The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

His movements were so swift that it even shocked her, and she giggled. “Your reaction is lightning quick!”

“Yeah,” John murmured and cast her a concerned look. “Are you going to the bathroom?”

Sophia nodded. “I would like to wash my face.”

In the end, he helped her all the way to the bathroom and left the bathroom door open so he could watch over her.

After washing her face, Sophia was startled when she turned and saw him staring fixedly at her, unblinking. “What’s wrong?”

Pursing his lips, it took him a while before he answered, “Nothing.”

Then, he helped her out of the bathroom all the way until she returned to the bed and asked, “Are you hungry? I’ll get you something to eat.”

Sophia nodded and thanked him, but he went downstairs straightaway without another word.

As she stared at him leaving, she frowned. There’s something off about him. In the past, if she had thanked him, he would have replied, telling her no thanks. However, it was as though he hadn’t heard anything earlier.

a long time ago, and John prepared some food for her downstairs. When he went upstairs again, he placed the food on the bedside table and

from the corner of her eye, unable

him something?

as the thought popped up in her mind, she shot it down quickly. Matilda probably didn’t say anything. If he

downstairs. “Would you like to go out for a walk? Let’s take a walk around the area,” he suggested afterward. “You’ve slept for a long time, so it’s about time to

some contemplation,

wouldn’t be an issue if it was just around the area. John then went over to help her downstairs, and

odd as John was quiet the whole while. Finally, Sophia couldn’t take it anymore and broke the silence

was

before saying, “Sophia, are you hiding something

out of panic, “Hiding something from you? What can I possibly be hiding

hand. “Okay, it’s great if you’re not hiding

her lips nervously. Seeing how he was acting, she was starting to doubt if he really hadn’t discovered anything yet. No matter how she looked at it, his words seemed to be

have any more conversation after that, and John helped her home when he saw that

and then lay in bed, he kept a watch over her by the door and only left after she

the room turned dark, Sophia opened her eyes again.

Previous Chapter

Next Chapter