A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 116

“It’s alright, I’ll stay here with you,” John replied, as if it was only natural. “Sleep.”

As Cordy stared at him, he said, “You often came by to visit and take care of me when I was staying in the hospital before.”

“You were hurt because of me,” Cordy pointed out.

“I always repay a favor a hundredfold. You don’t have to be so formal with me, Ms. Sachs,” John said with a determined tone.

Cordy pursed her lips–she had this nagging feeling that she would hurt the little child in John if she turned him down.

As such, she simply turned around, keeping her back to him and closed her eyes to sleep.

And with that, John sat by her hospital bed, staring at her delicately small figure.

She really was small… So, so small.

And yet, she was so tough it hurt.

John’s Adam’s apple bobbed just then.

If he stopped her all those years ago, when she was fleeing without a care….

have been more

did not expect that she would really fall

with a reasonable excuse to make John leave, but did not think that as she closed her eyes and kept laying there in her bed, she actually

rarely slept near strangers because she felt too insecure

turned slightly and found John also

was a small couch, so it looked like he was mostly cramping his huge frame

he was staying at

and tried to

instant he was close to her, John opened his eyes, leaving her in shock and

“Sorry, I… Oh!”

yelped as suddenly caught her wrist, and firmly

into his arms, while

she could react, John flipped around and pinned her beneath

into each other’s eyes in that

John suddenly leaned in

Cordy’s heart was racing.

were rejecting what was coming, and she shifted

so, she hesitated for a moment

bit her lip, watching

And closer.

closed her eyes and clenched her knuckles, as if to make her accept