A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 144

Chapter 144

Jay did not appear worried at all when he saw Zoe, but instead, he asked flatly, “It’s late. Why aren’t you sleeping? Don’t you have classes tomorrow?”

“What am I to you, Jay?” she asked him then.

She was just seventeen at the time, and she did not understand why she was losing composure like that.

She was very calm, unlike her usual pampered self–she was even willing to believe that Jay just had an accident with that actress.

When she thought about it later on, she decided that she did not throw a tantrum because she did not want Jay to hate her.

But at the time, Jay’s answer was nonchalant and carried no hesitation. “My niece.”

“But, last night… Zoe murmured.

“Last night?” Jay chuckled, his eyes showing no concern at all. “I was just drunk.”

“No, you weren’t!” Zoe cried–she knew Jay could not hold his liquor, which was why he always avoided getting drunk!

“Fine, I wasn’t. I didn’t want to take advantage of you, but I’m 22 and an adult–I have a hard time refusing any woman throwing themselves in my arms.”

idiot without feeling any sympathy, and he finished

Forget it?!

not refuse any

was crushed, and she groaned in

he was not responsible for it.

so, she asked, “Don’t

so much hope even as she breathed

mustered all her courage

response was cold and

a child. I’m living under someone else’s

child? He was

had been lying to herself ever

her, and all his kindness toward

laughed through her tears, finding herself

as she did

she ever expect anything

gala. When the hosts asked her to go onstage, she joked around and flashed her dazzling smile

when the gala ended, and there was an interview session

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