A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 116

Chapter 116

“It’s alright, I’ll stay here with you,” John replied, as if it was only natural. “Sleep.”

As Cordy stared at him, he said, “You often came by to visit and take care of me when I was staying in the hospital before.”

“You were hurt because of me,” Cordy pointed out.

“I always repay a favor a hundredfold. You don’t have to be so formal with me, Ms. Sachs,” John said with a determined tone.

Cordy pursed her lips–she had this nagging feeling that she would hurt the little child in John if she turned him down.

As such, she simply turned around, keeping her back to him and closed her eyes to sleep.

And with that, John sat by her hospital bed, staring at her delicately small figure.

She really was small… So, so small.

And yet, she was so tough it hurt.

John’s Adam’s apple bobbed just then.

If he stopped her all those years ago, when she was fleeing without a care….

been

expect that she

with a reasonable excuse to make John leave, but did not think that as she closed her eyes and kept laying

because she

and found John also asleep on the couch.

like he was mostly cramping his huge frame on

at the hospital–their roles from that

up her blanket and tried to lay it over him as gently

John opened his eyes, leaving her in shock

“Sorry, I… Oh!”

suddenly caught her wrist,

into his arms, while she felt like

react, John flipped around and pinned

into each other’s eyes in that compromising position.

suddenly leaned in and inched closer to

heart was

what was coming, and she shifted

a moment when she met his bright gaze.

bit her lip, watching

And closer.

clenched her knuckles, as if

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