A Life Debt Repaid novel (John and Cordy) novel Chapter 774

Yelena's little face was covered in bubbies as she babbled excitedly, "Mommy!"

As Zoe helped Yelena wipe the bubbles off, Yelena asked innocently, "Let's take a bubble bath with Daddy next time, okay?"

Zoe felt her good mood killed right then—Yelena really couldn’t get over the whole daddy thing, could she?

Zoe scooped Yelena out of the bathtub, quickly rinsing the little girl before coaxing her to sleep.

Zoe was going to read Yelena a fairy tale of a prince and a princess, but the latter yawned and instead asked, "Can Daddy read to me next time? I want Daddy to read it to me…"

How many times had Zoe told Yelena that she didn’t have one?

Fortunately, Yelena was too tired and quickly fell asleep. Even as she closed her eyes, she was still murmuring, "Daddy…"

Zoe was genuinely speechless.

She tucked Yelena in before going to the living room for a drink of water, where she found Clara cleaning up the room after the little birthday party.

The house was always a mess because they had a child around, and Clara would clean up after everyone fell asleep.

Zoe suggested getting a maid, but Clara refused, insisting that she could manage everything alone.

Still, Zoe knew that Clara was simply unwilling to spend the money.

While Zoe did have money to spare over the last three years, Clara had basically been eating it away. She was also deathly afraid of investments, in fear that it would fail and they would end up losing money instead. She couldn’t work either, since people might recognize her, which in turn would lead to more trouble. That, and Yelena did need babysitting.

"You should go to bed soon," Zoe said flatly as she drank.

"I'll do it later," Clara quickly replied, careful as ever around Zoe.

Zoe had a stuffy sensation over her chest, but stayed silent.

Once Clara was done cleaning, she looked at Zoe, struggling with herself for a while before she asked, "Yelena saw her father today, didn't she?"