A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 442

Cora appeared a little shy. "Hello."

It had been months since she was brought to the Levine family, but she still could not get used to life in high society. She was always apprehensive about everything, which made her appear confident.

Like right now-after greeting Bob, she said nothing else, leaving an awkwardness in the air.

"Oh, you." Yulia smartly tried to smooth things over. "Aren't you usually talkative? You're mute as soon as you see a pretty face, huh?"

Bob was going to argue, but Nancy already spoke. "Sorry. I've been overprotective of Cora and haven't brought her out of the house much. I guess that made her a little shy."

"Oh, just bring her along whenever. Bob's never busy, so he can hang out with her."

"What do you mean, I'm never busy? I'm always busy, y'know, " Bob argued.

"Busy with what? Drinking yourself silly?" Yulia snapped, denying him even dignity.

Since there was no chance of Bob arguing in front of so many people, Nancy quickly said, "Well, Bobby, I'm counting on you to take care of Cora now."

that earned him a smack from his

"Fine," he growled reluctantly.

Jay were watching nearby,

that an arranged marriage was

starting her career

for her audition today, or

"Did things go well?"

be

considerate with you around,"

she turned toward Jay and asked, "Jay, you've been in showbiz for a while. What do you think of

but shows consistent excellence. Anyone working on his films would easily make a breakthrough," Jay said,

sounding genuinely concerned. "I was worried he isn't

pursed his lips—when Zoe was still

showed any concern about

to carve a path to success for herself, building

now, it was all taken

instead. He was saying that taking a lead role immediately