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.

followed suit after he did and

alone in the same room with Cordy, and he handily pulled her into

he started

Cordy’s heart racing.

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

long while, but John

desperate, and she remembered that he could not sleep the night

all, and she could not feel his body

asleep, his breathing

disbelief-he actually fell asleep and very soundly at

that seemed to stay stuck on her chest and was left tossing and turning, unsure if

twitching a little just then, as

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

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

left her a little pained and she took a