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?”

herself just then, as she noticed that she was getting a little harsh. “I’m sorry, Mr. Levine, but I don’t share your perspective.”

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

actually thought she misheard.

love… It must be

had just met

worry about my son falling for another woman either, Ms. Sachs,” John said, enunciating every word. “Devotion runs

left

just endorse himself and his son at the same time?

offering her… a promise?!

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 jet-black

again, Mr. Levine. All you have to do is offer me

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

“Do you even know my past?

I

before too, and you saw how that ended

ever trust a stranger she just

me

ward suddenly turned silent.

lips twitched ever so slightly, his expression so

reaction made her feel as if she genuinely

laughed without knowing the reason

because there was still someone in this world who would side with her.

was too good for her—a notion shared even

he said, “In the days to come, I will demonstrate the difference between myself and scum, Ms.

words, he would go all out to woo her!

reluctant to waste more time on this

could change his mind after

when she

but he did not turn

you find out

have to.”

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