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.

background except for her—she was the only country

got carried away by the conversation and paid no attention to Sophia. Instead, it was Mrs. Bailey who had

Bailey observed that Sophia looked a little 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, she

smirked in private, finding it ridiculous that anyone would think of Sophia as an innocent and sweet girl. Sophia was more calculative than the average person. It seemed that they

naturally noticed that Mrs. Bailey was judging

was not afraid of being judged by anyone. She even

Mrs. Bailey, who was experienced in socializing and was aware of Sophia’s calculativeness.

audible between them, “This dinner is super boring. If I

tongue and agreed. “Right? That’s why I said that

specifically invite you to dinner? Look, they have not paid any attention to you all

a little embarrassed and hurriedly explained, “According to my dad, the Baileys had invited our family to a meal. Dad insisted that I have to attend as well. I took that as a special invitation to me from the

dragged out her expression of amusement. Logan quickly

finally figured out

Sophia remained seated in silence, only occasionally chatting with Logan on insignificant matters.

Third Young Lady Jefferson could still handle the conversation. They

their conversation, Logan’s phone rang on the table. His ringtone was quite quirky—it

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