The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

Sophia was trying her best to listen in on what was going on outside of her room, but the house had great soundproof mechanics. It was thus she gave up on waiting, instead opting to flip over and shut her eyes. She quickly fell into a slumber that lasted till the next morning.

Her first reaction upon waking up was to check the view outside the window. The car was still parked at the entrance, which meant John was still in the house. After washing up, she headed downstairs with plans of boiling herself some noodles, but she changed her mind as she didn’t want to waste the food she cooked last night.

She opened the fridge, only to be startled by the extra item she found in it. Upon taking it out, she figured it was a lunchbox in a plastic bag, which she found out to be true after opening it. The content within was revealed to be pork leg soup as she took off the lid, which had a frown form on Sophia’s face as she wondered if John brought it back last night. Is this for me? Ha, he seemed to have somehow become more considerate! What a surprise! she thought to herself.

However, she put it back into the fridge, instead opting to heat up the dishes she made to eat them as breakfast in the dining room. John wasn’t up until a while later, and there was a momentary pause in his movements when he saw Sophia in the dining room, but he soon proceeded to approach her. “You slept early last night.”

Sophia wore a calm expression as she looked toward him. “I only saw your message just now. I slept early last night, so I didn’t see it till then. Was there something you needed?”

“Not really,” he said while sitting down, so Sophia didn’t pry any further. She also prepared his portion for breakfast, but he didn’t seem to have an appetite.

Upon noticing that John was only sitting by the table, she asked directly, “Don’t you have work today?”

He responded by shaking his head. “It’s Saturday, so I don’t have to work.”

was sincere. “You used

look at her. However, she didn’t meet his gaze, so he wasn’t able to determine her

lowered her gaze to look at the ring, before letting out a grunt. “Ian picked it out

was a flicker of emotion in his eyes. Sophia grunted in the affirmative, as it

smile before saying, “So that’s how it

about to guess what he meant by that as she cleaned up before going upstairs. After putting on some makeup and getting a change of clothes, she descended the stairs slowly to see him watching TV on the sofa, seemingly without eating anything. He asked as soon as he saw her walking down the stairs, “Are you going out with

thoughts really were, Sophia grunted in the affirmative despite that fact that she was planning on walking around alone. John kept his silence, during which she

and she had nobody to go to when she needed company, as she was without friends or family. The realization

so she decided to go there before dwelling on anything else. The roads were packed with cars and pedestrians as it was a weekend. Sophia leaned against the seat of the cab as she observed the people outside. They seemed

of the mall, to which families brought their kids to play at. After paying the

breezy, so the weather wasn’t hot, which made it pleasant to sit there. She observed a child not far away from her while

run off into the distance. The child’s mother kept him safe from behind, while the father watched over them from aside. The sight of such a

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