A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 1098

'You've done your best," John told Cordy. ’I don't hate you-no, I'm thankful that you came for me in the end. Promise me that you'll live well instead of mourning me, and spend your days in happiness with Patrick. I've looked into him... He's changed over the years because of you, and he's worth entrusting the rest of your life with."

Even so, Cordy's tears could not stop.

’Go," John urged her again-any slower and she would not make it.

Cordy bit her lip, but just as she was about to turn away, her bodyguard suddenly said, "Wait."

Cordy promptly turned toward him, an irrepressible sense of hopefulness igniting within her head and causing her to shudder ever so slightly.

She actually thought she could not take more crushed hopes just then.

’I think the chains are breaking!" the bodyguard exclaimed in surprise nonetheless. "I see a crack. Should I keep trying, Ms. Sachs?"

’Yes." Cordy nodded without hesitation.

to stop them, but the smoke was now

hammer and struck the chains violently a handful of times... and it really

priority was to stay alive and get out

to catch John quickly too, since he was too weak to stand after the chains stopped

on the fireproof overalls," Cordy told the bodyguard, who had been carrying it and left it on the floor

he quickly picked it up and helped John, who had to withstand the agony all over

did not want to burden Cordy, but he could

could not bear to leave her at all, and he could actually

her away again, or it

gritted his teeth and rose to

had seen the terrible shape he was in,

trying to make

word, and the

have brought down everything around them if they