A Life Debt Repaid novel (John and Cordy) novel Chapter 910

Nonetheless, Sean quickly changed the subject. "What happened between you and John? Why did Patrick come to blows with him?"

The mention of John made Cordy's gaze turn dull immediately.

It was much more difficult to get John back as she thought.

She thought that if she was willing to stand alongside John and face everything with him, John would willingly do so.

In the end, she overestimated herself…or perhaps she underestimated Nana.

"John was determined to reject me." Cordy did not hide that from Sean.

"So, Patrick fought him."

"Yes…"

"What's in your mind?"

Cordy looked Sean in the eye and said, "I'm not giving up just yet."

Sean frowned, clearly upset by her response.

Cordy understood that Sean didn’t want her to suffer because of John, and yet…

"I think there's something he can't tell us about," Cordy said, voicing her suspicions.

She wasn’t thinking much since she was hurting from John's rejection earlier, but now that she had calmed down, she noticed too many inconsistencies.

John's reaction to her presence changed too quickly—to be precise, when he returned to his ward.

When John arrived outside his own ward, he didn't appear particularly distant towards her, but was suddenly very much so when he stepped inside.

"What exactly can't he tell us? He loves you, but he has to take responsibility for Nana—that's all," Sean scoffed derisively. "That man is so indecisive, so different from the John I met. To be honest, the first time he came to meet me to build an alliance, he worked quickly and decisively. He was very different from the John we're seeing now…"