A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 6

“Of course!”

Cordy certainly came to like Richard a lot after spending a week with the boy. “I’ve left you my number, so call me anytime you miss me. I’ll even come to meet you when I’m free.”

“Liar, liar, pants on fire…”

Cordy dropped to a crouch then, which took her considerable exertion.

Nearby, the nonexistent man was left frowning as she tenderly tousled Richard’s hair from the same height as the latter. “Yes, pants on fire.”

Richard beamed adorably then and gave her a peck on the cheek.

The nonexistent man frowned even harder then.

“I have to go now,” Cordy told Richard with a tender look.

“Okay, Mommy. Don’t run or you might fall,” Richard called after her sweetly—the boy simply refused to stop calling her that even after a week.

When Cordy tried to, Richard would become alarmed, thinking that she was abandoning her, his little eyes turning red and welling with tears from misery.

It certainly stopped Cordy from being stubborn—the boy would get it when he was older anyway.

As she limped out alone from her ward on her crutch, John kept following her.

She wanted to stop him more than once, but she held her tongue.

It was not until they reached the main entrance that she spoke. “Mr. Levine…”

However, he simply walked past her, opening the door of the black Maybach parked in front of her like a gentleman.

As Cordy frowned, he said, “I’ll give you a ride home.”

“I shouldn’t trouble you. I can get home by myself.”

“I have a car,” he insisted simply.

Cordy stared at him. Was he bragging?

“It’s no trouble,” he added.

Cordy genuinely found it difficult to talk to him, but she compromised regardless.

He seemed to have this mystical ability to stop her from refusing, though refusing was just going to be a waste of time—it would never work.

As she got into the luxurious sedan, John asked, “Where do you live, Ms. Sachs?”

Garden,” she replied.

Sachs Mansion ever since she returned to the country, and her so-called family

the chauffeur

slowly drove out

when John suddenly leaned toward Cordy.

clearly wary—John had

looked on as he helped her put on her

“You don’t have to

promptly looked down.

notice that

of the situation unfurled, John added, “Don’t worry, Ms. Sachs.

Cordy was speechless.

narcissistic could

then, she blurted, “How did

said it—she was not

and held her gaze for a long while.

as she thought about changing the subject,

dumbfounded—something like that could happen to a burly

quite assertive.” Cordy

nodded, glancing at her again with his

their conversation was not that dull.

the subject—she was also curious as to why Richard’s mother would

doesn’t like me.”

dumbfounded again—someone dumped a man as gorgeous as him?!

she bear your child?”

wanted Dicky,” John said coolly. “She was actually going to abandon him after

She did not even want to imagine the scene where a newly born Dicky, so young and defenseless, was almost dumped without an

a woman like

pursed his lips and stared fixedly at her, as if there was something on her

her own cheeks self-consciously. “Mr. Levine?”

of his head

was certainly volatile.

mentioned his unpleasant relationship, it would make sense that he would be

it stopped

said as she maintained her distance

care, Ms. Sachs.”

Cordy replied, while feeling relieved

walking her to her apartment unit. Her tolerance toward strangers was already at its limit after

certainly considerate, and she actually felt less wary toward him—even though she

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