A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 412

Alan demanded, "I've had enough of your antics for one night, John! Let go of her right now!"

"I'll return once I've sent her home!" John shot back.

"You, sending Cordy home? In front of everyone attending the Stuarts’ charity ball?!" Alan barked. "Do you even

understand that you're humiliating them?! If Cordy hadn't been smart enough, you would've already ruined your own reputation! I have never been this disappointed in you!”

"For once," John replied bluntly.

Alan was left bristling by John's reply right then, and his face suddenly flushed, as if he could not breathe just then.

"Please calm down, sir," Lawrence said, immediately noticing Alan's condition after serving Alan for years. "The doctors already mentioned that you shouldn't get agitated because of your high blood pressure. You've already had a stroke before, and the consequences would be devastating if it recurs..."

John calmed down slightly as well when he saw Alan's condition.

However, he was not letting go of Cordy either.

very much on edge, Lawrence quickly tried to

aggravate him any further, or

was not playing along at all, and he simply told Alan, "I'll

in rage. "Do you really want to see me die in front of you that badly?! Just like how you had to

to be in such

staring at John

fingers twitched

determined he was, he

when Cordy shook

had no complaints since families

alive or if her father was

"Don't make me bear the weight of a man's

would overwhelm her if

clenched, his knuckles cracking even as he restrained

toward Patrick without sparing John another glance. "Do you mind giving me a ride

John

was no question about it-she was