A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 32

Chapter 32

Ever since they met, John had never told Cordy about his family-only his name

“I am,” he admitted regardless, and he asked, “When did you notice?”

“Just now,” Cordy replied. “It’s not that hard to notice. Your last name is Levine, you’re a single dad, and there’s your extravagance. The only thing that doesn’t fit is…”

As John raised a brow, she finished, “You’re better looking than the rumors say.

“You flatter me.”

Cordy said nothing to that, but she was just spitting facts.

“I did not want to hide it for you,” John said earnestly.

Cordy, however, did not mind-they were not close enough to have to tell each other everything.

In fact, she was just asking because Alan Levine’s birthday was on the 17th, and she had been eager to find out why John had asked her to make time on that day.

“Well, there’s this guy who keeps insisting that I’m a firefighter, and you might think that I’m deceiving you. That’s why I planned to formally introduce myself on the 17th.”

with a neutral tone, but the jibe in his words

hard for Cordy to figure out who

seemingly content with her opinion of

I’m afraid I’ll have to leave

“Bye, Mr.

him off, Cordy returned to

time there was someone else in her bed after so many years-it

little face as

chest.

portions of a very simple breakfast: toast, fried eggs, and

milk.

even if she obviously burnt the

just finished breakfast when the doorbell

morning, Ms. Sachs. Master John has asked me to

attending kindergarten?”

just returned to the country,” Winston replied. “However, he will be attending grade school around July-Master John has already found a private school for

Cordy said nothing.

did not have

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