A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 31

Cordy was speechless-she was under the impression that John had missed her message “Then what are you doing here?”

“Dinner

Cordy somehow had no comeback against that.

“Where’s the bathroom?” John asked.

“My room,” Cordy replied-she was living alone and did not need a shared bathroom, so she just had it cleared for a study instead.

John entered, glancing at Richard, who was sleeping soundly in bed, before heading inside the bathroom.

Cordy was going to turn and leave when she remembered something, and she dashed toward the bathroom just as John was about to close the door

John raised a brow “Ms. Sachs “”

Cordy flushed again-she had left her clothes and undergarments in the bathroom after showering

grabbed everything at once, looking flustered as she held them behind

looking with a

was about to turn and leave again, he called out, “Ms Sachs?”

and flushed once more-he was holding her bra, even flapping them between his well-

And he picked it

picked up from the floor? Or that seeing no evil was

bra off his hands and left as if

John stepped out of the bathroom, Cordy was on the couch, having calmed

were adults and it was nothing to be ashamed

she got up and was about to send John

hairdryer

found the nearest power socket and plugged it in before saying, “I’ll help

thanks for taking care of Dicky, and

than enough,”

payment,” John replied. “Even if I’d rather you didn’t wear a gown bought with someone else’s money, I’m good enough

he could act so natural even when

the same time, John said nothing else and

close, and suddenly, there was only the sound of the