A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 245

Cordy didn’t reply.

Sometimes, silence really could replace everything.

“I didn’t mean to hide the fact that I was the man who slept with you when you

were eighteen,” John admitted. “I asked you before if you hated him, and you

said yes. I thought I’d tell you when our relationship was more stable, when you

no longer rejected physical contact with me. Maybe…

Just maybe, you’d be able to accept my presence.”

Cordy listened quietly, not interrupting him at all. And so, John went on.

Enter title…

“At that time, I had just returned from abroad and was drinking with Bob and a

few other friends. At the bar, I saw you while you were delirious. A man

approached you, and you tried to refuse him. I went up to you two and pushed

him away, and then you leaned against me. You felt hot to touch. I admit that I

took you to a hotel, but where else was I going to take you? I didn’t know, and

you were burning up. I asked you, but you didn’t say anything. After that, when

we reached the hotel, you pushed me onto the bed, and…” John trailed off,

back

many years had passed since the

her mind seemed to

me not to touch you, but

night. If you hadn’t left the morning before I woke

seen that I was bruised

her fist tightly. John was

forget so badly with such

didn’t want to look for you

after you forced me to sleep with you and abandoned me, I

upset. I returned abroad, but it only lasted a month

But then, my parents got into an accident

moment, then

was in mourning, and my grandfather fell ill from the

all the pressure and

home and abroad frequently, and I

time to look for you. Later,

that…you abandoned him.”

Cordy felt her heart clench

she have

and nurse telling her that her baby had

stillborn when she was on the operation table. She had been so

she didn’t even dare to look

the fact that her baby

“So, is this your way of getting revenge on me?” Cordy asked, instead

It was futile to say

complicated to

“I’ll admit that when I first saw Richard, I was angry and even thought of

on you. But after calming down, I chose to understand you.