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.

before that he was not the type who messed

Liar!

less about what he

certainly took John considerable difficulty to carry Cordy into her room, but just as he glimpsed her bed, she shoved him so firmly that

feeling dizzy

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

don’t test my patience,

catch his breath, and there was an indescribable stress in his

Cordy finally settled down

adults could

her as she stayed quiet in his

almost imperceptible blush on her fair

about that.

he could not even come up with an excuse to tease her

me go.” Cordy

a breather,” John said

bit

few deep breaths before getting off

hormones by then, and the temperature looked like it would only

for her air conditioning from her bedside drawer. “Achoo!” John sneezed-it

the burst of cold air from the air conditioner, he felt his

he asked Cordy,

rushed toward it, and she soon heard unrestrained puking Cordy was left stumped. Did she

turned quiet,

was in the news just days ago that someone drank themselves to death, and she did not need a dead body in

had just reached the doorway when she heard the toilet flushing, while John turned toward her when he heard

just taking

blinked and quietly shut the

down, measuring

it really

he stepped out after a while and explained, “I needed to go

before adding sternly, “See you,

decided to stay silent and

did not

hands were clenched into fists for a long while before she eased

And it would take up to a

morning

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