No Strings Attached novel (Clara and Ian) novel Chapter 365

Brodie's heart clenched tight. "Did you remember something?"

"Not exactly," his mother replied, her voice tinged with uncertainty. "When the chandelier came crashing down, I had this fleeting vision of me and him together. It was gone in a blink, but I'm positive the man in it was Teo."

Hearing this, Brodie squeezed her hand a little tighter. "You had feelings for him, didn't you?"

Caught off guard by her son's forthright questioning, Katherine didn't know how to respond. After a pause of several seconds, she finally spoke softly, "I suppose I must have. Otherwise, why would I have saved him? Brodie, do you think I was... was a bad woman for getting involved with a married man? And what if... what if you were his child?"

Brodie had known that the question of his parentage would come up eventually. He was about to say something when a knock at the door interrupted them. He walked over and opened it to find Teo on the other side, his eyes meeting Brodie's gaze.

"Brodie, how's your mother? I wanted to pay her a visit."

Teo was holding a basket of fruit and cradling a bouquet of flowers in his arm. A gentle smile graced his face as he looked at Brodie.

For a brief moment, Brodie's hands clenched involuntarily, his emotions hidden in the shadows of his eyes. He stared at Teo for several seconds before saying, "She's awake. Come on in."

Turning back to his mother, he said in a somber tone, "Mom, Teo's here to see you."