A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 313

The room was once again silent, since Cordy's words left John dumbstruck.

They stared each other down for a while until John smiled wistfully. 'Is it that hard to work with me, Cordy?"

Cordy's chest actually stung.

John had always been despotic, but those words carried such heartbreak and helplessness.

Even so, she said, 'I've already made things very clear to you after the announcement of your engagement with Jessica Stuart. We aren't that close that I have to suffer everything for your sake. In fact, the Stuarts want to take me down right now because of you, and I don't have what it takes to fight back. Why should I suffer for whatever it is going on between you and Jessica? Do you think it's fair?!"

Cordy remained staunch as ever to the point that John actually felt like he would never have her.

All his perseverance now had been futile, even incurring her disgust and bringing her more harm.

suggested, stay jaded and accept everything arranged for him like a tool, and marry a woman he did

eased as he said,

pleading, quietly and

her lip as he promised her, "If I fail to save you from harm, I'll

the last shred of hopes

was going to refuse, but she

he learned that John had hidden the fact that Richard was her son and was relentlessly courting

and was convinced that he wanted revenge

so

would retain her rationality and refrain from

did not want to suffer because of men again and

was just gone, and now

longer any point of consideration in her life,

at