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.

assure before that he

Liar!

he said and she continued to struggle against his

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

feeling dizzy as they fell

not make him

threateningly then, “Please don’t test

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

Cordy finally settled down

adults could always get the

watching her as she stayed quiet in

blush on her fair cheeks, and he wondered if he should be

about that.

not even come up with an excuse to

go.” Cordy

a breather,” John said

bit

few deep breaths before getting off

to be rife with hormones by then, and the temperature looked like it would only rise instead

her bedside drawer. “Achoo!” John sneezed-it was just

from the air conditioner,

he asked Cordy, “Where’s the

she soon heard unrestrained puking Cordy was left stumped. Did she make

washroom soon turned quiet, but John

the news just days ago that someone drank themselves to death,

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

just

eyes met, Cordy blinked and quietly shut

measuring

it really

he stepped out after a while and explained,

adding sternly, “See you,

wanted to speak further, but eventually decided to stay

did not watch him

clenched into fists for a long

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

morning with dark circles under

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