"There is a reason," the man replied, "but as usual, you’ll get no answers until what I need is fulfilled."
"You’re your mother’s son. Aren’t you a match?" Justin asked, studying him closely.
"I must have taken after my father, not being a perfect match," the man replied calmly, his neutral gaze revealing nothing.
Like Justin, he was hard to read, his expression unwavering.
"So, a year and a half ago, you came to this city, approached Natalie to get her blood samples, and even registered her marriage," Justin said, his tone steady though his eyes betrayed a flicker of restrained anger.
The lookalike met his gaze without flinching. "I told you, the name on her marriage certificate is yours, not mine, Aiden."
The way the man repeatedly addressed him as Aiden stirred something in Justin—a strange familiarity. He didn’t find the name foreign, which made him wonder if he was truly forgetting something important.
"You needed her blood; that much I understand. But why did you register her marriage?" Justin pressed, ignoring the implication that it was somehow his name on the certificate.
"Just know that you are her husband and not me," the man answered calmly. "Knowing how protective you are to her, I am sure you are happy to be her husband, isn’t it?"
Justin ignored his question, not willing to let out anything and asked. "Does that mean you used my name to register your marriage with Natalie thinking I am no more and used the fact that we lookalike so there won’t be an issue while doing so?" Justin looked into his eyes straight, "And even if she found you one day, you wouldn’t be Aiden Handrix as your real name is different and you wouldn’t be in any trouble. Were you planning to keep her wondering about her husband all her life? Is that your hate towards her and you want to punish her for something?"
"Care, it’s my care towards her," the man finally showed a reaction, though he kept his cool, "She was better married to some unknown man that marrying to that Ivan Brown."
"Why didn’t you want her to marry Ivan Brown?" Justin asked.
"Ask her grandpa," The man replied. "Her grandpa might answer you."
It surprised Justin. "What do you mean?"
"I have already answered you enough," the man declared.
There was a sudden silence between the two.
After a while, Justin broke the silence. "How do you expect her not to find out? She’d have to go through surgery; she’ll know."
"You’re a powerful, resourceful man," the man replied smoothly. "I trust you’ll figure it out."
Justin almost scoffed. "Unless you want her surgical wound to magically heal in a day?"
"That’s your problem to solve," the lookalike replied. "I don’t care what lie you come up with, as long as she doesn’t know the truth."
Justin studied him in silence, realizing that this man wasn’t about to give up any additional information.
"We need to know who she’d be donating her bone marrow to. Your mother’s name," Justin demanded.
The man paused, clearly reluctant, but finally said, "You can call her Ms. Shaw."
"Ms.?" Justin raised a brow.
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