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!

be a little busy tonight,” John told Cordy then. “Wait for me.

can leave

there was something

left fuming at the tender,

Richard. “Take good care

promptly responded, having received his

turned to leave, and Cordy watched as he hurried

was so busy, but he would

was not touched, though not at the point where she felt

shall we go to the backyard?”

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

felt her heart turning to

to Richard’s

as Cordy left, the savagery in

and little gesture seemed to project a

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

came below stage to talk to Kyle-how insignificant Kyle

anticipation, and she knew

she wanted, she

wait,

arrived at the banquet hall at 9 PM and