A Life Debt Repaid novel (John and Cordy)

Sam returned to his room once he took his phone, not offering any explanation.

Quinn was left staring as he left miserably-they had just made up for a couple days, and Sam had already lost interest?!

She sat alone in the living room, picking up her phone and texted Zoe and Cordy.

[Are you two busy?]

It took Cordy a long while to reply. [Not really. What's up, Quinn?]

Quinn was left staring at her phone, unsure what to say.

How? Things were just fine with Sam last night but were back on square one today.

Cordy pressed: [Quinn?]

Zoe showed up too. [What's up, Quinn?]

Quinn hesitated for a moment but eventually typed: [I think Sam's cheating on me again.]

Zoe sent a vomiting emoji, while Cordy sent a question mark.

Quinn elaborated: [I was staying home with Sam today to improve our relationship, but he's been on his phone the whole day, even during lunch. Not only is he laughing from time to time, but he snapped at me when I picked up his phone-he's obviously worried that I'd see him texting other women!]

Both Cordy and Zoe were petrified with Quinn's text.

They were naturally aware that they were the 'other women' Sam was texting!

Zoe promptly sent a direct message to Cordy: [What do we do? Quinn obviously misunderstood. Should we tell her?]

Cordy promptly stopped Zoe. [Calm down. Sam has finally thought of a surprise. He'd die if you spoil it for her!]

[What should I do? I'm worried Quinn would cry.]

[Just tell Sam to be more careful.]

Zoe snorted. [He's such a bonehead.]

With that, Zoe texted Sam while comforting Quinn in the other.

Quinn was still reading her texts from Zoe and Cordy when Sam got into his room.

He was surprised Quinn misunderstood. He really wanted to surprise her and was worried she would find out, which was why he was being distant.

"Want to catch a movie this afternoon?" he asked.

Quinn did a double take, unable to believe her ears.

Sam was just being distant a moment and was now inviting her to a movie?

She never thought him a film buff either-he would watch Jay's movies to support him at best.

After all, he preferred thrill and passion such as racing and boozing.

Still, it was embarrassing for Sam as Quinn kept staring at him. "It's boring staying home. Are you coming?"

Cordy was the one who suggested the movie, as she told him the proposal was one thing. Since he had decided to fix his marriage with Quinn, the first thing he must do is offer her warmth instead of getting so fixated on the proposal that he behaved strangely from day to day.

"Okay." Quinn agreed to it right away, actually looking forward to going to the cinema with him.

It felt just like a normal date between a couple, though she did not ask for too much since it was impossible when it came to Sam.

"I'll get changed, then."

"Me too."

As the pair returned to their rooms to change clothes, Quinn put on some makeup and a flowery dress.

She was always in black and white and rarely wore skirts as a legal consultant, so the dress was a rarity.

Zoe was the one who forced her to buy it, saying it suited her when they went shopping a long time ago. Quinn herself thought the dress did not suit her style and never wore it.

She suddenly felt the urge to today and walked toward Sam...