A Life Debt Repaid novel (John and Cordy) novel Chapter 1409

Sam was not actually introverted—he was just uninterested where Quinn was concerned.

Sighing, she snapped, "Neither you nor Ryan believe me, do you?!"

Was she that untrustworthy?!

Sam kept a neutral look, though his heart was pounding thunderously and his breathing was turning ragged. "I just think that Ryan's better than me in every way. You have no reason to choose me instead."

"I don't think he's better than you," Quinn said nonchalantly.

"What?" Sam raised his brow, not quite believing what he just heard.

Everyone knew for a fact that Ryan was smarter and more competent than he was. In fact, he had been labeled a loser and lost cause ever since a child.

Nonetheless, Quinn repeated, "I don't think he's better than you. Increasingly so."

"But haven't you been in love with him for years ever since you were a child?"

"Now that I thought about it, it's dependence rather than affection," Quinn said as she applied ointment to his bruises. "When we were children, I thought of him as being mature and always having it together, unlike you who kept bullying me every chance you got. And with my parents gone and having to live in an unfamiliar place, I was insecure and needed someone reliable to give me a sense of security."

Putting down the ointment then, she looked Sam straight in the eye as she continued, "At that time, Ryan really made me feel that he could protect me. That's why I never really gave serious thought to my relationship with him, and I thought relying on him was no different from loving him… though that proved to be not the case. And now, I no longer hate him for leaving me at the altar, just as I'm not inclined to rekindle our relationship. In fact, I hope he'll stay away from me so we can live our own separate lives."

Sam gulped, working hard to repress the excitement in him just then.

Sam really never thought that a day would come when Quinn would fall out of love with Ryan and genuinely get over him.