A Life Debt Repaid novel (John and Cordy) novel Chapter 432

Cordy nodded, agreeing with John's take.

He was still watching her and solemnly giving her his analysis. "In summary, William has two key individuals he needs to deal with before his rise to power: Patrick and myself. However, he has labeled Patrick as a hostile that needs to be eliminated, while using every method at his disposal to attempt luring me to his cause. And for them, the only issue with that is you, which is why there's no doubt that they would come after you."

Cordy blinked but did not respond.

John then continued. "When you showed up at that charity ball with Patrick, it meant that they could make one move while gaining twice the rewards. They were never going to let that chance slip."

"In reality, I'm not that formidable that I can fully read their mind, and everything I've mentioned is my supposition along with some after-action observation. I'm not clairvoyant—I can't protect you even before something happens, and it's not until the last moment that I realized the Stuarts could just manufacture a car accident to eliminate you and Patrick at once."

John gulped even as he remembered the horrors of that other night.

A little mishap, and Cordy would be in pieces now.

"That's why I tried to stop you from coming to Rocktown. If you never came, the Stuarts might've only contemplated making a move against Patrick, but it's a certainty when you're there. No one ever denies themselves the pleasure of killing two birds with one stone—especially not the Stuarts, who are shrewd to the very end."

Cordy was silent.

She actually had a hunch that things would get dangerous if she came to Rocktown, which was why she had insisted on leaving the charity ball early with Patrick.

Like John had said, none of them were clairvoyant, and they could never predict what the Stuarts would do to hurt them.

The only option was to keep going forward.

After all, she was not being petty against John when she chose to come despite knowing the dangers. She had certainly made it clear that she had no choice—William's side of the family wanted her gone, and she had no way to go except forward.