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.

did and slowly

recall a day when he was alone

he started to

Cordy’s heart racing.

force at work stopping them from consummating even

long while, but John was not

desperate, and she remembered that he could not sleep

not feel

find him sound asleep, his breathing

disbelief-he actually fell asleep and

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

a little just then,

her uncomfortable, so he moved aside-which left Cordy bristling! She was teasing him, only for him to move

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

a little pained and she took a deep breath to