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.

to stop them, but the smoke was now so thick he could not even

hammer and struck the chains violently a handful of times… and

her excitement-right now, their priority was to stay

John quickly too, since he was too weak

Cordy told the bodyguard, who had been carrying it and left it on the floor while he hammered the

up and helped John, who had to

but he could not give up when he

at all, and

did not dare to push her away again, or it would really

teeth and rose to stand on

seen the terrible shape he was in, but he stood

John said, trying to make himself sound as

word, and the three of them left the basement

might have brought down everything around them if they were a moment