A Life Debt Repaid novel Chapter 525

Meanwhile, Quinn entered Ryan's car.

She did not actually ask him to come—he just happened to call her to consult her on a legal issue.

She asked if it was urgent, to which he said yes.

She in turn told him where he was and asked for a ride.

Her face was pale, and she was shivering even as she got in his car.

"Still feeling cold?" Ryan asked—the weather was turning warm, but one would still find it chilly on occasion.

And when he helped her into his car, she felt icy to the touch.

"I'm fine," Quinn forced a smile as she looked up at Ryan. "Sorry for taking so much of your time."

"Don't say things like that. I was going to your office to consult you today anyway and called you before that since you might not be in," Ryan said mildly, trying his best not to put Quinn on the spot. "By the way, were you having a fight with Sam? Was he the one who left you in the middle of nowhere?"

"I guess," Quinn replied indifferently.

"How could he behave like this?" Ryan grumbled, scowling just then. "I have to talk to him later. Even if he's upset, he shouldn't have left you out there. What if something happened to you? He's always been so headstrong even as a child, never once thinking about others. The family really spoiled him too much, making his personality so terrible…"

Quinn listened as Ryan complained in silence.

"It's really been hard on you after you married him," Ryan said sympathetically. "Back then, if I hadn't—"

"No, it's fine," Quinn said, cutting him short. "I'm actually grateful to him. I wouldn't be staying with your family and living in luxury if not for him."

Ryan's eyes darkened, but he flashed a wistful smile and murmured, "Yeah."

In the end, he was the one who let her down, and he had no right to complain.

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Wait, did that hurt him?

But she had been careful! She tried to hold back, since she was afraid she would knock him down when she threw herself at him.

But it hurt him anyway?

What did they put him through at the detention center?!

Cordy's heart ached even more at that.

She regretted not trusting him and having to push him away.

If she had stayed with him, he would at least have felt better.

Even as she remembered everything she had done for him, she could not help tightening her embrace around him, giving in just then…