A Life Debt Repaid novel (John and Cordy) novel Chapter 1176

"You were drunk last night."

Sean stretched his back, putting a pillow against the headboard to cushion himself as he sat up, sighing emotionally. "Urgh, I'm really sore all over."

"Shut up!" Patrick bellowed at him.

Sean was left confused as to how he upset Patrick.

It took him great effort just to bathe the man last night, so that he could sleep comfortably… only to throw a fit at him first thing in the morning?!

Did he even remember how terrible he was, flailing around like a child while Sean bathed him?!

Not only did Sean have to coax him just like with a child, he even scratched Sean as he resisted.

"You're still drunk, aren't you?" Sean asked, studying him just then.

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm still drunk!" Patrick admitted to it right away. "That's why I had no idea what I did last night at all! So I refuse to take responsibility!"

Sean was left staring at Patrick again.

'Refuse to take responsibility?'

Still, Sean understood in an instant.

So Patrick was presuming what happened last night was…

Sean smiled ever so subtly at that, if a little cunning.

"Not remembering doesn't mean you never did it," he countered. "The law punishes you even if you were amnesiac, as long as you're found guilty."

"W-What do you want?!" Patrick blurted, glaring at Sean as regret seized his guts.

Why did he have to drink too much last night and give in to Sean goading?

Come to think of it, Sean seemed to tell him to keep it moderate…

No.

If Sean never offered him that alcohol, he would not have drank so much, let alone getting a hangover and into so much trouble!

"What do you think?" Sean asked in return.

"Don't forget that you're married. You have a wife!" Patrick snapped a little too loudly, somehow finding the spine to argue. "Let's pretend nothing happened last night. I won't tell anyone—or ruin your marriage!"

"But I can't pretend nothing happened…"

"This is for your own good! What more do you want?!" Patrick cried, flustered—why did Sean have to look a gift horse in the mouth?!

"We're married in name only," Sean said bluntly just then.