A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 154

Zoe nodded and said earnestly, “Cordy, you’re so nice. John’s lucky to have met you.”

Cordy became a little embarrassed from Zoe’s words-in reality, she was lucky to have met John

too.

“Thank goodness Dicky’s mother was blind, or I’d never have such a nice cousin-in-law,” Zoe said, continuing her flattery.

“Just sleep,” Cordy urged Zoe with a smile, and then hurried off to the bathroom.

Zoey watched as Cordy left, her smile slowly fading.

She wondered just then if women had to meet scumbags before meeting their prince-even Cordy had to run into one like Kyle Jessop.

As for herself, Jay was more than enough.

Zoe was woken by her phone’s ringtone early next morning, and seeing who it was, she answered. with a groan. “Linda, didn’t I tell you that Jay Parker would handle it? We just have to wait, so don’t. bother me already…”

an announcement,”

on bed, wide awake

to find Zoe clearly agitated-she had tapped on her news app and found Jay denying any personal connection with Zoe, insisting that they only had a working relationship. He added that he was now in a relationship with Mandy Jessop, and as

she read the

against the Jessops, but Mandy was definitely nothing

at Zoe from the other

Zoe came to her senses soon enough, and

nothing between you and Jay Parker?” Linda asked, clearly skeptical

nothing between them? It was not as if just anyone could go there freely

clear, wasn’t he?” Zoe simply laughed

“Honestly, what’s wrong with his

convinced that Zoe was dating Jay, even getting the company

that Jay was a pig who would consume

case, why

not hate another without

that the latter had already put away her phone and

mind-she certainly could feign ignorance if Zoe really did not want others

to get to work. Can