A Life Debt Repaid novel Chapter 280

Cordy needed peace and quiet.

She was convinced she loved Dicky to the point he could do no wrong in her eyes.

Now, however, she realized belatedly that she had overestimated herself.

Once Cordy left Dicky's room, the first thing she did was take deep breaths—as hard as she could.

It took a while for her to finally calm down. After that, she found herself really thirsty.

Her throat was dry after a night of teaching pronunciations. She looked up to find John sitting at the living room bar, a laptop in front of him.

He was wearing a pair of silver-framed glasses—it was the first time she saw him wearing those, and he certainly looked like a cultured douchebag.

He was still typing, but his eyes were on her, so he must have seen what she was doing.

Cordy didn’t expect to find him in the living room as well. Didn’t he do work in the study?!

"So? Are things going well?" John asked.

She could somehow sense his glee.

How could he remain so nonchalant when his own son was called out by his teachers?!

"No," she admitted nonetheless.

"Do you need help?" John asked again.

"Did you ever manage to teach him anything?"

"No."

Why did she even bother?

Staring at him sideways, she asked, "Where can I get a drink?"

"I'll get some for you."

Cordy refused. "No, I can get it myself—"

Before she could finish, John had already gone to the kitchen and poured her a glass of warm water.

And there is no rule number two.

"Don't think everyone's like you just because you live in your ivory tower."

With those words, she returned inside Dicky's room.

John watched from behind as she stormed off in a huff, his lips curling up into a smile.

He rarely saw her getting so agitated, so he actually cherished the moment.

Returning to his bar stool, he checked Dicky's IQ test results sent to him on his laptop.

He actually worried for a moment that Dicky really was lacking in the cognitive department, despite not usually showing it.

However, the IQ test results put his mind at ease.

165.

The boy was a prodigy.