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

to do with my son. He just happens to like you too, just as I do,” John said plainly

thought she misheard.

It must be

met

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

was left speechless again.

just endorse himself and his son

offering her… a promise?!

caught in his pace, not to mention that she absolutely could not respond to the feelings of people she just

at her with

Mr. Levine. All you have to do is offer

said, cutting her short with an assertive

“Do you even know my past? I’m not as ideal

judgment, nor do I take issue with a

told me that before too, and you saw how that

she ever trust a stranger she just met?

compare me to

suddenly

expression so icy it left Cordy’s heart skipping

made her feel as if she genuinely insulted

she suddenly laughed without knowing the

in this world who would

Kyle was too good for her—a notion shared

“In

he would go all out

leave, seemingly reluctant

one could change his mind after he made

when she came

he did not

find out about my past first.”

don’t have to.”

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