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.

safety, and he couldn't sever his ties entirely with his grandfather, regardless of what the older man had done. In fact, if he did any of that, it would harm

could he protect

engagement required some time to carry out the

was that Cordy would drift too far away from him before he could fully achieve his goal. He wasn't even

she would

like what she did

with Cordy tonight, John hadn't needed to check whether the two had rekindled. Cordy's personality was such that she would never look back and regret her decisions or

had to go to her now and hope that he could convince her to wait

John, and felt her

he spoke,