A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 1022

"You already have my uncle, Zoe! Why would you seduce Bob too?!" Cora demanded right then.

Zoe pursed her lips-Cora noticed how Bob felt toward her, just as she thought.

"That's enough, Cora. This is between us-don't get others involved," Bob said then, suddenly a little louder.

He had behaved mildly earlier, but even that seemed to fade in an instant.

"You're siding with her?! I'm your fiancee, Bob! And she's a married woman! ’ Cora became even more hysterical, at that, unable to understand how Zoe was better than her.

Why did everyone love her so much?

Even her grandfather occasionally called her 'Zoe' before he died!

She really had enough!

"Cut it out. We're leaving," Bob said, restraining his own temper just then.

"Uncle Jay, Bob and Zoe had all of us fooled.

Jay said,

and she stared

would still spoil Zoe so

not take

here bent on splitting Jay from Zoe because she could not abide with Zoe doing well

kept his hands clean, and Cora never saw him allow any other woman get close to him. He obviously had strong views on relationships between men and women, and Cora was convinced there was no

yet, he admitted to being aware of the

continued, his voice suddenly cold and his presence imposing. "I don't need anyone else to

"Uncle Jay-"

know her better than anyone else," Jay said very slowly and clearly,

Cora's eyes were red.

was even more afraid to upset him since both her grandfather and her mother thought highly of him. Moreover, he was the one who helped her rise to the top in

not

and Bob is between the both of you. Don't get Zoe

a fit in front of Jay. She bore

naturally started to follow Cora, since she was clearly not in

him anyway-he was not keen on