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.

heard a tinge of tenderness

Richard nodded. "What

she has other arrangements. novelxo She'll

"Okay."

with that, they finished brunch, with Richard and John conversing

were done, she offered,

had sent the servants away

said politely. "I can do

else, since she had a video conference scheduled for the afternoon and she did

inside, she told Richard, "Come get me in the study if

Mommy. You can keep working," Richard

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

deep breath and told herself that it was normal that Richard loved playing with John. After all, John was the

after the video conference, it

disappointed, since Richard

on most occasions, it was not the parents who were reluctant