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

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

actually thought she misheard.

It must be a joke, right?!

had just met hours ago!

falling for another woman either, Ms. Sachs,” John said,

was left

man just endorse himself and his son at the

offering her… a promise?!

the feelings of people she just met. “Whatever you’re aiming to do, Mr. Levine, I’m serious when

simply stared at her with his jet-black

All you

rejection,” John said, cutting her short with an assertive tone.

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

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

too, and you saw how that

she ever trust a

compare me

ward suddenly turned silent.

so slightly, his expression so icy

made her feel as if she

she suddenly laughed without

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

her—a notion shared even by

he said, “In the days to come, I will demonstrate the difference between

words, he would go

reluctant to

all, no one could change his mind after he made a

him when she came

stopped, but he did not turn

you find out about

don’t have

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