A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 5

John spoke up just then, alleviating the awkwardness.

“Dicky waited for you for over an hour. He usually naps earlier.”

Cordy’s heart skipped a beat, but she pursed her lips and said, “Actually, Mr. Levine, you could’ve just explained that I’m not his mommy.”

John simply watched her with his black eyes quietly then, and the sudden silence left Cordy wondering if she had misspoken.

Still, she did not dwell on it and continued, “The fire was just an accident anyway. You didn’t have to bring me lunch or have those maids take care of me. And how much for the phone? I’ll wire the money to you.”

“I thought you were smart, Ms. Sachs.”

Cordy was at a loss. Was there anything about her that made her look stupid?!

“Dicky needs a mommy,” John continued in his alluring voice, as if it was only natural.

“So?” Cordy raised a brow.

John simply kept his dark eyes fixed on her for a long while.

After the pause, his pitch seemed to deepen. “And he likes you. So you might be able to tell that I’m wooing you, Ms. Sachs.”

Cordy was speechless.

She could never have told. All she felt was that everything he did was imposing!

“You don’t need to respond immediately, Ms. Sachs. After all…”

John then trailed off, as if musing on the right words, “We’re not acquainted yet.”

Obviously, they were just strangers who crossed paths by chance.

Taking a deep breath to calm herself, Cordy said, “Don’t you think you’re being a little childish about a relationship, Mr. Levine?”

John raised a brow—she was already a difficult person, and she appeared even more distant now.

“Wooing me just because your son likes me? Am I just a tool to you? What if your son stops liking me and chooses another woman to be his mommy one day? Are you going to woo her too, Mr. Levine?”

then, as she noticed that she was getting a little harsh. “I’m

happens to like you too, just as I do,” John said

thought she misheard.

love… It

had just met hours ago!

either, Ms. Sachs,” John said, enunciating every word.

left

that man just endorse himself and his son

offering her…

mention that she absolutely could not respond to the feelings of people she just met. “Whatever you’re aiming to do, Mr. Levine, I’m serious when I tell you that I’m rejecting you.”

simply stared at her with

disturb me ever again, Mr. Levine. All you have to do is offer me

your rejection,” John said, cutting her short with

“Do you even know my past? I’m not as ideal as you’d like to

never doubt my judgment, nor do I take issue

me that before too, and you saw how that

trust a stranger she

me to

suddenly turned silent.

his expression so icy it

made her feel as if she genuinely insulted him.

suddenly laughed without

someone in this world

her—a notion shared even

in John’s gaze as she watched her laugh, and he said, “In the

go all out to woo

leave, seemingly reluctant to waste more time

could change his mind after he made a

him when she came to her senses.

stopped, but he did not turn

suggest that you find out about my

have to.”

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