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.”

and the edges of his lips twitched upward into a smile. When he was finished with dinner, he went next

out for a walk,” he said in a

he lowered his eyes, momentarily meeting each other’s eyes for a split second before they both looked away at the same

as though he had no other choice, he

quiet. Both of them went out for a walk, and that was literally the only thing they did as they didn’t exchange a single word. Now, she was fully 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

they realized that Matilda had already gone upstairs to rest for the day. They gave each other a

over my

that his pajamas were placed on her bed. “They even brought

at him while he lamented, “The other rooms

she finally spoke.

for the bathroom. “So what? It’s already so late, so of course we’re washing

 she told herself in her mind with her eyes closed as it wasn’t

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 had dozed off. Sighing, he placed

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