A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 905

John was certainly pushing the limit of his restraint.

After all, the woman of his dreams was standing before him.

He never expected that she would declare her love for him so openly, or go this far for him.

There was a split second when he wanted to drop all pretenses and gather her firmly in his arms, never letting her go ever again.

However, he had learnt his lesson-he refused to take risks after the mess with Jessica in the past, and he wouldn’t joke around when Cordy and Dicky’s lives were on the line.

Nana would only become more radical than Jessica.

As such, he ultimately chose indifference. “Nana saved me. I can’t abandon her.”

Cordy felt her chest covered in pain.

Her heart couldn’t accept it, even if she knew that John was cold to her because he did not remember that past.

on to what you owe her, instead of love,” she told him. “The distance between you and her

don’t stay with her,” John

you that afraid of letting her die?” Cordy

said,

“So you’re going to forfeit your own

“As I should.”

about me? So you’re just

“I’m sorry,” John apologized.

her

know

to know,” John said, cutting her short as ruthlessly as he could. “For me, knowing more would only hurt me more. Say nothing if you

eyes welled with tears

pierced her

to you first, and that I cheated on Nana. I even considered the idea to dump her and be with you. But now my mind’s clear. Whether

couldn’t stop her tears from

courtship was easy, and even easier if

it turned out, courtship

Cordy,” John remained impassive, as if it didn’t hurt him-there was not much emotion even as he