The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

Zack’s gaze remained on the man beside him as he asked, “Um, do you need it right now?”

Sophia laughed at this. “What’s the use of it if you’re going to give it to me after 72 hours?”

He pursed his lips before he replied, “Well, um… okay.” His answer seemed to be a little forced. She ended the call right after this.

Zack slowly put his phone down as he said, “Boss, about the pills, I—”

“Go on and buy it. We can discuss the rest once you’re back.” John had his head buried in piles of documents as he sat on the couch by a side. He didn’t sound too troubled by it.

Zack was surprised to see this as he asked, “Are you really going to let her take the pills, my kind boss?”

John paused for a moment before he lifted his head up and answered, “I have no other option this time.” The situation had gotten out of control, just like the last time.

This time, he felt even a little more dazed and unconscious than the last. However, he wasn’t sure if anything might go wrong as they didn’t use any protection the last time either.

With a long sigh, Zack agreed. “Alright,” he said as he walked toward the door. But his footsteps then came to a halt as he asked again, with a soft and inquisitive tone, “Why didn’t you guys try to have kids in the past?”

never been a part of his plan.

he wouldn’t be able to get any more

he left, John stood up and walked over to the window. The night sea breeze was strong, and the air tasted a little salty. He

any protection with Sophia in the past, but they never got pregnant either. She probably wanted children; I sometimes

ovulation period. He had always felt rather annoyed by her meticulous ways of calculating dates, so he often

she was merely trying to get a child in order to latch on to him. After all, she was miserably poor before she got married into the Constance Family—she probably wanted to seize

their divorce was enough

the cigarette in his palm and threw it out the

door before she finished her meal. She still had food in her mouth as she opened

at the entrance and looked into the room

the two pills out, each to be consumed at a separate time. She had never eaten these pills, so she

said, “You don’t actually need to eat this. If you really

what? Perhaps I’ll get to mess around with your boss for a while more? I think I’ve had enough.” She dug a pill out and swallowed it without any water. “We’ve gotten a divorce; why is there a need for us to still get tangled up in

I really couldn’t bear to leave him, I wouldn’t have signed the divorce papers so gladly in the first place.” The pill might have caused discomfort in her throat, so Sophia then hurriedly took her glass up to sip on her

said, “It might have been my fault this time.

John might have another woman under his blankets tonight if it weren’t for the

to happen just yet. However, she then thought of something. “If I do get pregnant, the Constance Family