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.

was now so thick he could not even

struck the chains violently a handful

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

catch John quickly too, since he was too weak to stand after the chains stopped supporting

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

John, who had to withstand the agony all over his body,

really did not want to burden Cordy, but he could not give up

bear to leave her at all, and he

such, he did not dare to push her away again,

and rose to stand on

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

trying to make himself sound as

another word, and the three of them left the

was with considerable difficulty as well, since the fire might have brought