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?”

that she was getting a little harsh. “I’m sorry,

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

thought she misheard.

love… It

just met hours ago!

for another woman either, Ms. Sachs,” John said, enunciating every word. “Devotion runs in

was left

himself and his son at the same time?

offering her…

not respond to the feelings of people she just met. “Whatever you’re aiming to do, Mr. Levine, I’m serious when I tell you that I’m rejecting

at her with his

don’t disturb me ever again, Mr. Levine. All you have

cutting her short with an assertive

even know my past? I’m not

nor do I take issue

me that before too, and you saw

trust a stranger she just

me to scum.”

suddenly

thin lips twitched ever so slightly, his expression so icy

made her feel as if she genuinely

suddenly laughed without

was still someone in this

was too good for her—a notion

as she watched her laugh, and he said, “In the days to come, I

go all out to woo her!

turned to leave, seemingly reluctant to waste more time

no one could change his mind after he made

him when

he did not

you find out about my

don’t have to.”

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