A Life Debt Repaid novel (John and Cordy) novel Chapter 273

Once Cordy was done talking, she simply sat and stared at Kyle silently, even as he crumbled from disbelief.

He was working so hard to restrain himself. Otherwise, he would suffer even more, especially when detained in a place like this.

The past twenty-four hours had been more than enough for a life lesson.

"Take care," Cordy said, and began to leave.

She had no other words of parting for Kyle, either—he was plenty pathetic now, even if she wanted to call him that.

He faced prison time, and given the public's outrage towards his actions, his family, which was already going through a crisis, could very well go bankrupt soon.

When that happened, he would truly lose everything and suffer no end of contempt. He would also be the pariah of the Jessops.

Such karmic retribution was plenty enough; Cordy didn’t need to say more.

Just as she rose to her feet, Kyle suddenly asked her, "Have you ever loved me, Cordy?"

She pursed her lips, actually surprised he would ask this on their very last meeting.

He seemed to have asked that before too, but she didn’t answer him then, as his question was fueled by anger at the time.

But now, he seemed earnest about wanting an answer.

"Isn't that obvious?" Cordy said coolly. "I'm not so nice to work tirelessly day and night for someone I don't care about."

Kyle clenched his knuckles till they turned white.