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."

her time

thing others should do would be to

Cordy nodded.

washed up and then

quite attentive,"

did not bring anything since they came to the capital in a rush, but there were clothes prepared for them here anyway-for him and

John's

mind, darling?" John could

darling?" Cordy

John teased. "And with our respective family's approvals, is

Cordy stubbornly

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

stared at him, he nodded as if

'What do you know?!'

suddenly scooped her up in his

"What are you doing?! It’s

was referring to her

John carried her straight to bed and pinned her beneath herself, which scared her. "Are you really going

do I

"Actually, yes."

"What?"