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….

she have been more

expect that she would really fall

up 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

slept near strangers because she felt too insecure to

John also asleep

small couch, so it looked like he was mostly cramping

remembered the time when he was staying at the hospital–their roles

and tried to lay it over him

close to her, John opened his eyes, leaving her

“Sorry, I… Oh!”

as suddenly caught her wrist, and

fell into his arms, while she felt like the

could react, John flipped around and pinned

into each other’s eyes in

leaned in and

Cordy’s heart was racing.

instincts were rejecting what was coming, and she shifted her

she hesitated for a moment when she met his bright

lip, watching

And closer.

last instant, she suddenly closed her eyes and clenched her