The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

Sophia thought John wouldn’t come anymore, but she thought wrong. He came that very afternoon, and he brought fruits with him too. When he arrived, Sophia was playing blackjack with Zack.

John stopped at the doorstep. The door was ajar, and he could hear what they were talking about. From the sound of it, Sophia was fine now; she could even laugh. “I don’t need a caretaker. I’ve been in the doctor’s office because of this condition more times than I care to remember. It’ll take me a couple of days, but I’ll be fine.”

Zack had a strip of paper on his face, and it dangled around when he talked. “That’s because you don’t take care of it. The doctor told me so. Can you take this seriously?”

Sophia smiled. “I’m winning this.”

Zack looked at his cards and tossed them away. “Yeah, I give up.” He continued, “Say, the boss doesn’t know about this, does he? I don’t think he knew about your condition until last night.”

Sophia tossed her cards onto the bed. “Yep. He knows nothing about this at all.”

“You’ve been married to him for a year, and he knows nothing about this?” Zack mumbled.

He doesn’t know much about

through all those days anyway?” Zack looked at

the cards. “Maybe because I let everything slide.” She looked down. “If I have to dwell on every little thing he did or didn’t do, I’d

stared at Sophia from outside. He had always seen this smile of hers before this; it looked fake, but also

shocked. He and Sophia were sitting on the bed together, but when he saw John, Zack quickly jumped down, looking awkward. “Boss, you

brought on the sofa, not looking at Zack. “If

and smiled awkwardly, but Sophia didn’t return it. After seeing John, she couldn’t even smile, but John didn’t mind. “The partner has run into some problems. Maybe they’re trying to change the terms, so we’ll be staying here for

“We’re

was look outside the window. She was

Sophia to hear that. “Mrs.… I mean, Sophia has to stay here for a while, so we can take care

Zack and chuckled, while Zack winked at her. “Um, it’s getting late, so I’ll be buying us

were a few hours away from dinnertime, so Sophia knew Zack was trying to give

phone and quickly left the room. After closing the door, he looked inside through the window. John was sitting on the sofa, while Sophia

doing? They don’t have to be so awkward even