A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 1271

John grinned. "Don't worry. I'm quite straight."

He could admit that it felt a little pleasant to have Cordy face those mini paranoid episodes-it only meant that Cordy was concerned that someone would take him away from her.

But if there was anyone in the world who could tempt him, it was Cordy.

"I didn't think that Sean would be..." Cordy trailed off again, unable to finish her sentence.

She could accept Patrick being that, since they were unrelated and she knew about that for a while.

But her cousin was always so masculine, and yet...

John chuckled. "Well, I am grateful for Sean's role."

If it was not for him, Cordy would probably be still trapped with guilt toward Patrick.

"That's schadenfreude," she huffed.

"You have to admit that they make a good pair."

"I..." She refused to admit that.

"Go to sleep already," John said, not pressing the issue just then. "You must be sleepy since we had to wake early for our flight."

take her time to accept the

best thing others should do

Cordy nodded.

and then

quite attentive," John

to the capital in a rush, but there were clothes prepared for them here anyway-for him and Cordy-and they

John's clothes, suddenly a

darling?"

darling?"

and we even got our certificate, " John teased. "And with our respective family's approvals, is that still not reality

Cordy stubbornly

said, "Oh, right. We haven't consummated

at him, he nodded

'What do you know?!'

her up in his

you doing?! It’s just

was referring to

John carried her straight to bed and pinned her beneath herself, which scared

do I look

"Actually, yes."

"What?"