A Life Debt Repaid By Cheng Xiaocheng Chapter 5


    Chapter 5


    John spoke up just then, alleviating the awkwardness. “Dicky waited for you for over an hour. He


    usually naps earlier.”Cordy’s heart skipped a beat, but she pursed her lips and said, “Actually, Mr.


    Levine, you could’ve just exined that I’m not his mommy.”John simply watched her with his ck


    eyes quietly then, and the sudden silence left Cordy wondering if she had misspoken.Still, she did not


    dwell on it and continued, “The fire was just an ident anyway. You didn’t have to bring me lunch or


    have those maids take care of me. And how much for the phone? I’ll wire the money to you.”“I thought


    you were smart, Ms. Sachs.”Cordy was at a loss. Was there anything about her that made her look


    stupid?!“Dicky needs a mommy,” John continued in his alluring voice, as if it was only natural.“So?”


    Cordy raised a brow.John simply kept his dark eyes fixed on her for a long while.After the pause, his


    pitch seemed to deepen. “And he likes you. So you might be able to tell that I’m wooing you, Ms.


    Sachs.”Cordy was speechless.She could never have told. All she felt was that everything he did was


    imposing!“You don’t need to respond immediately, Ms. Sachs. After all…” John then trailed off, as if


    musing on the right words, “We’re not acquainted yet.”Obviously, they were just strangers who crossed


    paths by chance.Taking a deep breath to calm herself, Cordy said, “Don’t you think you’re being a little


    childish about a rtionship, Mr. Levine?”John raised a brow—she was already a difficult person, and


    she appeared even more distant now.“Wooing me just because your son likes me? Am I just a tool to


    you? What if your son stops liking me and chooses another woman to be his mommy one day? Are you


    going to woo her too, Mr. Levine?”Cordy paused to calm herself just then, as she noticed that she was


    getting a little harsh. “I’m sorry, Mr. Levine, but I don’t share your perspective.”“Wooing has nothing to


    do with my son. He just happens to like you too, just as I do,” John said inly then.Cordy actually


    thought she misheard.A sudden deration of love… It must be a joke, right?!They had just met hours


    ago!“You don’t have to worry about my son falling for another woman either, Ms. Sachs,” John said,


    enunciating every word. “Devotion runs in our family.”Cordy was left speechless again.Did that man just


    endorse himself and his son at the same time?Even offering her… a promise?!Still, she was not about


    to be caught in his pace, not to mention that she absolutely could not respond to the feelings of people


    she just met. “Whatever you’re aiming to do, Mr. Levine, I’m serious when I tell you that I’m rejecting


    you.”John simply stared at her with his jet-ck eyes.“Please don’t disturb me ever again, Mr. Levine.


    All you have to do is offer me duepensation—”“I reject your rejection,” John said, cutting her short


    with an assertive tone.Anger shed in Cordy’s eyes. “Do you even know my past? I’m not as ideal as


    you’d like to think.”“I never doubt my judgment, nor do I take issue with a person’s past.”“Someone told


    me that before too, and you saw how that ended up.”Therefore, how would she ever trust a stranger


    she just met?“Don’tpare me to scum.”The ward suddenly turned silent.John’s thin lips twitched


    ever so slightly, his expression so icy it left Cordy’s heart skipping a beat.His reaction made her feel as


    if she genuinely insulted him. Still, she suddenlyughed without knowing the reason herself.Probably


    because there was still someone in this world who would side with her.In everyone else’s perspective,


    Kyle was too good for her—a notion shared even by her own biological father.There was a change in


    John’s gaze as she watched herugh, and he said, “In the days toe, I will demonstrate the


    difference between myself and scum, Ms. Sachs.”In other words, he would go all out to woo her!With


    those words, he turned to leave, seemingly reluctant to waste more time on this matter.After all, no one


    could change his mind after he made a decision.“Mr. Levine.” Cordy quickly stopped him when she


    came to her senses.John stopped, but he did not turn around.“I suggest that you find out about my past


    first.”“I don’t have to.”With those short and direct words, he left without stopping this time.…Cordy


    returned to her ward and got into bed.When she nced at the phone, she remembered that she had


    yet to wire the money for it to John.Still, she soon decided against it—he did not look like he would


    miss the money, and she could just consider itpensation for her emotional distress.She hence


    dialed an unfamiliar number that she engraved in her memory. “Mr. Jacobs? It’s me, Cordy


    Sachs.”“Good afternoon, Ms. Sachs.”“I wish to inherit Starstream Group—thepany that my mother


    left me. Would there be any issues?”“Of course not,” thewyer replied right away. “Your mother made


    it clear in her will that thepany belongs to you. You can im it anytime you want.”Ever since her


    mother’s death, Starstream Group, whose main business was in fashion, had been taken over by


    Simon as custodian, even after Cordy was sent abroad. Cordy had wanted to take over and manage it


    when she returned to the country with Kyle, but she had poured her time and strength into savingBelongs to ? n0velDrama.Org.


    Jessop Corp from its crisis instead. Unable to divert her attention, she had set the idea aside until


    now.“Please do apany me to thepany’s office when the timees.”“I will be ready


    whenever.” Andrew Jacobs agreed to it right away.…Cordy stayed at the hospital for a week, and


    Richard would visit frequently. While she did not hate it even though it took up most of her time, that


    meant seeing John from time to time.That being said, she did not find him repulsive—after he


    ‘dered’ his love to her the other day, he did not actually do anything.In fact, there were times he was


    so quiet he might as well have not existed. She hence began to wonder if he had actually just said that


    out of the heat of the moment, or if he perhaps did not have any idea what ‘wooing’ entailed.The only


    thing that qualified as effort was his insistence that Winston delivered her meals every day, which also


    happened to fit her pte better with each passing day.As Cordy packed her things, she took away


    nothing other than the phone John gave to her.“Mommy, will I ever see you again?” Richard gave her a


    miserable look, wistfulness showing all over her face.The boy was certainly a stark contrast against the


    seemingly nonexistent man who stood nearby.