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,

looking back

years had passed since the

her mind seemed to

“You said you begged me not to touch you, but you had no

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

was bruised all over

clench her fist tightly. John was bringing up the past

badly with

look for you before. But I had my pride; I

and after you forced me to sleep with

abroad, but it only lasted a month before I came back

you. But then, my parents got into

for a moment, then cleared

mourning, and my grandfather fell

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

I had to travel between home and abroad frequently,

you. Later,

that…you abandoned him.”

felt her heart clench

could she have

She clearly remembered the doctor and nurse telling her that her baby had

operation table. She had

she didn’t even dare to

accepted the fact that

“So, is this your way of getting revenge on

anything. It was futile to say anything, especially if

to

“I’ll admit that when I first saw Richard, I was

you. But after calming down, I chose to understand