A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 48

John’s deep, melodious voice was apologetic.

“I was too late.”

Cordy shook her head. “You were right on time.”

And everything was just fine.

John’s heart skipped a beat, his gaze tender as he watched Cordy’s tears roll over her cheeks.

He stroked her cheek then and gently wiped her tears.

She flinched slightly and opened her eyes.

Their eyes met, and an attraction seemed to be nourished right then.

She was still looking him straight in the eye even as he leaned closer.

A small spark between adults could certainly burst into flames…

However, as John leveled his lips against Cordy’s soft, moist lips, she turned just as he was about to kiss her, so that he kissed her cheek instead.

his eyes, and he stared at Cordy

sorry,” Cordy

A refusal.

bobbing, but he slowly straightened and said, “No. I was getting ahead of myself.”

raced

clearly had not progressed that far, and

she felt guilty for some reason-as if she had let him

when Cordy suddenly

as she continued, “I was drugged-that time when I was eighteen-and I had sex with a man I didn’t know. My memories were a blur, and my mind was blank when I woke up… save for

both mental and

sat up on her bed,

was in too much

John heard her vomiting loudly.

and it

stared

no telling how long had passed when things

toilet-she had vomited a lot, even her own bile, but

puking left her body limp, and she

done?” John asked, and there was an edge in his tone.

Cordy nodded tamely.

in his arms and laid her carefully in