A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 135

The next day, Cordy woke up to find a text from John.

(Good morning, dear.]

She pursed her lips, not even noticing herself that her lips were curling upward in a smile as she

read the text.

Still, she got changed, put on her makeup, and went to work as usual… But when she arrived outside her office, she found Simon, Plum, and Sue there, waiting for her.

“Oh, you’re here, Cordy.” Sue even greeted her warmly.

Cordy simply glanced at them sideways, obviously aware of what they wanted to do.

She simply strode into her own office and took a seat at the desk, while they entered.

passable. “Your grandmother came to

quickly shot a look at Plum–who was still upset she had to humble herself and

had to bear with it as she knew that it meant prison otherwise, not to mention that she had all she needed to torment

resolve the issue at hand for now…

a moment to calm herself, Plum walked up to Cordy, appearing kindly as she reached out to take Cordy’s hand–only to be rejected by Cordy right away.

composure nonetheless and said, “Cordy, I made a mistake the other day. I was just so upset, I lost control and hit you… I heard your ear was hurt,

Cordy’s desk, but Cordy only spared it a glance and did not seem to care

she restrained herself again as her son shot her a

at fault, so please don’t make things harder for me. You wouldn’t want to go down on my knees to beg, right?” She said, “We’re family. You

afraid

come at Cordy with their

Cordy compromised. “Of course I can’t bear to

were not worth her ruining her own reputation–no matter what happened, she would

really think an apology would do?” Cordy

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