A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 71

Keeping his temper in check, Simon asked, “What do I have to do for you to accept a private settlement?”

Cordy sneered. “Why are you so eager to settle it privately? I’d be half-dead if John Levine didn’t take that blow for me.”

“I know you suffered, but I’m doing this for Starstream Group,” Simon said, his tone turning soft gradually. “It’s going to affect the company negatively if this gets out, and we’re still family, right? I naturally feel sentiment for Starstream after working there for so many years-I don’t want our scores of employees to get hurt over this.”

Cordy sneered again-despite Simon’s pretty words, he was just afraid that they would connect the incident to him.

Still, she relented. “Well, since you’ve put it that way, it’s not as if I can’t settle it privately.”

“Really?” Simon was clearly thrilled.

“But I have several conditions.”

“What conditions?”

“Firstly, the culprit must cover for all of John’s medical expenses, including the fee for his medication, his hospital stay, his rehabilitation, along with damages for mental trauma. They left him hospitalized, after all.”

Simon’s face turned ashen right then.

and be given the absolute best care. That was going to cost a lot,

so, he agreed to it through gritted teeth. “Fine.”

apologize personally to me and John, and offer

“Fine,” Simon repeated.

time-it was no

Dean Longman must both resign as head

How could you

help him manipulate company affairs from the inside. Moreover, how would his other loyal spies see him now?!

would definitely lose

the reason for the riot

his temper in check again. “I mean, who would be in charge of production if they resigned?”

putting

you?!” Simon exclaimed

impossible,” Cordy said. Not wanting to waste her breath with him, she continued, “Agree to those three conditions, and I will accept a private

that, she prepared

deal!” Simon growled through his

to

before… only to end up threatened by

Cordy reminded him, “Fulfill all three conditions, and I’ll go