A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 491

Patrick chuckled and teased her, “So you actually can get nervous?” “I just want to

know the truth,” Cordy replied. “Jessica’s wedding with John concerns my safety and

personal gain.”

Yes, she was just being selfish. The only thing she cared about was whether she

could get Dicky even though the wedding fell through!

Patrick shrugged and stopped leaving her hanging. “Before John could say1 I do’,

Rocktown’s police commissioner himself stormed in with a warrant for his arrest.

Turns out John’s a suspect in a corporate criminal conspiracy.’

Cordy’s fingers clenched. Patrick asked her, “Do you know what that means?”

“The wedding’s off,” Cordy replied.

Patrick laughed at that. “Even I can’t bear to watch this, Cordy. The man would go this

far for you, not holding back from destroying his own reputation and his own future

just to stop this wedding. And you’re being this calm?”

“How else would I react? Can I change anything?” Cordy asked in return. “I don’t get

it-how is this different from just rejecting the engagement? He’d be ruining his

reputation, anyway!”

usually smarter than this,’

stayed silent despite her anger, so Patrick simply

said no to the

family in retaliation? Citizens should never pick

government officials-or did you

“But he lost everything

return, he protected certain individuals,” Patrick replied with no

her lip, he continued, “Either way, Jessica’s

with a ten-foot pole now that he’s

around, since John provided the perfect

annul the engagement, and without them losing

against him?” Cordy

“Also, Jessica would definitely retaliate for

capable of anything.”

“Maybe, but Jessica’s family would have nothing

has a reputation to uphold, and William wouldn’t try to kick John

least, not out in the open. In

Levines or anyone involved with them now

ally, since they should be looking for their next

replace John.”

or vengeful Jessica would

So there’s

left stumped at

John really sabotaged his own future just for this, or if

was really arrested

that he would

he let it be called

I just asked around,” Patrick told her. “He’s being