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?”

just then, as she noticed that she was getting a little harsh. “I’m sorry, Mr. Levine, but

to

actually thought she misheard.

It must be a joke,

met hours

about my son falling for another woman either,

was left speechless

that man just endorse himself and his son at the same

offering her…

to be caught in his pace, not to mention that she absolutely could not respond to the feelings of people she just met. “Whatever you’re aiming to

simply stared at her with his

again, Mr. Levine. All you

rejection,” John said, cutting

eyes. “Do you even know my past? I’m not as ideal as you’d like to

do I take issue with a person’s past.”

that before too, and you saw

ever trust a stranger she

compare me to scum.”

suddenly turned silent.

twitched ever so slightly, his expression so icy it left

reaction made her feel as if she genuinely

she suddenly laughed without knowing the reason herself.

this world who would side

too good for her—a notion shared even by her own biological

John’s gaze as she watched her laugh, and he said, “In the days to come, I will demonstrate the difference between myself and scum,

he would go

reluctant to

his mind after he made a

stopped him when

he did

that you find out about my past first.”

don’t have

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