The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

After she drove inside and came out of the car, she saw Jennifer lounging in the garden. “Hello, Matilda,” she greeted neutrally upon seeing her.

Matilda would have ignored her in the past, but today, she greeted back, “Hi. Out here alone?”

Jennifer was surprised, murmuring an acquiescence before saying, “Yes, I am.”

Matilda nodded and went to the main residence. There wasn’t anyone in the living room save for the servant, who looked surprised to see her here. “You’re back, madam.”

Before Matilda went upstairs, the servant said, “Are you looking for your husband? He isn’t home.”

“He’s not?” She was taken aback.

“No, but the old madam is upstairs. She said you should go to her room if you need anything.”

what was going on. William’s mother knew she would come back for William, so she told him to go out for a while. Thinking of this, she sighed. “Fine. I’ll go to her,

these days, so those photos were taken years ago.

to sit after a few moments, but Belinda’s attention was still on the photos. Flipping to one of them, she said, “Look. This was taken

but she didn’t remember taking this photo. Wow, I was young. I was really slim. She was smiling at the camera along with William, who looked dashing.

photo and lamented, “Time flies.” She chuckled. “In just the blink of an eye, thirty years have passed. When I looked through these photos, I was taken back to the first time I saw you.” She looked at Matilda. “You were reserved back then, and you didn’t like William. I thought that was the end of it, but then you said you can work it out with him.” She looked at her gently. “I really liked you back then. You obviously didn’t like William, but you gave it a shot anyway, saying he was a nice guy. I know you were just trying to make things less awkward, so I

then. She was gorgeous and had a few suitors. Besides, some of the families in the city did consider her as a wife candidate for their sons. When she picked William to ‘work it out,’ Belinda thought she just didn’t want him

the other hand, Matilda felt nervous seeing

closed the album and shifted the topic. “I

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