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.

after he did

recall a day when he was alone in the same

her firmly, he

Cordy’s heart racing.

unknown force at work stopping them

while,

that he could not sleep the night after their wedding in North

all, and she could not feel his body stiffening, let alone

to find him sound asleep, his breathing rhythmic and his visage

left staring in disbelief-he actually fell asleep and very soundly

to stay stuck on her chest and was left tossing and turning, unsure if she was supposed to vent

help twitching a little just then, as if to pull away from

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

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

left her a little pained and she took a deep breath to