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.”

something was off. “Are you still listening, John?”

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

tossed his phone aside, his expression

let 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 them her shop’s would-be

were surprised. “That does not sound like a

name, but it was real, and she had to learn how to accept reality, no matter how ugly it was. After Sophia said it was fine, the

hear that. “Mr. Constance has paid a lot in advance. We still have some left over, so

more if they needed it, and to

you guys? I should be the one to bear the cost, so

between her and John, but they told her the price anyway, and Sophia transferred the money to them right

for what I should

a moment and left, feeling

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