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.

that grandfather and grandson were still very much on edge, Lawrence quickly tried to reason with John. "Sir, you know

him any further, or

playing along at all, and he simply

really want to see me die in front of you that badly?! Just like how you had to watch your own most beloved parents die all

to be in such bad shape

John..." Lawrence was staring at John nervously

twitched in

was, he

Cordy shook his hand

had no complaints

was devoted to her, she would do

such, she told John coolly, "Don't make me bear the weight

overwhelm her if

cracking even as he

turning toward Patrick without sparing John another

as John looked up at

was no question about it-she was