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.”

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

a walk,” he said in a solemn

he lowered his eyes, momentarily meeting

paused, staring fixedly at Sophia. Then, as though he

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 about it. If she had been in his place, she would have made a huge fuss about it. Thus, she kept her mouth shut

already gone upstairs to rest for the day. They gave each other a look

over my room,” he

at him silently as he scanned the room quickly and saw that his pajamas were placed on her bed. “They even brought my pajamas here,” he

while he lamented, “The other rooms were not

she finally spoke.

pajamas and headed for the bathroom. “So what?

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

fallen asleep. Staring at her from the bathroom door, he saw that she was still holding her cell phone in her

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