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

looking with

about to turn and leave again,

her bra, even flapping them between his

it? And he picked

understand that there were things that must not be simply picked up

hands and left as if fleeing,

bathroom, Cordy was on the

was nothing

to send

hairdryer

nearest power socket and plugged it

was left speechless, he continued, “As thanks for taking care of Dicky, and

more than enough,” Cordy replied

John replied. “Even if I’d rather you didn’t wear a gown bought with someone else’s money, I’m good enough a businessman to not

actually impressed that he could act so natural even when there’s so much money

nothing else and untied

only the sound of the hairdryer and a