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.

glared coldly at Ryan, his knuckles

about to make his way over to them, Ryan suddenly said, “What you just

do?” Quinn asked

you. That could only mean that the one in your heart

my

explained, “Like you said-1 was following you because I was in a daze. It was just a knee-jerk response, and I did not even realize it was you. At best, I

stayed silent nearby, working hard not to spring forward

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

grievances against Ryan, and she still believed that she was the reason Sam was in jail

flinching. “Perhaps I can also put it this way-you’ve conditioned me. I was so used to going along with your arrangements and doing what you tell me without once resisting. Perhaps my subconscious still retains that habit from childhood, and I followed you without hesitation when you

shaking in fury, the rage

the reality that Quinn no longer loved him, that she would be unmoved even after he started making efforts to woo