A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 250

John tightened his grip on the wine glass after listening to Zoe's words.

"To be honest, even though you're my cousin, I really think you don't deserve Cordy. She's had such tragic experiences in her past, and when she finally managed to gain her confidence and fall in love again, this person dealt a fatal blow to her. I can't even imagine how much she's hurting right now! I'm worried she wont ever dare to love anyone again," Zoe said, obviously troubled.

Cordy was clearly a great woman, so why was God so cruel to her?

She suffered terrible blows one after another.

"I was only..." John trailed off and put down his glass, hanging his head low. "Afraid that she would leave."

How could he not be afraid? After she had experienced so much, what would happen if she did close off her heart, then turned around and left? Of course he was afraid of those things happening!

He also knew that the solution to this problem between him and Cordy was to break off his engagement with Jessica.

However...

He needed time.

he couldn't sever his ties entirely with his grandfather, regardless of what the older man

reputation, wealth, and power, how could

to carry out the process,

away from him before he could fully achieve his goal. He wasn't even confident

she would never give him another

what she did

the two had rekindled. Cordy's personality was such that she would never look back and

now and hope that he could convince her to wait for him and not

listened to John, and felt her heart ache

a strong but introverted man. When he spoke, she could