Chapter 1184

Her heart pounding, she looked at the man before her and saw that he was not looking composed either.

In fact, his face was pale, as if he was more scared than she was.

Their eyes met for a couple seconds, but just as Cordy was about to struggle out of John's arms, he scooped her up in his arms.

"What do you think you're doing?!"

"Carrying you back to your room."

"I don't need that. I can walk fine on my own."

"Keep moving, and we’d both fall."

Cordy gritted her teeth, but she had no choice but to take it since she could not move, even though she suffered considerably from it.

Still, John quickly strode up the stairs with her in his arms and took her to her room.

He put her in bed and left immediately after, as if she would sully his modesty if he lingered even for a second.

Cordy pursed her lips.

already gone, but she did not get to

Richard exclaimed in surprise as

as he walked past the boy. "Come on. We're going to

sure you're not going to stay? Mommy's drunk—aren't you

take

"But..."

"Come on."

he

absence, since it meant she did not have to spend time

Robin greeted her as he handed

obvious that Cordy was

she was always tireless and completely focused, so

it later," Cordy told him. " Also, it's the weekend. You really don't have to work overtime with me. You should spend

for a moment before quickly saying,

"Yeah."

left, Cordy was left alone in her office, and she soon decided that she

simply feeling

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