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.”

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

determinedly. “I won’t show up ever again

Are you really giving up on your family because of Zoe York?!” Nancy snapped, attributing all of Jay’s indifference

I just didn’t want you to put yourself through

thinking, but I won’t argue with you right now. But I’ll make it very clear, I won’t accept you marrying Zoe! You can have any other

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

them, Cora was dumbstruck-she had never seen Jay act this cold, even at

Jay and was earnest about it, treating him like they were actual siblings as if

Shouldn’t Jay be grateful?

he that willing to make enemies of her mother,

she said, “Uncle Jay, you should try to understand my

ever cross her mind that Zoe was too?!” Jay retorted, starting to lose himself a little.

suffer for it?!”

Nancy bellowed at him. “You thought I was wrong from the start! That I should forgive

her, and she loved you as much as you had loved her. Did