A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 31

Cordy was speechless-she was under the impression that John had missed her message “Then what are you doing here?”

“Dinner

Cordy somehow had no comeback against that.

“Where’s the bathroom?” John asked.

“My room,” Cordy replied-she was living alone and did not need a shared bathroom, so she just had it cleared for a study instead.

John entered, glancing at Richard, who was sleeping soundly in bed, before heading inside the bathroom.

Cordy was going to turn and leave when she remembered something, and she dashed toward the bathroom just as John was about to close the door

John raised a brow “Ms. Sachs “”

Cordy flushed again-she had left her clothes and undergarments in the bathroom after showering

grabbed everything at once, looking flustered

was looking

about to turn and leave again, he called

holding her

And he

things that must not be simply picked up from the floor? Or that

off his hands and left as if fleeing, her ears

of the bathroom, Cordy was on the couch, having calmed herself

was nothing to be

up and was about to send John away, she noticed in surprise that he was

hairdryer

plugged it in before saying, “I’ll help you dry

left speechless, he continued, “As thanks for taking care

way more than enough,”

about the payment,” John replied. “Even if I’d rather you didn’t wear a gown bought with someone else’s

so natural even when there’s so much money

the same time, John said nothing else

there was only the sound