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 at

Cordy pursed her lips. So many years had passed since

her mind seemed to clear up

me not to touch you,

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

bruised

clench her fist tightly. John was bringing up

forget so badly with such ease,

want to look for you before. But I

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

returned abroad, but it only lasted a month before I came

But then, my parents

for a moment, then cleared his throat

family was in mourning, and my grandfather fell ill from the

all the pressure and burden of the family,

between home and abroad

find the time to look for you.

that…you abandoned him.”

her

she have abandoned

and nurse telling her that

operation table. She

didn’t even dare to look

simply accepted the fact that

this your way of getting

futile to say

to begin

saw Richard, I was angry and even thought

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