A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 120

“Hello, Ms. Sachs. Your reputation precedes you, though you’re even more beautiful than when you appeared at the press conference.” Sam praised her earnestly.

“You flatter me.” Cordy smiled. “You’re quite handsome too.”

Sam smiled smugly and shot John a provoking look, but John ignored it.

Pulling out a chair for Cordy, John said, “I knew them since I was a boy since our families were close. That said, I spent more time abroad and rarely came back. This is the first time I’m celebrating my birthday in North City, so they wanted to join me.”

In other words, he wanted to celebrate it with her alone, but they insisted on tagging alone.

“Anyway, just be at ease. Don’t mind them,” John then added quietly, clearly taking her feelings into consideration.

Cordy nodded.

It was his birthday, and naturally what he said went.

chance to say the things

door suddenly opened, and a familiar female voice could

me?

carrying a bouquet of flowers

dare start without the queen of showbiz, right?” Bob

Zoe grinned and walked straight to John, giving him a warm hug

looking at the bouquet with disdain. “That’s what you got me

flower and wrapped it myself. It’s a

forgetting that we’re not at a film set, kiddo,”

is between me and

shrugged nonchalantly, already perfectly accustomed to the

snorted. “I bought you that Hermes Himalayan Birkin for your birthday and I only get flowers from you. Your love for me is really bottomless,

what you wanted!” Zoe exclaimed, giving him a wounded look. “And you have the money to get anything you want anyway. How could you swindle a little actress like me who lives paycheck

growled, not wanting to waste his breath. “And don’t put on such strong

even as she left John’s side. “It’s an expensive antique. I wouldn’t have used it for myself even if I wanted to, and I was almost crying when I did

beside Cordy