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.

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"What about the

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"Okay."

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

were done, she

had sent the

John said politely. "I can do it. You can go about

video conference scheduled for the afternoon and she did not want

straight there after brunch and before returning inside, she told Richard, "Come get me in the study if you need

alright, Mommy. You can keep working,"

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

playing with John. After all, John was the

study to work, and after the video

Richard never came looking

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