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.

Cordy said.

A refusal.

and said, “No.

heart raced

that far,

so, she felt guilty for some reason-as if she had let him down.

leave, when Cordy suddenly explained,

when I was eighteen-and I had sex with a man I

then, I would feel both mental and physical discomfort from any man’s touch, as if it’s an instinctive aversion.

she suddenly sat up on her bed, and

only managed to pull the door since she was in too much of a hurry, and she

John heard her vomiting loudly.

a gut-wrenching sound, and it only kept

as he stared in

was no telling how long had passed

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

limp, and she

there was an edge in his

Cordy nodded tamely.

in his arms and