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 was rational enough

I never felt any sort of attraction towards her at the time. We were just mostly licking each other’s wounds under desperate circumstances. I stayed with her until she was

She stayed at the hospital with me for another six months,

didn’t. I admit, she touched my heart at the time. And so, feelings began to

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

sipping on her wind, though her heart rate was

of women eager to have me. Some even went as far as going naked.

corrected himself. “Err, I mean, you’re very beautiful, but you’re the

that, Cordy looked away and kept sipping her

beautiful people since 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

when I didn’t want to see

moment, as if he was crumbling inside. “I think I’d really die by