A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

*John…”

“I’m sorry I was late,” John said.

Cordy frowned, wondering if she was imagining it.

Somehow, this John was different from the usual John, who was more aloof.

Now, he seemed to feel emotions like humans do

Still, she wiggled against his hold, not sure what he was talking about.

“Did you get the wrong door? Let me go…”

Seemingly not feeling her resistance, John whispered into Cordy’s ear, “Now, I’ll always be here for you.

It sounded just like a promise.

“Look, just… ah!”

Cordy suddenly yelped as John abruptly scooped her up in his arms

Does he have some sort of fetish for carrying people?!

“You’d hurt your leg,” John said quietly into her ear just then.

Cordy was left speechless.

She actually thought that he was really drunk, but she somehow noticed her foot injury…

So, he was actually not drunk?!

Once that clicked, Cordy did not wait another moment and she started to struggle violently!

While John was not drunk, his body still felt a little floaty. Carrying her was no issue, but it was strenuous carrying her while she flailed around.

“Stop,” he said with restraint, but threateningly nonetheless.

“Let me down. I can walk on my own,” Cordy protested nonetheless.

being this intimate-and did he not assure before that he

Liar!

about what he said and she continued to

just as he glimpsed her bed, she shoved him so firmly that he

yelled again, left feeling dizzy as they fell on

like concrete-she could not make him budge or get away from her at

growled threateningly then, “Please don’t test my patience,

his breath, and there

Cordy finally settled down

could always get

John said, watching her as she stayed

blush on her fair cheeks, and

about that.

even come up

go.” Cordy

a

bit her lip and stopped

deep

room seemed to be rife with hormones by then, and the temperature looked like

from her bedside drawer. “Achoo!”

air conditioner, he felt his

he asked

and John promptly rushed toward it, and she soon

turned quiet,

quickly got out of bed-it was in the news just days ago that someone drank themselves

she heard the toilet flushing, while John turned toward her when he heard the door

just taking

eyes met, Cordy blinked and quietly

looked down, measuring himself

really

after a while

before adding sternly,

wanted to speak further, but eventually decided to stay silent and leave, closing her front door

not watch him

fists for a long while

needed eye bleach. And it would take up to a month to clean it

woke up the next morning with dark circles under her

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