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.

he stared at

Cordy said.

A refusal.

he slowly straightened and said, “No. I

raced

far, and John was

for some reason-as if she had let

when Cordy

sex with a man I didn’t know. My memories were a blur, and my mind was blank when

lips as she continued to hold his gaze. “Ever since then, I would feel both mental and physical discomfort

up on her bed, and then dashed into her

the door since she was in too much of a hurry, and she did not really shut it.

heard her vomiting

was a gut-wrenching sound, and it only kept coming.

inscrutable even as he stared in the direction

telling how long had passed when things

beside the toilet-she had vomited a lot, even her own bile, but her stomach felt

the violent puking left her body limp, and she was unable to muster her strength.

and there was

Cordy nodded tamely.

his arms