John was certainly pushing the limit of his restraint. After all, the woman of his dreams was standing before him.He never expected that she would declare her love for him so openly, or go this far for him.There was a split second when he wanted to drop all pretenses and gather her firmly in his arms, never letting her go ever again.However, he had learned his lesson—he refused to take risks after the mess with Jessica in the past, and he wouldn’t joke around when Cordy and Dicky's lives were on the line.Nana would only become more radical than Jessica. As such, he ultimately chose indifference. "Nana saved me. I can't abandon her."Cordy felt her chest covered in pain.Her heart couldn’t accept it, even if she knew that John was cold to her because he did not remember that past."You won't be happy if you keep holding on to what you owe her, instead of love," she told him. "The distance between you and her would only grow further, and staying with her would only hurt b
The reason Cordy deliberately tripped herself in John's ward was because she was convinced John wouldn’t ignore her.Even John had to give it to her that she was getting despicable, playing dirty tricks on her way to winning in a relationship.As such, when he was going to help her up by instinct, he abruptly withdrew his hand.Cordy simply lay pathetically on the floor, until she looked up to find the cold expression on his face."I'll get a care worker if you can't get yourself up," John said coolly."Can't you help me?" Cordy asked, withholding her pain."Social distancing.""You're saving yourself for Nana?" Cordy scoffed."I cheated in my mind before. Not doing that ever again.""Haha!" Cordy laughed with great irony and misery. The love of her life was distancing herself for the sake of another woman.She gritted her teeth and pushed herself up—no pretenses this time.However, she still looked a complete mess. Both her hands didn’t have the strength to push herself u
Cordy was stunned, but she couldn’t stop the fight when she was lying on the floor.And the fight was a brutal one, with Patrick punching John repeatedly as if he had lost his mind. John was still injured, and clearly couldn’t withstand Patrick's assault."Patrick, stop! Stop hitting him!" Cordy called out anxiously.However, Patrick was too furious to listen, and kept punching John in the face.That was the face that bewitched Cordy, was it?! Then he would break it!John could sense Patrick's flaring madness.He had been holding back earlier, since what he was doing now deserved that much…but his temper flared as well while Patrick kept hitting him.He began to punch back at Patrick viciously, putting in more strength with the next punch.Patrick was naturally incensed by the retaliation, and they continued their scuffle.Beside them, Cordy was absolutely flustered. However, they ignored her even though she shouted herself hoarse.Feeling that someone would get killed, Cor
John touched his ridiculously swollen lip—Patrick was really trying to kill him just now.He blinked and turned to glance at his ward, but not at the hidden camera.He only noticed it just now, and understood that Nana was now watching everything he did.John couldn’t help clenching his fist to restrain himself.-In the next room, Nana was calmly watching the feed from the hidden camera through her phone.She saw John being cold towards Cordy, and how he didn’t help Cordy even though she was on the floor.It certainly felt good—she knew no one could ever take anything she wanted from her.Cordy never amounted to anything, after all! Tapping out of the app on her phone, Nana then sent a text: [Don't make a move on Cordy yet. Wait for my orders.][Yes, Miss Lynd.]Nana sneered—she had no reason to take any risks now that John recognized the reality.In fact, she would actually enjoy Cordy being forced to watch her and John being happy while suffering from her unrequited lov
Sean carefully applied the medicine to Patrick's face for a while, and the doctor breathed a sigh of relief when Sean was finished.However, just as the doctor was about to pack his medical briefcase and leave, Patrick stopped him. "Wait.""Were you hurt elsewhere?" The doctor asked. "No," Patrick was suddenly grinning evilly. "Sean's nose is swollen. I can help him with it too."As Sean stared at him, he shrugged. "Just returning a favor."With that, he took out the disinfectant and the antiinflammatory medicine from the doctor's briefcase and started to shove it up Sean's nose.It stung Sean, but he gritted his teeth and didn’t make a sound, knowing that Patrick was just getting back at him.Patrick frowned.He wasn’t being gentle at all, but Sean wasn’t fighting back?As such, he went even harder, and Sean's nose reddened further when it wasn't before.However, Sean never once made a sound; Patrick actually wondered if the former had issues with his senses. "Doesn't it hu
Nonetheless, Sean quickly changed the subject. "What happened between you and John? Why did Patrick come to blows with him?"The mention of John made Cordy's gaze turn dull immediately.It was much more difficult to get John back as she thought.She thought that if she was willing to stand alongside John and face everything with him, John would willingly do so.In the end, she overestimated herself…or perhaps she underestimated Nana."John was determined to reject me." Cordy did not hide that from Sean."So, Patrick fought him.""Yes…""What's in your mind?"Cordy looked Sean in the eye and said, "I'm not giving up just yet."Sean frowned, clearly upset by her response.Cordy understood that Sean didn’t want her to suffer because of John, and yet…"I think there's something he can't tell us about," Cordy said, voicing her suspicions.She wasn’t thinking much since she was hurting from John's rejection earlier, but now that she had calmed down, she noticed too many inconsis
Over at North City, Zoe won the last round, winning first place with an overwhelming majority of votes.It was deserved, as her acting skills were acknowledged by everyone from the judges to the audience.The producers even organized an after-party following the conclusion, since Actors on Set had been topping viewership once it gained traction, and the numbers only shot through the roof after Zoe's secret marriage with Jay was exposed. No variety show had hit such viewership rate and search hits in the last three years, and the producers certainly made a lot of money.As Zoe headed backstage to remove her makeup, a staff member eagerly approached her. "Zoe, is Mr. Parker going to attend the after-party?"Zoe did a double take. "Why?""He was a judge before.""Oh. Well, I don't know—I didn't ask if he received an invite.""Well, the producers did ask him, but he said he won't be coming since he has to take care of your daughter." The staff member went straight to the point right
Candice also felt lucky that she had never upset Zoe throughout the course of Actors on Set.It was true what they say, about not belittling anyone else in showbiz since they might be some bigwig in disguise.Arthur Rubio—the director—was not that lucky.It was awkward even as he remembered how he tried to get Zoe on the casting couch.He would have liked to apologize properly to Jay on this occasion, but the man did not want to show up! And thus, that little incident would always remain stuck in his mind, which was very much a punishment of its own.-The atmosphere at the after-party was certainly lively, as everyone was drinking eagerly.After all, it was a rare occasion for every participant to gather regardless of their final rank.And as they drank buckets after buckets, even Zoe was starting to be overwhelmed despite being such a good drinker.Still, there were many who came to toast her, and she never refused anyone. Who was she kidding—these were all precious cont