A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 421

John wrapped his arms tightly around Cordy and carried her out of the car, but she was clenching her teeth while her whole body shook in pain.

There was something keeping her foot in place, and it hurt whenever John tried to pull her out.

He actually was afraid of using his full strength too, in fear that she had suffered some internal damage and that too much pressure would make it worse.

"Are you stuck?" he asked her very softly.

They were huddled together, so Cordy could hear his heavy breathing as well as his racing heart.

There was no hiding his worry.

"My right leg..." she murmured.

John dropped to a crouch again to check and saw that it was stuck underneath the front seat where the unconscious chauffeur remained.

He quickly smacked the man in the face-a far cry from how he was treating Cordy.

snapped at

chauffeur had been out unconscious, but the external stimulus jolted him painfully

instant he came to, he quickly called out,

"I'm fine," Patrick replied.

the chauffeur was

his seat belt by instinct, but

and he snapped at the chauffeur anxiously, "Find

the chauffeur

chauffeur-it would take more than average Joe to get

which was why the selection process was more demanding than for a standard bodyguard. That was why a Staurt would always have a

before pushing himself

the seat upward with both hands, using

lifted, he grunted almost unintelligibly from the exertion, "Get your

to do it, but she could not

she was suddenly wondering if her leg was

and it stung when it reached her