A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 5

John spoke up just then, alleviating the awkwardness.

“Dicky waited for you for over an hour. He usually naps earlier.”

Cordy’s heart skipped a beat, but she pursed her lips and said, “Actually, Mr. Levine, you could’ve just explained that I’m not his mommy.”

John simply watched her with his black eyes quietly then, and the sudden silence left Cordy wondering if she had misspoken.

Still, she did not dwell on it and continued, “The fire was just an accident anyway. You didn’t have to bring me lunch or have those maids take care of me. And how much for the phone? I’ll wire the money to you.”

“I thought you were smart, Ms. Sachs.”

Cordy was at a loss. Was there anything about her that made her look stupid?!

“Dicky needs a mommy,” John continued in his alluring voice, as if it was only natural.

“So?” Cordy raised a brow.

John simply kept his dark eyes fixed on her for a long while.

After the pause, his pitch seemed to deepen. “And he likes you. So you might be able to tell that I’m wooing you, Ms. Sachs.”

Cordy was speechless.

She could never have told. All she felt was that everything he did was imposing!

“You don’t need to respond immediately, Ms. Sachs. After all…”

John then trailed off, as if musing on the right words, “We’re not acquainted yet.”

Obviously, they were just strangers who crossed paths by chance.

Taking a deep breath to calm herself, Cordy said, “Don’t you think you’re being a little childish about a relationship, Mr. Levine?”

John raised a brow—she was already a difficult person, and she appeared even more distant now.

“Wooing me just because your son likes me? Am I just a tool to you? What if your son stops liking me and chooses another woman to be his mommy one day? Are you going to woo her too, Mr. Levine?”

she noticed that she was getting a little harsh. “I’m sorry, Mr. Levine, but I don’t share your

do with my son. He just happens to like you too, just as

thought she

declaration of love… It must be a joke, right?!

had just met hours

either, Ms. Sachs,” John said, enunciating

left

just endorse himself and his son at the same time?

her… a

could not respond to the feelings of people she just met.

simply stared at her with

All you have to do is offer me

reject your rejection,” John said, cutting her short

my past?

never doubt my judgment, nor do I take issue with a

that before too, and you saw how

trust a

compare me to

ward suddenly

ever so slightly, his expression so icy it left Cordy’s heart skipping a

her feel as

laughed without knowing the reason herself.

was still someone in this world who would side with

her—a notion shared even by her own

“In the days to come, I will demonstrate the difference between myself and

he would go all out to

seemingly reluctant to waste more time on this

all, no one could change his mind after

Levine.” Cordy quickly stopped him when she came to

stopped, but he did

find out

don’t have to.”

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