A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 624

Even as Cordy meekly leaned into Lucas’ arms, she was shuddering slightly as if afraid-as if she were abandoned.

Lucas inhaled deeply in turn, feeling unusually grouchy.

He had no idea why, but he just was.

No other woman had put him through a roller coaster of emotions like this —when he wanted to push her away, he chose to bear with it as he held her shaking body.

“Consider this my reward, Cordy,” he told her then.

Cordy never heard, even as he continued, “For letting me stay.”

There was no telling if he was just telling himself that either.

But at the next instant, he lay down again and gathered her in his arms.

no longer shaking, and her breathing assumed a regular rhythm as she buried

Lucas gulped.

was perky where she needed to

the next morning, Lucas opened his eyes and immediately felt a sore

him with a bear’s grip-she certainly slept well, while he did not sleep at

fell asleep- perhaps even

suspected that she was deliberately seducing him, but she did not really do

to get out of bed, Cordy seemed to sense his departure and clung to him even harder, her lips

‘Damn it.’

under his breath, worried that something would really happen

his teeth and steeled himself as he pried her hands

in clear displeasure, but he seized the moment to get out of bed, panting as he strode into the bathroom and splashed his own

but this time burying her face into the pillow where he just slept

she not afraid

shift her, but he eventually chose