The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

Sophia snorted while thinking to herself, You came to me only after I was married, so I know what is going through your mind. After that, she replied, “Now that you’ve met me in person, you can leave now.”

As if unaware of the disdain and impatience within Sophia’s tone, Sophia’s father refused to give in. “Sophia, I miss you dearly after not seeing you for such a long time.”

With a chuckle, Sophia shot back, “Did you contact that woman? She told me almost the same thing as what you are saying. Did you have a discussion with her prior to meeting me?”

There was a pause in her father’s movement before he went on, “What are you talking about?”

Meanwhile, Sophia wore a smug look on her face. “You must already be remarried. Do you already have other children? Judging from how you look, you seem to be doing alright.”

Her pointed remarks left him feeling humiliated. On the other hand, the tipsy villagers began yelling at him. “Walter, you are such a prick! Both you and your wife abandoned your father and Sophia! You didn’t even come home when your father passed away, so why are you here now?”

With a pout, Walter said in grief, “I had my own problems, or else I wouldn’t have left them. I didn’t want to drag them down with my own problems.”

However, Sophia took a jab at him loudly. “Then why is it that you would marry and even have kids with someone else? Aren’t you afraid of dragging your other family down?”

know you blame me for what I did, and I deserve it. I owed you and your grandfather a lot. However,

were nowhere to be found, I was the one who did it. You can ask the other villagers. They will tell you under what circumstances that I, the granddaughter of the deceased,

eldest son was dead, the second-eldest son would take over the role. If the deceased had no sons, the daughters would

“When my grandfather passed away, I was the one who performed the ritual, which means that

“Sophia, I know you’re only saying that because

John blocked his advance before the latter could reach Sophia. “Stay away

is a slight misunderstanding between Sophia and I, so allow us to talk things through in the house. We are family after all, so

who helped refurbish the house when one of its walls collapsed during a storm that year. Both Sophia and your father nearly

exasperated. Thus, he snapped, “This is my house, and this is my family, so why are you even sticking your noses into our business? What right

at him. “We helped refurbish this house, so why don’t we have a right to voice our opinions? We built

him at all, so she said, “Since you’re here

his face, as of course, he wasn’t there to merely check up on Sophia after having traveled such a

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