A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 209

Cordy was quiet, as if she was thinking.

Alan did not hurry her-business people are never afraid of spending time to negotiate a deal.

However, it did not take long for Cordy to answer. “Your offers are certainly tempting, Mr. Levine. Even so, I can earn the money myself, and it just doesn’t feel right to be given money for nothing. no matter how much it is. As for the Sachs and the Jessops, I really don’t think they would win against me, and it’s a matter of time before they fall.”

Alan was taking a sip of his tea, keeping his head down and his expression inscrutable.

As he slowly lowered his tea cup, he corrected himself. “I can give you all three.”

In other words, he was saying that she did not have to choose.

“I have been perfectly clear-I don’t need any of those,” Cordy replied, determined.

“Did it cross your mind that I can keep what I offered eternally out of your reach and make you lose more in turn?” Alan growled threateningly, the air around him suddenly turning chilly

“You want me to leave John on my own accord because you’re just worried I won’t break up with him,” Cordy pointed out, exposing Alan’s intentions. “But would I really fear your threats when I have John as my trump card?”

did not expect her

fight me?” he

you, Mr. Levine,” Cordy replied.

fair!” Alan bellowed, cutting Cordy short. “And you will leave John, willingly or otherwise!”

narrowed her

back to Levine Manor

to come to her senses after

she was already worried when

Zoe would never believe that a woman who was that

could convince so many of that meant she was more than what she seerned.

came to have her engagement with John announced!

an utterly

could break when she saw Cordy quietly turning to leave from the

by the one you loved most, and

for so many years, abroad or otherwise, John would have fallen for her already if he had any feelings for her. There was no need for the sudden official announcement, and even Zoe could tell how furious John was