A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 1125

Zoe kept staring fixedly even as Jay stepped out of the shower, convinced that something was weird with him.

Jay felt the creeps from her stare, but there was no question that he was bad at lying, and it would have been better if he had stayed quiet.

To stop Zoe interrogating him,he quickly said, "I ran into Cordy yesterday. She just returned to town."

"What?!" Zoe exclaimed in surprise, distracted in an instant.

"Didn't she contact you?" Jay exclaimed in surprise.

At the same time, he prayed that Cordy would not skin him for this since he had no other choice.

"That woman!" Zoe was fuming in turn—Cordy rarely returned, but she never said a word, let alone contacted Zoe!

Was she not Cordy's best friend?!

Huffing, she whipped out her phone and called Cordy, while Jay heaved a deep sigh of relief from the close shave.

Jay that you came back?" Zoe asked the instant

stayed at the capital for too long and returned to find a

up to the glass wall to take in the bright lights of North City

a lot to

that supposed to be

away-it was her fault for not

free tomorrow?" Zoe

rubbed her temples instead of

won't impose on your work," Zoe eventually huffed, though she did not want to bother Cordy at work either, since she knew very well how much of

"Alright."

"Is Patrick with you?"

still in

letting you come

he?" Cordy replied

not want to bring her troubles in the capital to

again in the evening. I'll

agreed to it immediately, though she quickly added, "Less alcohol

I'll make