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.”

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

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

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

just didn’t want you to put

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

need anyone meddling in my personal

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

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

Shouldn’t Jay be grateful?

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 past

did it ever cross her mind that Zoe was too?!” Jay retorted, starting to lose himself a little. “Was she really at fault? Why should

suffer for it?!”

“You thought I was wrong from the start! That I should forgive her; that selfish mom of hers and her despicable

her, and she loved you as much as you had loved her. Did it cross your mind how miserable she was when you went