of light, her ray of sunshine. Brad, on the other hand, was cold and ruthless, and anyone who came too near would become frozen solid. At some point, she realized she could clearly tell Brad and Jack apart. Despite their identical faces,