A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 1

The former top heiress of North City was getting married, despite her reputation that was left in tatters for her alleged debauchery.

Naturally, high society was left in an uproar once word got out.

…

Cordy Sachs, who was dressed in a Franconia designer wedding dress, was looking at the reflection of her dazzling, beautiful face in the mirror.

After dating Kyle Wickham for three years, they were finally tying the knot—he still loved her even though everyone was trying to put her down.

Smiling expectantly with tears welling in her eyes, she reared her chin slightly as she lifted her skirt and started toward the door… only for rolling wisps of smoke to seep through the slit around the door, creeping into the washroom impatiently as if looking for an outlet.

A fire?!

Cordy’s face fell. Pinching her nose as she stepped outside, she found the banquet hall that had been exceedingly lively a second ago now empty.

There was only the thick smoke and fire that seemed bent on consuming everything.

She did not hesitate to head toward the location of the exit in her memory, but she would be lying if she said she was not afraid of the rolling smoke and the blinding flames.

That was when a man suddenly charged inside the hall.

It was Cordy’s fiance, Kyle Jessop.

Seemingly seeing salvation, she cried out as she coughed and spluttered, “Kyle, I’m here…”

Kyle, however, ignored her as he looked around anxiously.

Then, pausing for a moment as if finding his target, he did not hesitate to run in the opposite direction from Cordy, even though every second counted.

Then, as Cordy looked on, he picked up another woman who had been caught within the hall like Cordy and hurried outside.

“I knew you would come for me, Kyle…” Cordy could clearly hear the woman’s enfeebled voice, at once tender and aggrieved. “I was so afraid…”

if she was bludgeoned, her vision blacking out as she felt a dull pain over

belonged to her stepsister, Noel

line to save Noel, but not

pieces as if sliced through by a razor blade, and it was a suffocation more lethal than the smoke

speechless, the glass chandelier overhead suddenly

Clang!

front of Cordy, cutting off her escape even as she dropped

just then and saw Cordy falling behind him—but

the hall without a care with the other

of death, but she could still clearly hear him tenderly assuring Noel, “It’s alright.

‘I’m here now…’

as violent heat surrounded her but she felt utterly cold

only watch as that familiar

…

firefighters arrived just in

right leg—she was unconscious

the next morning

was a gentle breeze in the air—it was a beautiful early summer day in North City and a ray

sky and the clouds above. Her calm visage showed no emotion,

ward, and she turned to find her

alright, Cordy?” Noel asked

sight of Kyle saving Noel. She averted

rude! Don’t you see that your sister cares about you?” her

hand, Cordy’s stepmother, Sue Yorkman, could see that Cordy did not want to talk. Sue quickly told

one Kyle actually loves, and it’s a lucky coincidence that the wedding was disrupted. So give them your blessing and announce the annulment of your engagement with Kyle.”

fury and she asked Simon,

out of wedlock! All of North City knows that, and did you

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