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

years

her mind seemed to clear

begged me not to touch you, but you had no idea how

night. If you hadn’t left the

that I was bruised all over from that

but clench her fist tightly. John

badly with

didn’t want to look for you before. But I had my pride; I

to sleep

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

for you. But then, my parents got into

John paused for a moment, then cleared his throat and

was in mourning, and my grandfather

all the pressure and burden of the

I had to travel between home and abroad

the time to look for you. Later,

that…you abandoned him.”

Cordy felt her heart clench

How could she have abandoned

She clearly remembered the doctor and nurse telling her that

on the operation

she didn’t even dare to look at

She simply accepted the fact that her baby was

your way of getting revenge on me?”

It was futile to say

to begin

saw Richard,

But after calming down, I chose to understand