The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

Matilda stiffened herself while she looked at John. “What’s there to explain? Just go and have your dinner now. What explanation are you expecting? You should be grateful that she already told you about it. Don’t ask for too much, young man.”

With knitted brows, John stared at her. Since when did Mom become this way?

Glaring at him, Matilda continued, “Hurry up and have your dinner. After that, bring Sophia out for a walk. She can’t be sitting too much now that she’s pregnant. Exercising appropriately is fine.” Then, she waved a hand at him as though to dismiss him.

John nearly broke into laughter from his incredulity. Since when did these two women become allies?

Before this, both of them would slip into an argument every time they met.

The whole time, Sophia kept her head lowered and ate her fruits. He hesitated for a second and decided to head into the dining room.

After he sat down, he heard Matilda’s voice from the living room, saying, “Are there any free rooms here? It’s not easy to get a cab at this late hour. I’ll stay the night here.”

John’s hand, which was holding a fork, paused mid-air. Then, Sophia could be heard saying, “Yeah, there are many rooms on the second floor. Take a look at them afterward and pick whichever you like. Ms. Cannon will help to clean it up for you.”

dinner,

go out for a walk,” he

as she cast him a cautious look. Even Matilda lifted her gaze at him when he lowered his eyes, momentarily meeting each other’s eyes for a split second before they both looked away

as though he had no other choice, he grabbed

aware that he was still pissed at her for hiding her pregnancy from him. Even so, she knew that it was only natural that he was upset about it. If

the day. They gave each other a look and then trod upstairs

my

scanned the room quickly and saw that his pajamas were placed on her

“The other rooms were not prepared and it’s already so

finally spoke.

grabbed his pajamas and headed for the bathroom. “So what? It’s already so late, so of course we’re

on the bed. Forget it, let him have his way today, she told

he was done, Sophia had already fallen asleep. Staring at her from the bathroom door, he saw that she was still holding her cell phone in her hand even though she

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