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 from up close.

sorry,” Cordy said.

A refusal.

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

raced once

that far, and John was not

guilty for some reason-as if she

up, ready to leave, when Cordy suddenly explained, “I detest intimacy.”

with a man I didn’t know. My memories

would feel both mental and physical discomfort from any man’s touch, as if it’s an instinctive aversion. It’s not just against

she was finished, she suddenly sat up on her bed, and then dashed into her

had only managed to pull the door since she was in too much of a hurry, and she did not really shut it.

John heard her

sound, and it only kept

stared in

how long had passed when

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

and she was unable to muster her

asked, and there was an edge in his tone.

Cordy nodded tamely.

simply scooped her up in his arms and laid her carefully in