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?”

was getting a little harsh. “I’m

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

thought she

It must

had just met

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

left speechless

endorse himself and

offering her…

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

simply stared at her with his

Mr. Levine. All you have to

cutting her short with

you even know my past? I’m not as ideal as you’d like

judgment, nor do I take issue

and

trust a stranger she

me to scum.”

suddenly turned

twitched ever so slightly, his expression so icy

her feel as if she

she suddenly laughed without

in this world who would side

else’s perspective, Kyle was too good for her—a notion shared even by her own

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

leave, seemingly reluctant

change his mind after he made a decision.

Levine.” Cordy quickly stopped him when she came to her senses.

did

you find out

have to.”

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