The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

“This is all on me, not her.” John didn’t hide it, so in a way, he admitted it.

Old Mrs. Constance didn’t dwell on this. “You know what you did, so we’ll stay out of this.”

John leaned back on the sofa and sighed. He would have consoled his mother usually, but he wasn’t in the mood now. “I’ll go to Sophia’s place tomorrow. Maybe I’ll stay there after this. She dislikes it here, so we won’t be coming back.”

Old Mrs. Constance could understand that, for Matilda would just forget everything and repeat her mistakes after a while, so living under the same roof wasn’t optimal for them. She nodded. “That’s good. It’s nearer to the company, so it’s convenient for you.”

William came back a short while later. He had an appointment on this day, but his wife kept calling him to complain. So, he had no choice but to ask Owen to go in his stead, while he came back to check out the situation.

Old Mrs. Constance was speechless, so she looked at her son. “You spoiled her.”

William smiled. “I’ll take a look.”

that. She might be old now, but Matilda was a bigger troublemaker. Everything she disliked in the house, she would complain to William, but he never got angry at her and kept taking a step back. Maybe both of them got

later, Old Mrs. Constance said, “They didn’t love each other

he never heard about

system we have today, so everyone skipped to marriage. If she didn’t marry you, she could marry

tolerated her. After a while, Old Mrs. Constance noticed their relationship was getting better. After she was done with her story, she looked at John. “When we wanted you to marry Sophia, I thought maybe you guys would fall in

John looked down quietly.

good family, and she used to be weak too. That wasn’t enough to hold up a family, but after your divorce, I think she has style.” Old Mrs. Constance thought she was like Matilda, a faker, but when she saw how Sophia glared at the servant venomously earlier, she liked Sophia more. If she came

The bed was messy and filled with traces of last

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