A Life Debt Repaid novel (John and Cordy) novel Chapter 905

John was certainly pushing the limit of his restraint.

After all, the woman of his dreams was standing before him.

He never expected that she would declare her love for him so openly, or go this far for him.

There was a split second when he wanted to drop all pretenses and gather her firmly in his arms, never letting her go ever again.

However, he had learnt his lesson—he refused to take risks after the mess with Jessica in the past, and he wouldn’t joke around when Cordy and Dicky's lives were on the line.

Nana would only become more radical than Jessica.

As such, he ultimately chose indifference. "Nana saved me. I can't abandon her."

Cordy felt her chest covered in pain.

Her heart couldn’t accept it, even if she knew that John was cold to her because he did not remember that past.

"You won't be happy if you keep holding on to what you owe her, instead of love," she told him. "The distance between you and her would only grow further, and staying with her would only hurt both of you."

"But she’ll die if I don't stay with her," John made himself very clear.

"Are you that afraid of letting her die?" Cordy asked savagely.

"Like I said, she saved me."

Cordy scoffed. "So you're going to forfeit your own life for her?"

"As I should."

"What about me? So you're just going to disappoint me?"

"I'm sorry," John apologized.

He wanted to chase her off with just that.

"Lucas, do you know who you really are—"