The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

John smiled. “You thought wrong.” Then, he hung up.

Logan kept calling out to him, but the call had ended, so he looked at his phone and said, “You could have talked a bit more. We have time.” However, his request was met with silence.

The next morning, John went to tell his grandmother that he could go to the banquet. “Good.” Belinda nodded. “We should be early on that day.”

John nodded. “Okay.” After a quiet breakfast, John went to work. On the way there, Isabelle called him, saying she had sent a resupply document to him. There was no need to call him over something so trivial, so he only gave a noncommittal grunt.

Isabelle didn’t hang up immediately. “Are you still on your way?”

John grunted again, then Isabelle chuckled. “Lucky. I am already here, and early too. I even worked overtime last night. To think I used to envy you white collars. This is hard work.”

John disliked small talk, especially when they were people he wasn’t close with. So, he didn’t even bother to grunt this time.

Isabelle didn’t notice that at first, and she continued, “When I had a migraine from overtime last night, I think I can understand how stressful your lives must be. Everyone thinks the typical white collar’s life is easy. Work for a few hours and make a lot of money, but we pay the price too. That’s why we reap the rewards.”

silent, and now Isabelle knew something was off.

more. Now, Isabelle noticed his reluctance to speak, so she smiled. “Are you driving? I’ll hang up then. Drive safely.” John said okay, and

his phone aside, his expression as calm as

the place be properly ventilated, then she could open for business. They hadn’t started on the sign yet, but it was an easy job, so Sophia then told

“That does not sound like a good

name, but it was real, and she had to learn how to accept reality, no matter how

lot in

work, telling them to ask for more if they needed

much did he pay you guys? I should be the one

what was between her and John, but they told her

back and tell him I won’t have him pay for what I should be doing.” The renovators said okay, and they didn’t ask

checked her shop for a moment and

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