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.

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

it

and John, and offer assurances that they would not cause trouble for Starstream

“Fine,” Simon repeated.

time-it was no skin off his back.

head of production and

“No! How could

from Starstream, they were not going to help him

lose their loyalty!

in return, “Their management is definitely the reason for the riot in the first

in check again. “I mean, who would be in charge of production

replied, putting

Simon exclaimed

to those three conditions, and I will accept a private settlement-otherwise, I’ll

prepared to

deal!” Simon growled through his teeth.

to

were all leading her by the nose before… only to end up threatened by

three conditions, and I’ll go to the precinct personally to settle…