A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 785

Cora was surprised by the question posed by her mother to her uncle.

What relationship was she talking about?

It didn’t sound like Nancy was referring to their past familial bond…

Cora did a double take at the thought.

No way! Was Jay in love with Zoe?!

“That’s my personal life. You need not meddle,” Jay retorted coolly.

“I’m your sister, Jay!” Nancy was livid. “Everyone else in the family is gone, and there’s just a few of us left. If we don’t stick with each other, we’ll scatter.”

“Sticking together isn’t dependent on meddling with each other’s lives. Caring is plenty enough.”

care of you before he died? You know how upstanding I am, and how hard it was to convince myself to accept you! It was hard for me to set

the family fortune,” Jay replied determinedly. “I won’t show up ever again if you really find

of Zoe York?!” Nancy snapped,

with her. I just didn’t want you to

You can have any other woman you want, even someone from modest roots-l’d even sponsor your wedding lavishly and

I shall repeat myself: I don’t need anyone meddling in my personal life.” Jay’s response was

dumbstruck-she had never seen Jay

being nice to Jay and was earnest about it, treating him like

Shouldn’t Jay be grateful?

he that willing to make enemies of her mother, all for his

said, “Uncle Jay, you should try to understand my mother’s perspective. Zoe’s past is a little

that Zoe was too?!” Jay retorted, starting to lose

suffer for it?!”

blaming me for being too harsh on her?!” Nancy bellowed at him. “You thought I was wrong from the start! That I should forgive her; that

at all. “You’re the one who raised her, and she loved you as much as you had loved her. Did it cross