A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 72

Noel had called Simon immediately after she left Cordy’s office before driving straight to the hospital where John was staying.

She had certainly been waiting for this day.

Without any chance to get close to John and worried that she might repulse him, she now had the perfect excuse to approach him after he was hospitalized.

And when it came to men, she had always bewitched them with relative ease.

She knocked on the bedroom door and entered, a bouquet of flowers in her hand and a bright smile on her face.

Seeing the man who was ridiculously handsome even as he lay in bed, she greeted him. “Hello, Mr. Levine.”

John, however, was looking at her coolly, so she quickly introduced herself. “I’m Noel Sachs, Cordy’s sister.”

“Same father, different mother,” John added.

It left Noel feeling a little awkward, but she soon regained her composure. “You see, my sister is busy, so she sent me here to visit you. Also, allow me to apologize on behalf of Starstream Group after one of the workers wounded you. What happened was really regrettable…”

staring at her judgmentally. “Cordy sent

don’t get upset at her, Mr. Levine. She only recently took over Starstream and there’s a lot of work to do. She can’t step away for the moment,” Noel quickly

from Cordy before, and she would do the same

with an obviously

stole her fiance. Are you sure she’d send you here

if

Noel quickly explained, “That’s not it, Mr. Levine. I think you’ve misunderstood what’s going on between me,

cutting her short. “I would like to recover in peace, and since you’re of no concern, please don’t

was clearly telling Noel to

way to make herself look especially pretty, but John was showing

won’t impose. I wish you a quick

was still interested in Cordy, and that

before-and Noel was suddenly pleased that she had

some flowers for you. I hope you like them.” She kept smiling coquettishly as she put the huge bouquet on John’s bedside table. “Also, I should apologize for mistaking you for someone else when we first met.

could say a word, and Cordy stood at

she was surprised