The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

After some time, John heaved a sigh, deciding not to dwell on his miserable love life anymore. No amount of overthinking would help the situation, as feelings of sadness and annoyance would persist regardless of the thinking he did.

It was already afternoon, soon nearing evening, so Zack drove John back to the latter’s house before leaving. Even from some distance away, John could see Belinda in the main building. She was so engrossed in the opera while sitting on the sofa that John opted to halt himself from entering.

The house was noisy when Matilda used to live here, so Belinda would spend her time upstairs or in the courtyard. Now that Matilda was no longer living here, she seemed more relaxed. Not only did Belinda seem more relaxed, but John observed a similar change in William.

While William used to go upstairs to his bedroom or study after his meals, he would now spend some time downstairs to watch TV or chat with Belinda. Despite how unfilial it would sound, John couldn’t help but think his mother’s absence brought his family more peace.

With that in mind, John headed for the living room, during which Belinda observed with a smile while he did. “You’re early today,” she said as William had yet to come home. John hummed in the affirmative before replying, “I had some stuff to do while away from the company, so I came home instead of going back to the company.”

Belinda nodded at his reply. “Let’s talk for a bit.”

As soon as he sat down, Belinda opened up, saying, “John, I was thinking of inviting Sophia over to our house some time, as I feel like we have done her wrong. Since your mother is not here, will things get better if we invited Sophia over for a meal?”

John glanced at Belinda before responding with a smile. “Forget it. Sophia won’t accept the invitation.” In fact, neither was it the best of times to invite Sophia over despite Belinda being partial toward Sophia, which John could sense. The sole reason behind Belinda’s invitation was to get herself an opportunity to interact with Sophia, but as he thought, it wasn’t the best of times to do so.

was all your mother’s fault, or else you

line before saying, “The divorce had

him divorce Sophia, but a simple mention of it by him somehow got the cogs in her head turning, which in turn made her so intent on

let out a sigh while she regarded him. “You will one

of doing that, so don’t you worry.” However, he wasn’t actually privy to the true intent behind Belinda’s remark, but neither was she about to explain herself, opting instead

her hand. “You should get some rest. I will get you when it’s time

the relatively simple process of investigating Simon and Sally. Not much effort was needed in order to uncover who they had been seeing and dealing

results of the investigation showed that neither of the siblings had gotten in contact with the Pooles, which meant that what

already knew about it early on, but I had my men double check the info as I feared that

the only record of his outing being a casual stroll yesterday morning.

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