A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 1194

"Okay."

Cordy picked up her knife and fork and started eating slowly.

She was going to argue but noticed upon a closer look that the food really were all her favorites.

"You didn't have to make my favorites exclusively," she said, seemingly offhandedly. "I'm not picky with food..."

"I feel guilty imposing on you today, so take this as a token of gratitude."

Cordy said nothing else at that and treated it as an actual polite gesture.

"By the way, didn’t Wendy say she was coming? Why isn't she here?" Richard asked.

Cordy looked up at Richard just then—her son really liked Wendy, did he not?

"She always sleeps in. Leave her be—don't disturb her now," John said flatly.

thought she heard a tinge of tenderness in his

nodded. "What about

arrangements. novelxo She'll be here if

"Okay."

they finished brunch, with Richard and

done, she offered,

sent the

alright," John said politely. "I can do it. You

a video conference scheduled

returning inside, she told Richard, "Come

can keep working," Richard

was miffed—Richard seemed to be understanding, but it somehow felt like

normal that Richard loved playing with John. After all, John was the one who

to the study to work, and after the video conference,

Richard never came looking for

not the parents who were reluctant to leave their children—it was