A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 1405

Or maybe Ryan just could not accept that Quinn suddenly did not love him-that she was suddenly in love with someone else?

Quinn stayed patient to come clean right then. “I don’t need your compromise or your apology, Ryan. I just want us to split up amicably-you, me, and Sam all grew up in the same mansion. I hope we can be family again.”

Ryan stared at her, silent for a long while.

Quinn, however, did not want to prolong their argument-in the end, one could never wake a person pretending to sleep. All she could do was to use her actions to convey her intentions.

She turned and started toward Sam—it was very late and she was still very sleepy, so she wanted to go home with him. They could not afford to relax before Damian arrived and they actually signed the agreement for the joint venture. All they could do was catch some sleep in between.

However, Ryan caught her wrist with a vice-like grip just as she turned, not letting go of her no matter how she tried to free herself.

at Ryan, his knuckles

to them, Ryan suddenly said, “What

did I do?”

in your heart is me, so stop pretending. I promise I’ll be good to you

not in my

was just a knee-jerk response, and I did not even realize it was you. At best, I thought your voice was familiar

stayed silent nearby, working hard not to spring

Ryan had put it, Quinn’s inadvertent reaction could well have been

to Sam because she still held grievances against Ryan, and she still believed

what you tell me without once resisting. Perhaps my subconscious still

fury, the rage in his

Quinn no longer loved him, that she would