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 more

did not expect that she would really fall asleep.

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

strangers because she felt too

slightly and found John also asleep on the couch.

looked like he was mostly cramping his

staying at the hospital–their roles

blanket and tried to lay it over

he was close to her, John opened

“Sorry, I… Oh!”

yelped as suddenly caught her wrist, and

fell into his arms, while she

she could react, John flipped around and pinned her beneath himself.

hence stared into each other’s eyes in that compromising

as John suddenly leaned in and

was racing.

instincts were rejecting what was coming, and she shifted

hesitated for a moment when she met his

lip, watching as John leaned

And closer.

instant, she suddenly closed her eyes and clenched her knuckles, as if

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