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.”

into a smile. When he was finished with dinner, he went next to the couch and saw that Sophia was watching TV with Matilda after she had finished

go out for a walk,”

Matilda lifted her gaze at him when he lowered his eyes, momentarily meeting each other’s eyes for a split second before they both

went into the garden. After a while, John paused, staring fixedly at Sophia. Then, as though he had no other choice, he

her pregnancy from him. Even

Matilda had already gone upstairs to rest for the day. They gave each other a look and then trod upstairs as well.

my

as he scanned the room quickly and saw that his pajamas were placed on her bed. “They even brought my pajamas here,” he said with a straight

still kept staring at him while he lamented, “The other rooms were not prepared and

she finally

straight, John grabbed his pajamas and headed for the bathroom. “So what? It’s already so late, so of course we’re washing up and then going to

while Sophia sat on the bed. Forget it, let him have his way today, she told herself in her mind with her

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 her down in a more comfortable position so she could

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