Chapter 1121

Cordy coolly replied, "There are some things to attend to."

She was wondering just then if she should ask Sean to send Richard home, worried that her son would be uncomfortable being alone at the capital.

Still, she soon remembered that she would be going back once she settled matters in North City anyway. She was relieved, since she did not want Richard to keep running back and forth.

"Should I get Dicky—"

"No." Cordy cut John short before he could finish.

John pursed his lips in turn—he could actually feel how distant she was toward him.

Still, he stayed silent and reclined against his huge, comfortable seat with his back toward her, staying away from her and pretending to sleep.

Cordy ignored him and calmly read her magazine.

The flight was a quiet one, and John kept sleeping without moving an inch or responding when the flight attendant arrived to ask for their orders.

Cordy thought he really was sound asleep then, if it was not for the airplane suddenly lurching.

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