Chapter 313

The room was once again silent, since Cordy's words left John dumbstruck.

They stared each other down for a while until John smiled wistfully.

''Is it that hard to work with me, Cordy?"

Cordy's chest actually stung.

John had always been despotic, but those words carried such heartbreak and helplessness.

Even so, she said, "I've already made things very clear to you after the announcement of your engagement with Jessica Stuart.

We aren't that close that I have to suffer everything for your sake.

want to take me down right now because of you,

on

as ever to the point that John actually felt

futile, even incurring her disgust and bringing her more

suggested, stay jaded and accept everything arranged for him like a tool, and

knuckles clenched but soon eased as he said, "Can you give me a

pleading, quietly

"If I fail to save you from harm, I'll

shred of

was going to refuse, but she

not trust him at all, ever since he learned that John had hidden the fact that Richard

skeptical that John was really interested in her, and was convinced that he wanted revenge for dumping him

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