A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 48

John’s deep, melodious voice was apologetic.

“I was too late.”

Cordy shook her head. “You were right on time.”

And everything was just fine.

John’s heart skipped a beat, his gaze tender as he watched Cordy’s tears roll over her cheeks.

He stroked her cheek then and gently wiped her tears.

She flinched slightly and opened her eyes.

Their eyes met, and an attraction seemed to be nourished right then.

She was still looking him straight in the eye even as he leaned closer.

A small spark between adults could certainly burst into flames…

However, as John leveled his lips against Cordy’s soft, moist lips, she turned just as he was about to kiss her, so that he kissed her cheek instead.

opened his eyes, and he stared

“I’m sorry,” Cordy said.

A refusal.

bobbing, but he slowly straightened and

heart raced

clearly had not progressed that far, and John was

guilty for some reason-as if

ready to leave, when Cordy

as she continued, “I was drugged-that time when I was eighteen-and I had sex with a man I didn’t know. My memories were a blur, and my mind was blank when I woke

feel both mental and physical discomfort

on her bed, and then dashed into

the door since she was in too much of

John heard her vomiting

gut-wrenching sound, and it

was inscrutable even as he stared in the

was no telling how long had passed

the toilet-she had vomited a lot, even her own bile, but her stomach

left her body limp, and she was unable to

asked, and there was

Cordy nodded tamely.

arms and laid her