A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 160

Still, Cordy retorted, “Don’t underestimate your girlfriend’s abilities now.”

“Even so,” John said, “you should remember that your boyfriend owns a mountain of gold bars. It’s hard, reliable, and dazzling.”

Cordy could not help laughing at how vividly John was describing himself.

Changing the subject just then, John asked, “Are you free tonight?”

“…Yeah.” She had been neglecting him for almost two weeks, and decided she should see him even if she was not done with work tonight.

John made the arrangements. “I’ll pick you up after work. We’ll eat at your place.”

Cordy did a double take, and asked to confirm since she believed that she misheard. “There’s nothing to eat at my place.”

“You can make pasta, right?” he asked.

“That’s it?” Cordy asked.

“Yeah,” he replied happily.

Cordy did not say no.

and she said, “I’m going back to work now. See you

“Yeah.”

Cordy put away oher phone and focused on her work.

that Cordy remembered she

you’d forgotten about me, Ms. Sachs,” the melodiously magnetic voice from the other

“Where are you?’

John replied.

exceedingly conspicuous black Maybach and the man standing next to it,

gesture, but he looked cool doing

phone into her bag and leaving work, all while wondering how long John had been waiting.

Cordy hurried to him. “Sorry. You could have called me, though-I’d forget things after

long as you can remember

that unreliable-she was

for her, he said,

so, and they both

and she promptly put on an apron to

was preoccupied, she suddenly felt someone wrapping his arms around her from behind.

into his arms, and her heart skipped a

make up for it,” John murmured as he nuzzled her neck, his lips brushing against her ear.

seemed to have this tendency to bite it-the pain from when she did so last time had hurt