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.”

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 for me to set

don’t need a cent of the family fortune,” Jay replied determinedly. “I won’t show up ever again

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

just didn’t want you to put yourself through so much

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 woman you want, even someone from modest roots-l’d even sponsor your wedding lavishly and make it

myself: I don’t need anyone meddling

never seen Jay act

earnest about it, treating him like they were actual siblings

Shouldn’t Jay be grateful?

of her mother, all for

should try to understand my mother’s perspective. Zoe’s past

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

suffer for it?!”

was wrong from the start! That I should forgive

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