A Life Debt Repaid novel (John and Cordy) novel Chapter 1353

Ryan continued with righteous indignation, "Whatever, Quinn—I don't want to keep arguing. I'm not the type who sweet-talks people, and I'll use words instead of actions to prove my feelings for you. I really hope you can understand my perspective."

Quinn simply stared at him, feeling that he was a stranger for the first time.

If she played to his whims, he would still be kind, understanding, and brotherly.

If she did not, he would become self-obsessed, convinced that everything he thought was right and allowing no one to say otherwise.

Had she been looking at him through rose-tinted glasses all this while? It was certainly disappointing to see how far her idealized version of him was from the real thing.

On the other hand, Ryan took her long silence as her giving in.

He sighed, appearing disappointed and working hard to forgive her, as if he had been hugely tolerant of her.

Somehow, it annoyed Quinn.

He was somehow both using emotional blackmail against her and behaving like a pick-up artist at the same time!

Hence, she said, "I'm saying it one last time—it's over between us, and there's nothing left at all. I'm not upset, and I'm not behaving like this so you'll comfort me. Right now, I really want to be with Sam."

Ryan was incensed right then, unable to accept Quinn's rejection at all. "What's gotten into you?!"

"Also, you don't get to talk to Sam like you did today," Quinn continued calmly.

She had an epiphany—that she should not live under Ryan's shadow and to behave the way he wanted just because he said it was good.