A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 463

Jay’s throat felt parched and dry, and he clenched his trembling fists.

He saw the hopelessness reflected in Zoe’s eyes, the hopelessness she felt toward

him.

He felt as if thousands of swords were piercing right through his heart at that moment,

making him unable to say a word.

“If I could find someone else to help me, I wouldn’t even consider troubling you,” Zoe

said softly. “But right now, you’re the only one who can make Bob believe that I don’t

love him. I find it miserable indeed, to have only loved two men in all the twenty-five

years I’ve lived. How good it would be if I had another option to go to.”

Jay tried so hard to compose himself that his whole body shook.

He said through gritted teeth, “I’ll help you.”

Zoe looked at him, unmoved.

What was there for her to be moved by?

He simply had no choice after hearing what she said.

“Thank you,” she whispered brokenly.

She still had

Thank him for agreeing to it, despite being put in a

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the passcode to access her apartment, but because he

would always knock on the

also said that he loved the feeling of her opening her

her face was enough to make his days

expected that the only time he

him witnessing an

punched in the

Zoe looked at Jay inside

request, the two of them

couch, awaiting Bob’s

she would take the initiative

him.

She asked for him

he might be, she asked him

moment, Zoe leaned in close to Jay.

and pulled him closer, making them look like they

Jay’s body stiffening up.

a block,

care so much as to whether Jay felt disgusted or not. She was

selfish, indeed.

she liked, she cared more

how she could make Bob lose

unlocked, and Zoe planted her lips

almost