A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 801

John then began to recount how he started dating Nana. “I happened to run into Nana at the time. She was just about to get a heart transplant surgery with not much chance of success, around sixty to seventy.’

Cordy’s fingers clenched on her wine glass-she hated it, but she also wanted to know his past.

“One of the care workers had wheeled me out on a stroll in the garden of the hospital. I looked like a mummy, with my whole face bandaged. She must’ve found my appearance amusing, so she approached me and asked what condition I had.”

“She spoke in Zidonian, and it gave me a sense of familiarity in contrast to my parents. Moreover, it’s been a while since I just woke up from the accident. I basically never spoke to anyone… And yet, I talked to her a lot that day, and we learned about our respective situations.” 1

“That was when she said she’d date me if she survives the surgery. I said yes.’

John glanced at Cordy as he said that, and saw her calmly sipping her red wine, looking almost unaffected.

she

of attraction towards her at the time. We were just mostly licking each other’s wounds under desperate circumstances.

at the hospital with me for another six months, even though she could’ve been

didn’t. I admit, she

but I never felt repulsed towards her after years of being with her. In fact, I wanted to care for her. But after I met you… I realized that attraction isn’t soft and warm, nor was it a responsibility.

wind, though her heart rate was

me. Some even went as far

him, and he promptly corrected himself. “Err, I mean, you’re very beautiful, but you’re the type with hidden depths and

that, Cordy looked away and kept sipping her

I was constantly in contact with them. Even so, your appearance left me entranced. I was afraid to see you again, because things might escalate to a point beyond no return. That’s why I

onto me. You always showed up exactly when I didn’t want to see you.

he was crumbling inside. “I think I’d really die