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 slid to

he was alone in the same room with Cordy, and

her firmly, he started

Cordy’s heart racing.

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

waited nervously for a long while, but John was not

that he could not sleep the night after their wedding in

now, John was not moving at all, and she could not

sound asleep, his breathing rhythmic and his

in disbelief-he actually fell asleep and very

stuck on her chest and was left tossing and turning,

a little just

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

dark circles under his eye, an obvious sign that he had been working

and she took a deep breath