A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 1098

‘You’ve done your best,” John told Cordy. ’I don’t hate you-no, I’m thankful that you came for me in the end. Promise me that you’ll live well instead of mourning me, and spend your days in happiness with Patrick. I’ve looked into him… He’s changed over the years because of you, and he’s worth entrusting the rest of your life with.”

Even so, Cordy’s tears could not stop.

’Go,” John urged her again-any slower and she would not make it.

Cordy bit her lip, but just as she was about to turn away, her bodyguard suddenly said, “Wait.”

Cordy promptly turned toward him, an irrepressible sense of hopefulness igniting within her head and causing her to shudder ever so slightly.

She actually thought she could not take more crushed hopes just then.

’I think the chains are breaking!” the bodyguard exclaimed in surprise nonetheless. “I see a crack. Should I keep trying, Ms. Sachs?”

’Yes.” Cordy nodded without hesitation.

but the smoke was now so thick he could not even manage a

bodyguard promptly picked up the hammer and struck the chains violently a handful of

hard to restrain her excitement-right now, their priority was to stay alive and get out of

since he was too weak to stand

fireproof overalls,” Cordy told the bodyguard, who had been carrying it and left it on

who had to withstand the agony all over his

did not want to burden Cordy, but he could not

not bear to leave her at all, and he could actually feel her fear that

such, he did not dare to push her

gritted his teeth and rose to stand

at him in surprise-she had seen the terrible shape he was in, but

John said, trying to make

word, and the three of them

the fire might have brought down