A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 309

Cordy scoffed. "Well, you don't. All you can do is be two-faced so the one with actual power has to pull your strings."

Noel's face fell.

So, Cordy guessed everything.

"Word of advice, Noel-you shouldn't upset people way above your league. You'll only hurt yourself."

"Hmph." Noel snorted, not bothered with pretenses just then.

She came to laugh at Cordy anyway, and she had suffered Gordy’s strut for far too long!

"Don't get so conceited, Cordy. You're just jealous that I managed to get someone so powerful to support me while you fall to such disgrace!" Noel laughed with eyes filled with disdain. "It's your own fault for not knowing your place, upsetting people you shouldn't. And here I thought how tough you'd be and that John Levine was really hopelessly in love with you. So what? You've been here for 24 hours, but did he come to bail you out? How much do you think you're worth in the face of personal gain?"

stared coolly at Noel, who looked more smug and more excited the more she spoke. "Thank goodness I'm smart-1 almost made the same mistake you did with seducing John. If I really were in

you don't have what it takes. It

but it was true-she did not even

even looked at

for me to rise above. If anything, you deserved this,

actually could not say

she suffered was

this to you. My advice is to give up on futile resistance, properly admit to your mistake, and accept that this is your reality now. Who knows? She might be nice enough to

Cordy, her real purpose was to convince

since she wanted to make things

and Noel scowled

nice-l mean, who could you put your hopes on now? Did you think you

steel door swung open,