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.

everything arranged for him like a tool, and marry

eased as he said, "Can you give

pleading,

as he promised her, "If I fail to

the last shred of hopes he

going to refuse, but she

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

convinced that he wanted revenge for dumping him back then, as

thought so even

John would do, she would retain her

did not want to suffer because of men again

just gone, and

was honestly tired. Men were no longer any point of consideration in her life, and the only hope she had was

at that very