A Life Debt Repaid novel (John and Cordy) novel Chapter 1040

Jay then continued, "Somehow, destiny granted me yet another boon—the fine gentleman was forced to break up with Zoe because of family reasons… or perhaps it would be more accurate to say Zoe did not want him to be caught in a difficult situation, which would lead to him being disowned like she was. She decided to break up with him and used the excuse that she wasn't over me. I was certainly honored that I could be her love even for one night, to put up an act with her, so that the gentleman believed that we got back together.

"After the man left, Zoe offered her body to me as reward… though it would be more accurate to say that she just didn't want to owe me."

Jay blinked just then as if to recall the bliss of that night. "I could tell that she was not actually willing, that she wanted to do it just to strengthen her resolve to leave the gentleman. Even so, that was the happiest night of my life.

"However, I had to leave before daybreak the next morning for a film, and Zoe was still sound asleep when I left. I couldn't bear waking her, so I left her a note to tell her to wait for me. My intention was to propose when I was done with work that day, and I would have refused to let go even if she refused—even if she did not love me anymore. I had my assistant buy a ring fit for her finger and a surprise proposal… But I was rushing on my way back from the film set and met with an accident. I almost did not survive at the time when my car slid off a cliff."

Zoe's tears were welling in her eyes.

She remembered how long she had been waiting for him that day, and she was actually not as disenchanted as she thought.

She always believed that she did not love Jay that much anyway and would gladly accept that he never returned.