A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 126

Even as Cordy looked utterly guilty, John was studying her seriously as he asked, “I’m curious. What made you think that I was dating Zoe, Ms. Sachs?”

Still, his brow was relaxed, showing his good mood.

Cordy bit her lip, but she knew that John was going to be ruthless if she told him that Kyle Jessop misled her.

“Supposing that I were dating Zoe, it’s even more curious that you’d find it logical that I would have you two appear in the same place,” John continued, putting weight behind every word. “How irresponsible do you think I am toward a relationship that I could do something like that?!”

Cordy could not say anything against that.

She definitely should have suspected something, especially with her calmness and wit. But for some reason, she presumed that John and Zoe were really dating without questioning it.

Now that she understood that, she realized that she was definitely being foolish–could she have been infected by Kyle’s stupidity?

Or perhaps.

Even as that thought crossed her mind, Cordy’s heart skipped a beat.

But she refused to admit that her judgment was affected because she cared a little too much!

getting an answer, John was still watching her and pressing on. “So that’s why you were being distant for so long, Ms. Sachs? That’s why you’ve been rejecting me so constantly, even refusing to

not help looking up at

a birthday present until now, and

to realize that he merely

left awkward by his

while she was going to

blinked at him, he said, “As

a

he did not need her apology–he

be so tolerant or indeed pampering toward

as if he did

she certainly doubted that he could be this crazy about her so soon after they just

not the case, why did he

could be pleased about today,”

was he pleased

not have

admit that he

you and Kyle never