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!”

thought you’re usually smarter

anger, so Patrick simply pointed

it’d go smoothly even if he said no to

in retaliation?

officials-or did

he lost everything

“In return, he protected certain individuals,” Patrick replied with

As Cordy bit her lip, he continued, “Either way, Jessica’s family

with a ten-foot pole now that he’s been charged.

the other way around, since John provided the perfect excuse

and

he worried they’d plot against him?” Cordy asked,

Jessica would definitely retaliate for not getting John. You

capable of anything.”

nothing to do with it,”

and William wouldn’t try to kick John

in the

time on the Levines or

they should be looking

replace John.”

“As such, no matter how frustrated or vengeful Jessica would be,

there’s nothing

left stumped

sabotaged his own future

really arrested for breaking the

that he

could he let it

Patrick told her. “He’s being held at