A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 134

Even as their eyes met, certain feelings were undoubtedly growing.

Cordy genuinely did not think that after all the dark times she survived–and more recently Kyle- that she would suddenly begin another relationship.

She was not actually sure about this, but she took the first step regardless.

Was it John who was good at flirting, or was he not as cold as she thought–not as disenchanted with the world as she believed?

And after confirming their relationship, they were suddenly both silent, making things rather awkward.

“Do you hate that man who slept with you?” John suddenly asked.

There was a hint of nervousness in his impassive expression, while Cordy was just confused why he would ask about that.

Maybe because she disliked men after that incident?

“I do,” she said.

John blinked subtly even as Cordy continued, “He was clearly conscious at the time. I remembered it so clearly, begging him to stop and not to touch me… but he never did.

The past memory still left her with a pain she could not remove from her mind.

reacted differently from how

his voice was too quiet for Cordy to hear, and she asked,

was deaf at the moment, and she could not pick

you run into that man again? What would you do?” John asked, changing his

through it all. I don’t know who he is, but I’ll just pretend

reached out

twitched and he quickly released her,

so, she suddenly caught his hand just

to get used

John’s lips curled upward.

said. “I

raced slightly–she would be lying if she

gone through so much tragedy, she was sure that she would not give a damn about anything

impulse to do so, she unwittingly remembered all the pain and indignation from being deceived

mistake of others on John, but humans are creatures of emotions, and certainly a

could change it

Cordy walked John to the

they became a little

rest soon,” John told her