A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 125

Cousin?!

Cordy flinched while she was still in John’s arms, and he clearly felt her move!

“Come here,” John then told Zoe.

Zoe did so tentatively with an unsteady gait. Though her cheeks were flushed from alcohol, she looked utterly afraid, like a child about to ask their parents for forgiveness.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to interrupt you making out,” she said with a wounded tone. “I just needed to pee.”

On the other hand, although Cordy had been resistant toward being intimate with John, she was left so utterly awkward she buried her head within John’s embrace, too ashamed to show her face. John certainly knew that Cordy was embarrassed, but he was not letting her off the hook either. He pressed, “And what do you call my grandfather?”

“John, you’re scaring me.” Zoe’s pupils were dilating–did he somehow lose every bit of intelligence from making out?!

Still, seeing the serious look from her cousin, she had to answer honestly. “Grandfather.”

then and asked Cordy, who was still hiding her face, “So? Do you understand the connection

Still, she

like to see my birth certificate as well, Ms. Sachs?” John asked just then.

quickly shook her head, even as Zoe was left even more

two?” Zoe could not help asking.

someone misunderstood that

a dainty hand on his

also looked up from his chest, her

more than enough

up and she could clearly feel it on her palm along with his warmth–as if

quickly withdrew her hand from his lips, Zoe was perplexed

You can go now,” John told Zoe.

clearly upset at that–was she supposed to stay or

you leaving?” John said then, his

was scared of him,