The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

Sophia retracted her gaze from Isabelle after taking a look at her and said to Matilda, “Let’s go. I would like to drop by the shop after shopping. I’m a little worried about leaving Robin alone.”

“Alright,” Matilda replied and gestured toward Isabelle with a look before leaving with Sophia and John. When she passed by them, she commented, “Miss Jaeger seems to be an honest person and it’s hard on her for helping you out like this. Why don’t you give her an increment?”

With a hint of a smile in her tone, Sophia uttered, “I’ve already decided to give her a commission, which is higher than an increment.”

Matilda grunted and said something else which was inaudible to Isabelle because of the growing distance between them.

Frowning, Mrs. Bailey asked in astonishment, “Since when did the relationship between the three of them improve so much?”

Shaking her head slowly, Isabelle answered, “Beats me.” Staring at Matilda and Sophia’s back with an icy look on her face, she muttered, “How did the two of them become so close now?” But just a split second later, she snorted. “Well, seeing how hopeless Matilda is, she’ll be useless to Sophia as well. She’s probably just an extra person to say sweet things next to her.” With that, she grabbed her mother’s arm and said, “Let’s go. Forget about them.”

Still, Mrs. Bailey was worried. “Looks like Matilda has accepted her now, and it will be a piece of cake if Sophia wants to return to the Constance Family.”

“Even if Matilda doesn’t accept her, it’s not a difficult thing for Sophia to return to the Constance Family.

through her daughter’s words and nodded. “You’re right, and it seems like John doesn’t really heed Matilda’s advice either,”

more stores before going to Sophia’s shop in John’s car. On the way there, John asked, “So you’re not contacting

we’re not contacting each other so often recently.

has nothing much to do with her. If I don’t get in touch with her, she usually won’t be

the office, she would stay at home and not go anywhere else. She didn’t seem to be

words and said in a casual tone, “Since she said she’s

nothing else they spoke about besides this. Back then,

but wonder what she used to like so much about Isabelle in the past. In fact, she had seen a lot of ladies from similar backgrounds

she was in a rut. That probably resulted in her monoscopic point of view and she immediately grew an interest in an obedient girl like Isabelle

sight of them. Even Robin was

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