A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 6

her and held her gaze for a long while.However, just as she thought about changing the subject, John said, “It was against my will.”Cordy was dumbfounded—something like that could happen to a burly man who measured up to six feet tall?!“I guess she’s quite assertive.” Cordy tried to play along.“She was on that day.” John nodded, glancing at her again with his dark gaze.Somehow, Cordy felt like their conversation was not that dull.“And? How did you two end up separated?” Cordy asked, trying to change the subject—she was also curious as to why Richard’s mother would leave them.“She doesn’t like me.”Cordy was dumbfounded again—someone dumped a man as gorgeous as him?!“If she doesn’t, why would she bear your child?” It just did not make sense.“She never wanted Dicky,” John said coolly. “She was actually going to abandon