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.

and he stared at

sorry,” Cordy said.

A refusal.

was bobbing, but he slowly straightened and said, “No. I was getting

heart raced once

clearly had not progressed that far,

reason-as if

got up, ready to leave, when Cordy suddenly explained, “I

she continued, “I was drugged-that time when I was eighteen-and I had sex with a man I didn’t know. My memories

then, I would feel both mental and physical discomfort

sat up on her bed, and

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

heard her vomiting loudly.

gut-wrenching sound, and it only kept

even as he stared in the direction of the bathroom.

had passed when things started to

her on her knees beside the toilet-she had vomited a lot, even her own bile, but

and she was unable to

there was an

Cordy nodded tamely.

up in his arms and laid her carefully in