A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 500

From the outset, it was only Jessica who was in love with John-in fact, all those

terrible things she had done was for his sake.

Yet, did John not feel guilty towards her current predicament at all?

“I do, but not as much as you’d think,” John admitted. “I can’t pretend to ignore her

repeated attempts to have you killed.”

“But she’s serious about you-’

“You matter more than I do,” John said determinedly.

In other words, he was willing to take anything Jessica threw at him, not Cordy.

Cordy’s heart skipped a beat, and she got a little emotional from John’s

protectiveness.

John in turn raised a brow and asked, “What, you’d rather I be nicer to her?”

He was obviously scrawny now, but he still had the visage of a self- important CEO.

Did he think he still was one? His family’s estate was almost completely sold off!

“No,” Cordy

“Really?”

“I

curled upwards. “Did you know,

so petty.”

thought to herself that there was

for that long and soon left the detention

was out, since John only

Would he go free, cleared

considerable stress and unease as

she had to take Dicky to school before

to the courthouse.

he asked, looking up

it?”

brought me fresh milk when I asked for yogurt,

when I told you we need our spring uniform since we have an

me to school, but you look so

happened?”

Cordy had to

I slept well

was the truth-she hardly slept last night, and was

she was also unusually nervous because John’s trial was

didn’t tell Dicky about that, since children shouldn’t have

affairs of