A Life Debt Repaid novel (John and Cordy) novel Chapter 1450

Sam lay in bed, tossing and turning but unable to fall asleep.

He somehow dozed off earlier as he merely stayed there, but now that he was in bed, he was wide awake.

He waited for Quinn, but she was not coming even after a long while.

As such, he quietly got out of bed and peeked through the door slit to find her still watching TV with a serious look.

He tiptoed back to bed, inwardly relieved.

He was not impatient—he was just worried Quinn would not return to his room.

Still, he tiptoed back and forth for a while to peek at Quinn, until he finally saw her turn off the TV.

Startled, he scrambled back to his bed to pretend to sleep.

Quinn returned to her room to wash up before heading into Sam's room.

She kept her movement quiet seeing that he was asleep, pulling up the blanket to lay beside him.

She did not want to wake him but could not help shifting closer either.

Sam suddenly stiffened, getting nervous as he usually did around Quinn.

He held his breath, feeling her soft, warm body pressing against his.

For a split second, he really felt that it was worth staying alive—the world was just so beautiful!

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Over the following days, Sam and Quinn were both busy, with Sam at work and Quinn helping Lindsay prepare for Marvin's birthday banquet.

They did not have much time to spend together, and Quinn certainly was not as busy as Sam.