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 was not the type who

Liar!

less about what he

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

yelled again, left feeling dizzy as

man before her was like concrete-she could not make him

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

and there was an indescribable stress in his

Cordy finally settled down

the end, adults could

said, watching her as she stayed quiet

an almost imperceptible blush on her fair cheeks, and he wondered

about that.

come up with an excuse to tease

go.” Cordy protested

let me have a breather,”

the hint, Cordy bit her lip and stopped

a few deep breaths before

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

reached for the remote for her air conditioning from her bedside drawer. “Achoo!” John sneezed-it was just early spring, and the nights

burst of cold air from the air conditioner,

he asked

it, and she soon heard unrestrained puking Cordy was left stumped. Did she make him

washroom soon turned

ago that someone drank themselves to death, and she did not need a dead body in

the toilet flushing, while John turned toward

just taking

Cordy blinked and

looked down, measuring himself just

it really that

out after a while and explained, “I needed

Cordy said, before adding

eventually decided to stay silent

did not watch

were clenched into fists for a long while before

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

morning with dark

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