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

blurred images in her mind

to touch you, but you had

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

that I was bruised all over from

fist tightly. John

forget so badly with such ease, it made her blood

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

to sleep with

only

you. But then, my parents got

a moment, then cleared his throat and

and

on all the pressure and burden of the family,

home

you. Later, my

that…you abandoned him.”

her

could she have

the doctor and nurse telling her that her baby had

was on the operation table. She had been so distraught

even dare to look

She simply accepted the fact that her

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

It was futile to say anything, especially if the whole thing

to

I first saw Richard, I was angry and even

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