A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 785

Cora was surprised by the question posed by her mother to her uncle.

What relationship was she talking about?

It didn't sound like Nancy was referring to their past familial bond...

Cora did a double take at the thought.

No way! Was Jay in love with Zoe?!

"That's my personal life. You need not meddle," Jay retorted coolly.

"I'm your sister, Jay!" Nancy was livid. "Everyone else in the family is gone, and there's just a few of us left. If we don't stick with each other, we’ll scatter."

"Sticking together isn't dependent on meddling with each other's lives. Caring is plenty enough."

if my father didn't tell me to take care of you before he died? You know how upstanding I am, and how hard it was to convince myself to accept you! It was hard for me to set aside a portion of the family

family fortune," Jay replied determinedly. "I won't show up ever again if you really

on your family because of Zoe York?!" Nancy snapped, attributing all of Jay's

I just didn't want

right now. But I'll make it very clear, I won't accept you marrying Zoe! You can have any other woman you want,

shall repeat myself: I don't need anyone meddling

had never seen Jay act this

earnest about it, treating him like they

Shouldn't Jay be grateful?

willing to make enemies of her mother, all for his infatuation with

Jay, you should try to understand my

but did it ever cross her mind that Zoe was too?!" Jay retorted, starting to lose himself a little.

suffer for it?!"

Nancy bellowed at him. "You thought I was wrong from the start! That I

she loved you as much