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

lips. So many years had passed since the incident,

images in her mind seemed

me not to touch you, but you had no

night. If you hadn’t left the morning

I was bruised

clench her fist

she wanted to forget so badly with

“It’s not like I didn’t want to look for you before. But I had my

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

upset. I returned abroad, but it only lasted

But then, my parents got into an accident

a moment, then cleared his throat

mourning, and my grandfather

sorrow. I took on all the pressure and burden of the family, and devoted myself

had to travel between home and abroad

to look for you.

that…you abandoned him.”

Cordy felt her heart clench

could she

nurse telling her that her

the operation table. She had been so distraught

dare to

accepted the fact that

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

say anything, especially if the whole thing

complicated to

first saw Richard, I was angry

after calming down, I chose to understand