A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 150

John thought to himself that Cordy should be sweet-talking him instead of asking about Jessica!

Still, he nodded. “Yeah.”

“What’s the relationship there?” Cordy asked bluntly-after she had that misunderstanding with John and Zoe, she had decided to ask about everything since.

“Our grandfathers were comrades in the war and close friends, often keeping in touch event though we lived in different cities. My grandfather especially loved to visit them, so he brought me to Stuart Hall in Rocktown on many occasions. As for Jessica Stuart, she’s…”

John trailed off as he searched for the right word, and Cordy raised a brow. “Your childhood friend?”

“No.” John denied it. “More like the girl next door.”

The girl next door?!

That felt way more ambiguous than necessary!

John then continued, “Anyway, when my grandfather sent me abroad for studies, William Stuart- her grandfather-sent her abroad as well. After we graduated from university, I worked on expanding Levine Ventures in foreign markets, while she stayed abroad as well to manage Stuart Holdings. We do take care of each other because of our families’ ties.”

Take care? How?!

smiled faintly when he saw Cordy’s judgmental look. “Don’t worry.

is your business, and I’m not concerned,” Cordy replied nonchalantly,

John in a good mood, and he

“Huh?” Cordy was confused.

mouth,” he said. “Unlike

but she was not ever going to live down suspecting John for having a relationship with

dinner, they headed to

was just Cordy and Richard having fun in the car, John once again felt like the third

Cordy’s fingers suddenly

taken her hand in the darkness of the

while John turned to stare outside the window after

hand.

stubbornness from the back of his head-he was

she did not reject him either, because she did not feel

called out to

senses and continued to chat with the