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

flustered

was looking with a

and leave

holding her bra, even flapping them between his

And

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

off his hands and left as if fleeing, her ears

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

were adults and it was

to send John away, she noticed in

hairdryer

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

he continued, “As thanks for taking care of Dicky, and for personally

is way more than

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

act so natural even when there’s so

nothing else and untied her hair

was only the