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.”

saying that I’m prying?” Nancy growled. “Do you think I’d care about you if my father didn’t tell me to take 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

determinedly. “I won’t show up ever again if you

Parker! Are you really giving up on your family because of Zoe York?!” Nancy snapped,

her. I just didn’t want

But I’ll make it very clear, I won’t accept you marrying Zoe! You can have any other woman you want, even someone from modest roots-l’d even sponsor your wedding lavishly and make it grand, as long as it

repeat myself: I don’t need anyone meddling in

Cora was dumbstruck-she had never seen Jay act this

earnest about it, treating him

Shouldn’t Jay be grateful?

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

just then, she said, “Uncle Jay, you should try to understand my mother’s perspective. Zoe’s

too?!” Jay retorted, starting to lose himself

suffer for it?!”

still 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 selfish mom of hers and her despicable

deserve to hate anyone, but not Zoe,” Jay argued, not backing down at all. “You’re the one who raised her, and she loved you as much as you had loved her. Did it cross your mind