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

has nothing to do with my son. He just happens to like you too, just as I do,” John said

thought

sudden declaration of love… It must be a

had just met hours ago!

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

was left

and his son at the

her…

to mention that she absolutely could not respond to the feelings of

her with his jet-black eyes.

Levine. All you

your rejection,” John said, cutting her short with an

Cordy’s eyes. “Do you even know my past?

I take issue

told me that before too, and you

ever trust a stranger she just

compare me to scum.”

suddenly

thin lips twitched ever so slightly, his expression so icy it left Cordy’s heart skipping a beat.

her feel as if she genuinely insulted him.

laughed without knowing

because there was still someone in this world

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

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

words, he would go all out to

he turned to leave, seemingly reluctant to waste more time

one could change his mind

stopped him when she came to her

stopped, but he did not turn around.

you find out about my past

don’t have to.”

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