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

her lips. So many years had passed since the

her mind seemed

you begged me not to touch you, but

that night. If you hadn’t left the morning

was bruised all

clench her fist tightly.

to forget so badly with such ease,

to look for you before.

to sleep with you and abandoned

but it only lasted a month before

parents got into an accident and

then cleared his throat and continued slowly,”

was in mourning, and my

all the pressure and burden of the family, and devoted

home and

for you.

that…you abandoned him.”

felt her heart clench

she

doctor and nurse telling

when she was on the operation table. She had

didn’t even dare to look at the

accepted the fact that her

this your way of getting

to say

complicated to begin

when I first saw Richard, I was angry

on you. But after calming down, I chose