A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 7

holding the speech she prepared especially for this occasion.Cordy’s announcement left everyone staring at Noel—this was the first time she was left looking like a fool, and Cordy was the one who did this to her!She was supposed to take over Startstream Group today, only for Cordy to give her a slap across the face!She certainly had never been humiliated like this. She always got anything she wanted even as a child, with Cordy ending up battered and looking like an idiot.Her eyes suddenly welled with innocent tears as she asked gingerly, “Do you need money… sis?”Cordy was glowering but said nothing, so Noel quickly pressed, “Calm down, sis. I just don’t understand… You never cared about Starstream, so why would you suddenly want to take over? I even heard from Kyle that you fell for a firefighter the other day, and that you might be in trouble?”Noel’s seemingly offhand comment left the executives in an uproar again.So Cordy was so horrific that she caused trouble just to get money for her lover?! Did she not feel embarrassed?!At the same time, Simon’s expression darkened. “I’ll pay you a million dollars right, so get out! Don’t ever show up here—you shouldn’t be here!”Simon’s outburst only solidified the impression that Cordy was short on money, but she laughed despite her rage.On the other hand, Noel was upset to hear that Cordy would be given money. From her perspective, Cordy deserved nothing!Still, considering that she would get the entire company in return, she said, “I can wire you the money today if you need it urgently—I just hope you won’t hook up with that man anymore…” “Hook up? You mean like how you hooked up with my fiance?”Noel’s face turned pale. “Kyle and I never did anything like that…”Her affair with Kyle Jessop certainly must not be exposed, since both their families’ reputation would be tarnished!“That’s enough! Stop trying to distort the facts!” Simon barked. He then whipped out his checkbook to quickly write a check. “Here, it’s