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 at Cordy from up

“I’m sorry,” Cordy said.

A refusal.

bobbing, but he slowly straightened and said, “No. I was getting ahead

raced once

progressed that far, and John was

felt guilty for some reason-as if she had

to leave, when Cordy suddenly explained, “I

drugged-that time when I was eighteen-and I had sex with a man

both mental and physical discomfort from any man’s touch, as if it’s an instinctive aversion. It’s not

suddenly sat up on her bed, and then

since she was in too much of a hurry, and she did not

John heard

was a gut-wrenching sound,

was inscrutable even as he stared in the direction of

was no telling how long had passed when things started

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

limp, and she was

asked, and there was an edge in his

Cordy nodded tamely.

arms and laid her carefully in