Chapter 75

Before Cordy could speak, John added sharply, “And don’t tell me you weren’t being distant. I have a heart; I can feel it.”

In other words, he was telling her not to lie to him.

Cordy stared at him in silence for a while before asking, “I thought you knew?”

“No, I don’t,” he replied, not bothered to play around.

“I don’t believe in love, and I’ve rejected you before already,” Cordy said, lowering her gaze in fear of meeting him. “It’s just your stubbornness talking.”

She did not want to admit that it was because of Zoe York.

There would be no ‘other woman’ if he never wanted to be with her.

“So you mean to say that my effort was bearing fruit, which was why you’re deliberately distancing yourself?” John asked, as if to confirm it.

Cordy was taken aback, but she admitted it with her silence.

What other reason was there?!

too dangerous-she must not get too

sense of security,” John said. “I will restrain myself as best as I can from now

can still be friends. Dicky loves me, and I won’t lie to you-I love the boy too. From that connection alone, you can appoint

Ms.

such a definitive rejection from him-it was utterly merciless, and offered no grounds

Dicky’s mommy,

left wondering if he wanted

“Or my wife.”

was

and therefore telling

arguing stubbornly because it was pointless to go any

did,” John

“What?”

need the washroom,” John suddenly

was speechless again. Nature really called

fell asleep before

saying that Fabian Locke and Dean Longman would hand in their resignations tomorrow. He would also bring the culprit to

texted her, saying that Simon was at the hospital, and that Simon

behind her desk, Cordy called her secretary from the internal phone line. “Vince? Ask the CEO to come to my

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