A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 1283

Cordy lay in bed, waiting for John.

He eventually emerged from the bathroom, absent-mindedly drying his hair as he changed into fresh pajamas.

He appeared surprised to find Cordy in bed. “Going to sleep too?”

“Can’t I?”

“No,’’ he quickly said. “I mean, you’d have trouble sleeping at the hospital while taking care of your grandfather.”

Cordy pursed her lips-that certainly was not the case.

In private hospitals, one could enjoy the hospitality usually expected from five-star hotels. With people at your beck and call, it certainly did not dull in comparison to one.

Still, John did not seem to notice Cordy’s feelings as he pulled up the blanket and got into bed.

suit after he did and slowly

could not recall a day when he was alone in the same room with Cordy,

he

Cordy’s heart racing.

was as if there was some unknown force at work stopping them from consummating even though they were

nervously for a long while, but John was not making a

that he could not sleep the night after

not moving at all, and she could not feel his body stiffening, let alone show any sense of

turned to find him sound asleep,

in disbelief-he actually fell asleep and very soundly at

was left heaving from the grievance that seemed to stay stuck on her chest and was left tossing and turning, unsure if she was supposed to

could not help twitching a little just

crushing Cordy under his weight, making her uncomfortable, so he moved aside-which left Cordy bristling! She was

him, she spotted the dark circles under his eye, an obvious sign that he had been

and she took a