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?"

goodness I'm smart-1 almost made the same mistake you did

have what it takes.

simple retort left Noel flushing, but it was true-she did not even have a chance

he never even

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

not say anything

was

said, "Cordy, we're sisters, so you can't fault me for not warning you. There's no point in pinning your hopes on John now, 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 your mistake, and accept that this is

at Cordy, her real purpose was to convince Cordy to

Noel to come, since she wanted to make

and Noel scowled in

hopes on now? Did you think you could get yourself out of this? It's a dog-eat-dog world, and the further you resist, the

steel door swung open,