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?"

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 a relationship with him now, I'd be the one getting

what it takes. It has nothing to do with you being

Noel flushing, but it was true-she did

never even looked at

springboards for me to rise above. If anything, you deserved this, being stupid as

actually could not say

was definitely because

and since you're so smart, you'd know the person who did this to you. My advice is to give up on futile resistance, properly admit to

came to laugh at Cordy, her real purpose was

she wanted to make things fast

never responded, and Noel scowled

now, Cordy. You're going to suffer the consequences if you don't play nice-l mean, who could you put your hopes on now? Did you think you could get yourself out of this? It's a

the steel door swung open,