A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 624

Even as Cordy meekly leaned into Lucas' arms, she was shuddering slightly as if afraid-as if she were abandoned.

Lucas inhaled deeply in turn, feeling unusually grouchy.

He had no idea why, but he just was.

No other woman had put him through a roller coaster of emotions like this —when he wanted to push her away, he chose to bear with it as he held her shaking body.

"Consider this my reward, Cordy," he told her then.

Cordy never heard, even as he continued, "For letting me stay."

There was no telling if he was just telling himself that either.

But at the next instant, he lay down again and gathered her in his arms.

he could clearly sense that she was no longer shaking, and her breathing assumed a regular rhythm as she buried her head

Lucas gulped.

was perky where she needed

morning, Lucas opened his eyes

that Cordy was still clinging to him with a bear's grip-she certainly slept well, while he did not sleep at

were up to more mischief after she fell asleep- perhaps even worse than when she did the exact

have suspected that she was deliberately seducing him, but she did not really do anything

his departure and clung to him even

'Damn it.'

under his breath, worried that something would really happen if this

teeth and steeled himself as he pried

he seized the moment to get out of bed, panting as he strode into the bathroom and splashed his own face with

Cordy was still asleep, but this time burying

she not

to shift her, but he