A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 45

Mandy eventually lowered her head-even though the ignominy almost left her suffering a breakdown.

“I’m sorry.”

“It’s fine.” Cordy’s smile became even more obvious, but she was still being magnanimous.

After all, this alone was more than enough suffering for Mandy.

And seeing that her daughter apologized, Dandy quickly turned to John. “Mr. Levine, do you think I can leave with my daughter now?”

“This must never happen again.”

“Of course, of course-I’ll definitely straighten her out when I get home.”

And with that, Dandy firmly dragged Mandy along as their family fled, cutting a miserable figure.

Once they were gone, things returned to normal at the banquet hall.

Naturally, many still had their eyes on John and Cordy, studying them and wondering how the hell two people from two different worlds managed to hook up!

And yet, it was happening right in front of their eyes!

tonight,” John told Cordy then. “Wait

I can

but there was something in

fuming at the tender, overbearing

to Richard. “Take

promptly responded,

leave, and Cordy watched as he

so busy, but he would still throw everything

would be lying if she said that she was not touched, though not at the point where she

we go to the

me that I’m a man, and that I should protect Mommy,” the boy said

her heart

on tightly to Richard’s little hand and left

Noel was watching nearby as Cordy left, the savagery in her eyes

John, whose every move and little gesture seemed to project a kingly air. No man present even held a

by Kyle to think that John was a firefighter, but her feelings toward him naturally took a 180-degree

there was also that moment, when John came below stage to talk to Kyle-how insignificant

hence quivered with anticipation, and she knew very

wanted,

you wait,

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