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

So many years had passed since

images in her mind seemed

me not to touch you, but you

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

that I was bruised all

clench her fist tightly. John was bringing up

wanted to forget so badly with such ease, it made

want to look for you before. But I had my pride; I was

me to

abroad, but it only lasted a month before

for you. But then, my parents got

then cleared his throat and continued slowly,”

whole family was in mourning, and

took on all the pressure and burden of the family,

home and abroad

look for you. Later, my

that…you abandoned him.”

her heart clench

could she

the doctor and nurse telling her that

operation table. She had

didn’t even dare to

She simply accepted the fact that her baby

this your way of getting revenge on me?” Cordy asked,

explaining anything. It was futile to say anything,

complicated to begin

that when I first saw Richard, I was angry and

down, I chose to