The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

Logan chuckled nonstop. “The point is that I’m telling you the truth. I can’t hide it.”

Beside him, Old Mr. Jefferson looked away from Logan. This was the first time he saw his son behave obediently in front of someone else.

Logan did not receive a reply text from John at all. John probably was at a social event and overlooked the text.

Impatient, Logan sent another text to John, and this time, he reported his location and mentioned that Sophia was eating and drinking merrily with him, both of them getting high.

When it came to bluffing, Logan was even more skillful than Sophia. After that, he stored his phone away and didn’t show her the text.

Sophia did not mind. After taking a few bites, she drank some fruit juice while listening to the business discussion between Old Mr. Bailey and the Third Young Lady Jefferson.

The topic was not totally alien to Sophia, but she definitely could not fully grasp the technicality and the jargon. Anyway, she told herself not to appear clueless. It didn’t matter if she was an outsider as long as she could appear composed and professional.

She leaned into her chair with a calm expression and a faint smile on her face, looking humble but confident.

To be honest, she was the only person without an elite background in the room.

except for her—she was the only country

and paid no attention

different today compared to her attitude at their previous meetup. That day, Sophia was quite haughty with a calculative look in her eyes. But this time,

an innocent and sweet girl. Sophia was more calculative than the

noticed that Mrs.

anyone. She even stole a glance at Mrs. Bailey from

of Sophia’s calculativeness. So, Mrs.

Logan and whispered something that was only audible between them, “This dinner is super boring. If I had known about it,

his tongue and agreed. “Right? That’s why I said that I wouldn’t want to be here if you

you to dinner? Look, they have not paid any

to a meal. Dad insisted that I have to attend as well. I took that as a special invitation to

dragged out her expression of amusement. Logan quickly added,

figured out what the situation was in front

in silence, only occasionally chatting with Logan on insignificant

Jefferson could still handle the conversation. They talked about

table. His ringtone was quite quirky—it was the opening theme

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