The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

Standing at the kitchen doorway, Matilda glanced at her, gave her a thumbs-up, and disappeared into the dining room with the dinner. Sophia blinked and turned back to John, who was gazing at her intently. Suddenly, her heart began to pound violently, and she took a deep breath. “There’s something I want to tell you, but I don’t know where to begin.”

John nodded. “Just tell me. There’s nothing which can’t be said between us.”

Despite that, she blinked blankly at him, unsure of how to bring up the topic as he stared at her, feeling as though he knew what was coming up next.

Seeing that she was quiet, he suggested, “Alright, then. I’ll ask the questions, and you’ll just answer yes or no.”

Immediately, she bobbed her head in agreement. “Okay, you can ask me.”

Lowering his eyes to her belly, he asked, “Previously when you were feeling unwell, it wasn’t because of gastric, was it?”

“Yeah,” she answered with a guilty conscience. “It wasn’t because of gastric.”

As he stared at her, she lost the guts to look at him, and he breathed deeply. “Did your menstrual stop for a long time?”

Actually, he wasn’t sure about her monthly cycle because they hadn’t lived together for a while. Still, he felt that the sanitary napkins in her closet had remained untouched for some time now.

words.

after a long pause. “For more than a month

an expression so solemn that it made her feel like a horrible person

a long time, not knowing what else she could say as it seemed like nothing could clear the situation regardless of what she said now. From the beginning, she hadn’t intended to tell him

silence, she felt at a loss and wasn’t sure of what she should do, just like a primary school kid who was punished. On the other side, Matilda

a pleading look, as though she had seen her savior. However, Matilda simply hesitated before turning around, leaving her in

mind was really empty, she blurted, “Are you so mad that you want to leave

house instead of getting into the car. He didn’t go into the dining room

he was really, really mad this

angry at her ever before, she didn’t know what she

the living room doorway. “He went upstairs in anger? Aren’t

“You have the cheeks to show up now when I was so terrified

hissed, “Can’t you tell that I was giving you guys some privacy earlier so that you can talk it

lips and said,

have

taken in the smell of the food and had been longing for it for quite some time, so she was definitely in the mood

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