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.

best care. That was going to cost a lot, and since the culprit was

he agreed to it

must apologize personally to me and John, and offer assurances

“Fine,” Simon repeated.

time-it was no skin off his back.

as head of production and manager of the

right then. “No! How could you ask for that?!”

resign from Starstream, they were not going to help

lose

the reason for the riot in the first place. It’s only reasonable to demand

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

putting weight on every word.

Simon exclaimed

Cordy said. Not wanting to waste her breath with him, she continued, “Agree to those three conditions, and I will accept a private settlement-otherwise, I’ll see you in court.

that, she prepared to hang up.

deal!” Simon growled through his teeth.

Cordy manage to

the nose before… only to end up threatened

all three conditions, and I’ll go to the precinct personally to settle… but you have to hurry. The police aren’t going to