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

that she would really fall

to make John leave, but did not think that as she closed her eyes and kept

near strangers because she

John also

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

at the hospital–their roles from that time were

up her blanket and tried to lay it

John opened his

“Sorry, I… Oh!”

yelped as suddenly caught her wrist, and firmly

entire body fell into his arms, while she felt like the world spun

could react, John flipped around and pinned

stared into each other’s eyes in that compromising

Cordy watched as John suddenly leaned in and inched closer to

Cordy’s heart was racing.

instincts were rejecting what was coming, and

hesitated for a moment when she met his bright

watching as

And closer.

and clenched her knuckles, as if to