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Chapter 61

Author: Cheng Xiaocheng
last update Last Updated: 2023-03-01 18:30:01
Cordy complained, "I was asleep."

"Sorry for waking you." John apologized.

Even so, she never did feel any sincerity from any of his apologies—as if he said it just for the sake of saying it.

"Is there a problem?"

"Just wanted to tell you that I'm back."

"Got it," Cordy said coolly, adding when she noticed his exhausted appearance, "You could've texted me. You didn't have to come all the way here."

"I thought your phone was dead," he replied, clearly accusing her of not replying to his texts.

"I've been busy." Cordy simply came up with an excuse.

"Cordy…"

"It's late, go home," Cordy said, cutting him short right then. "I have work tomorrow."

As John swallowed his words, she finished, "Goodbye."

With that, she shut the door in his face, and he was left staring at the closed door.

He was right—he was not imagining it.

Cordy was deliberately avoiding him.

But he never did anything out of line that other night… In fact, his intuition told him that Cordy was starting to acce
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