A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 210

‘That crafty geezer! What is he doing to Cordy?!

‘He could have sold her to human traffickers and none would have been the wiser!”

It was scarier the more Zoe thought about it, and she quickly got into her car, intent on saving Cordy from Levine Manor.

“Wait.”

Jay caught her wrist but she shook him off violently.

She did it almost as soon as Jay touched her, and a moment of awkwardness ensued.

Still, Jay spoke calmly in the next instant. “When you see Cordy, tell her to doubt everything your grandfather says and not to make any hasty decisions. Tell her to wait for John until he explains everything to her.”

“What are you talking about? Was John hiding something from her?” Zoe asked, sharp as ever.

It was not as if she was not smart-she simply did not use her brains properly, such as in her

studies.

“Just keep Cordy company for a couple days-things like these hurt, so try to counsel her. I’ll postpone your scenes to a further time so you

in turn, since it was pointless-Jay was never going to tell her

did not want to.

was far better to hurry along

told her chauffeur to floor it, and once her car stopped outside the manor, she rushed up to her grandfather’s study on

to say, Alan always

the door, she immediately saw

shot a look at Zoe after she barged in with a reprimanding

a nonchalant rebuke from an elder

“You’re far older, Gramps, and you’d

as she watched

her, and she hung up on Zoe because she did not want to trouble her

I find

discussion with Ms. Sachs here. Isn’t that

Cordy murmured, not exactly

did

her grandfather-anything that a businessman said must always be scrutinized under